Interesting video, and a fascinating place.
St. Helena is not as remote as Easter Island is, but it's still far
away from the continents (and isolated), and it didn't have commercial
flights until just last month.
And if the cars were underpowered in 1960-s, one might wonder how Napoleon
and his entourage were making it before and around 1820.
Cheers,
Igor
PS. I became curious about St. Helena, and found that they received a
brand new airport just last year (finally, 74 years after the first
consideration!), and the first commercial flight landed there just a month
ago. So, it might be the right time to go there...
But you cannot make a weekend trip there: the flights are once a week.
:-)
In any case, read the somewhat controversial article at the bottom of this
page: http://sainthelenaisland.info/flyhere.htm - about some realities of
the Island.
The myth about the roaming goats reminded me of the freely running troops
of (domestic) horses on Easter Island, which I can confirm is true.
On Nov 9, 2017, at 4:40 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Alan - I was company accountant for Solomon and Co, at that time the
biggest company on the
island - general merchants, doing just about everything! Not sure which car
was carrying the video
camera - could even have been my old Zephyr, No. 289.
This part of the island is the driest, but building there is encouraged by
government, and it is
only a five minute drive from Jamestown - or 4 minutes down Jacob's
Ladder
if you are brave enough!
-----Original Message-----
From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan C
Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2017 6:01 PM
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Subject: Re: OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena
Interesting. More civilized that I thought. What on earth did you do there
for 4 years? The
cinematographer's car was apparently a real rattletrap!
Alan C
-----Original Message-----
From: John Coyle
Sent: 9 November, 2017 9:45 AM
To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
Subject: OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena
I think the car buffs here might appreciate this. The link leads to a short
video of a drive from
Jamestown to Half Tree Hollow, which was a large part of my daily drive to
and from work when I
lived on the island, 1967-69
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pRc-004Kw
Road rules there included that cars coming down the hill had to give way to
those coming up - as, of
course, most of the cars at that time, being of English manufacture, were
under-powered!
My car was a 1966 Ford Zephyr, a bit more powerful than most.
John in Brisbane
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