Near Wintergreen
Nelson County, Virginia
Drilling crews out of Kentucky were seen Tuesday afternoon, November 3, 2015 near the entrance to Wintergreen Resort. They were taking core samples for what will eventually become the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that cuts through a large part of Nelson County, Virginia. The project still needs final approval before it can be built.
[photo credit to Dima Dimitrova Holmes]
Posted by Free Nelson on Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
Blue Toad Hard Cider announced Monday they would be opening a tasting room in conjunction with Well Hung Vineyard at the home of the original Blue Toad Restaurant / Pub in Afton on Route 151. BTHC announced back in June they’d be buying the the old Wintergreen Winery property in Beech Grove at the foot of Wintergreen Resort.
Todd Rath of Blue Toad Hard Cider: "Blue Toad and Well Hung Wine will have tasting room together at old Blue Toad in Afton" old D'Ambolas.
— BlueRidgeLife (@BlueRidgeLife) November 2, 2015
The location was originally the home of D’Ambolas Italian Restaurant that opened back in 2011.
In August 2014 the Blue Toad pub sold and became The Rockfish 151 Pub. It closed in late October 2015.
Monday, Rath announced he would join forces with Well Hung to open a tasting room at his original pub location.
Todd Rath: "Deal was forged and finalized today for combined tasting room in old Rockfish 151 Pub location"
— BlueRidgeLife (@BlueRidgeLife) November 2, 2015
Hours for the Next 4 Days of our soft opening, Come on by and See Us and help us ease on into this new adventure here in…
Posted by Blue Toad Hard Cider – Nelson County Virginia on Thursday, November 5, 2015
Blue Toad announced Thursday afternoon that they had started a soft open.
Lovingston
Nelson County, Virginia
For years and years kids and parents have looked forward to the annual Trick or Treat tradition held in Lovingston on Halloween night. The 2015 event didn’t disappoint. Hundreds and hundreds of kids roamed the streets of Lovingston checking out the ghosts and goblins!
Then as quickly as Halloween came, it faded away in the early morning hours on Sunday as November officially began and Daylight Saving Time ended.
Hope you fell back!
Boo!
Posted by Blue Ridge Life Magazine on Saturday, October 31, 2015
Check out more of our Lovingston Halloween pics in our Facebook album above. Boo!
Central Virginia Blue Ridge
It’s that time again. This weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving Time. Be sure to set your clock back one hour before heading to bed Saturday night. Or if you’re a night owl, you can watch it arrive officially at 2AM Sunday morning – November 1st. Then set your clock back to 1AM!
Regardless, fall back one hour!
We don’t get that perceived extra hour back until Sunday, March 13, 2016.
Near Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
Despite a cool damp day, organizers with Prayers Not Pipelines took to Route 151 to show how the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline would affect the area. Part of the event was stringing a large banner with flags on 151 at Spruce Creek to vividly show where the pipeline would go.
Organizers of Prayers Not Pipelines are out this morning along Route 151 in Nelson County to show their opposition to a…
Posted by Blue Ridge Life Magazine on Sunday, October 25, 2015
Prayers Not Pipelines held today in Nelson County. Thank you to all that showed up to help raise awareness about pipeline problems and everything we could potentially lose.Photos by Kathy Versluys
Posted by Friends of Nelson on Sunday, October 25, 2015
Nelson County residents decorated the historic Spruce Creek Bridge with prayer flags today. It's their latest effort to demonstrate their opposition to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Posted by Charlottesville Newsplex – CBS19 ABC16 FOX27 on Sunday, October 25, 2015
Near Nellysford
Nelson County, Virginia
Updated: 5:45 PM – 10.25.15
Lt. Billy Mays tells BRL that the missing woman being searched for earlier today has been found Sunday evening. “She’s alive and well, safe and sound,” Lt. Mays says. The missing woman was seen on video in Nellysford earlier Sunday which led officer to believe she was ok. Late that afternoon, she was found.
Lt. Billy Mays with the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department in Lovingston is asking for the public to help in the case of a missing person.
“61 yr old white female by the name Kathryn Louis Dagostino was last seen Thursday around 6 pm in 1900 block area of Berry Hill. That’s near the middle between Adial Road and Nellysford. Possibly on foot and picked up by someone,” Lt. Mays told BRL on Sunday just before noon.
Lt. Mays confirmed to BRL that dog search teams and their handlers have been searching along Berry Hill Road near Nellysford since early Sunday morning.
Lt. Mays is asking anyone with information or that’s seen Ms. Dagostino to call the sheriff’s department at: 434.263.7050
Sherando Lake
Augusta County, Virginia
William Groah has sent us many beautiful images over the year and this one is a beauty as well. Earlier in the week grabbed this shot of the brilliant fall colors reflecting in the water at Sherando Lake in Augusta County as the sun started rising.
Very pretty!
Nice one William!!
Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
Final preps are being made by area farmers cross the Blue Ridge as daylight grows shorter and colder weather looms on the horizon. Above, Brian Kidd parked the tractor after a day of raking up the hay for baling later in the week. After that, things are pretty much over in the fields, then attention turns to calving season in the colder weeks of winter ahead.
Afton
Nelson County, Virginia
Fall in the Blue Ridge means festivals of all kinds and this year brought a new twist to the area with The Virginia Moonshine Festival! It’s certainly nothing new, so to speak, to the hills of Virginia, but this one was all in fun and very public. Silverback Distillery was the setting for the first one this fall with another planned in Richmond on November 21st.
There was a long list of moonshines and whiskey at the festival:
Moonshines
-Virginia Lightning brand
-Virginia Lightning Apple Pie
-Virginia Lightning Cherry
-Tim Smith Climax
-Bird Dog Peppermint
-Ole Smokey Hunch Punch
-Ole Smokey Harley Davidson Charred
-Belle Isle Premium Moon
-Belle Isle Honey habanero
-Firefly Caramel
-Firefly Peach
-Silverback Blackback
-Moonpie Vanilla
-Moonpie ChocolateWhiskeys – some are limited supply
-Defiant
-Templeton Rye
-Rebel Yell Small Batch Rye
-Irishman Original Clan Irish Whiskey
-Bowman Brothers
-Bulleit Rye
-Whistle Pig Straight Rye Whiskey – limited supply
-Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye 9
-Woodford reserve
-Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
-Eagle Rare Single Barrel Bourbon
Source: Silverback
The was the 2nd annual Virginia Moonshine Festival.
More details on the festival here.
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