{"id":260,"date":"2014-03-28T07:13:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T07:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chirurgean.net\/?p=260"},"modified":"2017-04-25T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:54:54","slug":"2014328circling-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chirurgean.net\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Circling Around"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Walking to work yesterday. Passing down Dean Street 1<\/a><\/sup> over my head soared a turkey vulture. I'm sure it was the one that was waiting for me to peg out while climbing what must be the steepest hill in Stanley2<\/a><\/sup>. <\/p>\n

This majestic bird rode the winds, with terminal wing feathers splayed as it swooped and glided. Its mastery of the air is superb. <\/p>\n

My heart soared with this bird. Such a good way to start the day<\/p>\n

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    Named after one of the original landowning families that rivalled the Falklands Island Company. One stalwart was responsible for condemning ships that had been damaged by passage around Cape Horn. He would then win the bid to buy the aforesaid vessel and contents. ↩<\/a><\/p>\n

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    John Smith states in his book \u2014 A Historic Scrapbook of Stanley<\/em> that Philomel Street was the steepest street in Stanley. The gradient of Philomel St is pretty constant \u2014 like Hartside in Cumbria on the Coast to Coast cycle trail \u2014 but the middle bit of Dean St is a killer!<\/p>\n

    It is this part of Dean Street that my vulture keeps his beady eye on. ↩<\/a><\/p>\n

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