[WillowTheWhisp]

Before we set out on Sunday Busman told a friend that we were going Panopticon hunting. He'd never heard of panopticons but rather than let Busman explain to him he tried to hazzard a guess and came up with "pan" = "a wide view like in panoramic" and "optic" = something you can see" so I suppose he wasn't far wrong. The point is he has friends in Burnley and close ties with Burnley but hadn't seen or heard of the singing ringing tree.

Yes, a few people have gone up there to look at it, us included, but how does that bring money into the town? Can you even see Burnley from up there? It was impossible to tell the day we went.

Gayle made a classic point about "Colour Fields" in Blackburn needing a clean up but who is supposed to pay for the cleaning and maintenance? Surely that is bringing more expense to the Borough, not more revenue.

Those huge hoardings at each one are a bit of an eyesore. A signpost at key points wouldn't go amiss, like on on Revidge Rd and one pointing up Revidge Rd from Preston New Rd, and in Burnley one pointing up Rossendale Rd and one pointing up Crown Point Rd.