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Chaffinch - with a grey collar
The RSPB: Chaffinch

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Midnight by the "Harrod" gasworks

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Today in Pictures, a place that draws me back, striding through the valley of stone.

1. Heading past the reservoirs we start the climb uphill.
2. An abandoned farmhouse on the way up.
3. At the top of the climb, a complex of buildings to process the stone quarried from the hill, you can make out the stone base that houses a steam engine to process the stone, its to the right of the buildings below the hole in the wall.
4. Another steam engine foundation, this is next to the pond so could be to pump water to the cutting machines.
5. This is the hub of the operation, I am standing on the "Tramway" this was used to get the stone moved around the area and off the hill.
6. Looking down on Calf Hey and Ogden reservoirs, with Helmshore in the distance.
7. Part of the Tramway, looking at the spoil piles, these piles cover the top of the hill, and are now covered in part with grass, moss and heather.
8. A drop in altitude, almost back at water level, many streams feed the top end of Calf Hey Reservoir.
9. Spotted this in passing, not sure what it's about, but you have to walk a long way to get here.
10. Heading back to the car,the climb we did on the right, we then walked the ridge to the far right and down at the other end of the reservoir.

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A couple of pics through the loft skylight, might try a few more later depending how tired I am and whether it`s still clear skies.

1. What I believe is Jupiter.
2. Same as 1. but a longer exposure to show some moons.

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Glad you're in your own home ... showing moons in public has to be illegal over there.;)

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I had a walk over the coppice yesterday,then down by the lodges stopping off to look for trolls under the bridge where plantation mill was before having a look at owl hall and finally through Arden hall.
My camera seemed to have a mind of it's own (shooting in Raw and filling the memory in no time) :(

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We went down Plantation Road past Owl Hall yesterday afternoon about 2.30.What time did you go past?

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I was there a little later Frank,probably around 5.45pm as the sun was setting :)

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The Trolls are experts with all technology so a simple adjustment to your camera can be done in an instant.

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Strange,I'm usually hypersensitive to my personal space.....I'll have the little blighter next time ;)

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A change of scenery for us today with a stroll around Pennington Flash

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As you can see, Spring hasn't arrived in southern Ontario yet. For davemac's photo competition theme, I'm having to rely on past photos :)
Yet the signs are there that it won't be long now - a balmy 8 degrees later this aft!

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Just a few from a walk home from work, so chuffed to see a wild owl at last, and I`d only just watched a program on them last night (Super powered owls - BBC iPlayer - Natural World - 2015-2016: 2. Super Powered Owls)

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Today in Pictures, a walk in the sun around Jackhouse Reservoir.

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I had a little walk up to Haworth art gallery yesterday :)

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Spring is here:eek: Not much of a topic for us, eh; unless a few pics of garbage in the slowly shrinking snowbanks will do. We should gang up and get our own back. If one of us wins we could go for topics like, "cutest baby skunk", or "a bear I met in the park", "coons on my lawn", "a coyote I bumped into on my way to the bar", .... and let's not forget "SNOW.":D

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I`m sure there`s a Jeremy Clarkson joke in there somewhere, but I can`t for the life of me think of one.:D

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Spring is coming.:rolleyes: My lawn ... if you listen carefully, you can hear the grass growing. Still have popsicles. My neighbour's swing set. He'll be out there sipping on a cold brewskie anytime now.

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Clarkson should join Accyweb were he can speak freely and call a four letter word a four letter word....maybe not ;)

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A walk from Jumbles to Bradshaw until the heavens opened and we went back to the car.

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I love it! Great idea Eric :)

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In my quest to find the ever elusive troll,I had a stroll up through coal pit holme (aka priestly clough) Starting off at the site where Woodnook mill was before recharging one's batteries at the remains of the old shoe mine at Baxenden.

It's a eerie place and looks like a scene from the Jurassic park movie :)
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Is anyone else experiencing problems uploading photo's?

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Today in Pictures, a walk in a very brown world.

1. A once proud boundary wall and enclosure now just provides a boundary marker. Pendle Hill is peppered with these stones, often walked passed and never noticed.
2. This was once a cart track that headed up to the Craggs.
3. All trees require is a niche to get a foothold.
4. Churn Clough to the left and Sabden just beyond, further on the hills that surround Hyndburn.
5. Some crumbling structures, possibly for penning sheep, or shepherds refuge. The Craggs can be seen off to the right at the top.
6. A hidden boundary stone for Padiham and Hapton Local Board 1892.
7. In Summer this is green as far as the eye can see.
8. With hills on either side it is very quiet, no obtrusive car noise, all that can be heard is the stream as it bounces off the stones that line its base, in the distance the occasional sheep can be heard, but most noise is coming from the grouse as they sit among the heather on the next hill.
9. The stillness is very seductive, but time is getting on, and so must I.
10. You looking at me.

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No, perhaps the file size is too big.

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wonderful shot of the frogspawn, davemac!

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Slightly more fur than feather from todays walkies.
1. An impatient Daisy.
2&3. Dipper on the river.
4. A trio of Roe Deer.
5. Lapwing, xoming in to land.
6. Duke, sniffing out the deer.
7. They went that way, but he lost the scent at the stream.
8. A lovrly German Sherpherd.
9. But not very friendly, just doing his job.
10. What`s your problem though.

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It said "Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing" or similar,it must be at my end i'll have to look into it.....



....Great shots,#10 especially ;)

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#9 is my fave,Nice one :)

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A lovely shot of Daisy :)

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Don't know what that means, you could try a word with Mick if you are blocked from uploading.

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When I have had problems of this type I have needed to reduce the file size....that usually does the trick, but if not, the other bit of advice is good...contact Mick and he will point you in the right direction

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Cheers M,i'll have a mess around and sort the file size out (asked Mick also) :)

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Today in Pictures, more than a moist moment.

1. Just on the border with Hapton, this bit is still in the borough, and part of the Hyndburn Clog (a walk I have done twice)
2. Leaving Hyndburn, and dropping down to the Hapton border.
3. This is where the stream we are about to follow dives down a Victorian culvert to go under the railway line, and then the Motorway(M65)
4. Castle Clough, it wasn't really a castle just a fortified manor house that used to sit on the high ground to the right of the picture.
5. The Wild Garlic is poised to flower.
6. The high points used to join up, until the stone was quarried out, then at some point the stream was put to use, the stone pillar was one half of a sluice gate. The base of the gate is still visible under the water.
7. These stones from time to time are dislodged off the rock face and tumble down to the low point.
8.Sometimes the water level is such that tree roots tumble along the stream bed.
9. There used to be a footpath along the waters edge but that vanished a few years ago when we were all subjected to flood conditions.
10. That concludes a walk that went on longer than expected, but I was mooching with the camera, just round the corner is back lane, and the way home.

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Continuing in the pursuance of a troll, I trekked along the canal from Clayton towards Altham.
Sadly,on this occasion, i didn't manage to find a troll,what i did find however was a (just as rare) Footwear tree and the ruins of a old building near bank clough bridge #117.

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Just a few from this morning :)

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A stroll up from Barrowford Locks

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Number 8 is beautiful!

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Not something you see very often, a pair of apache helicopters flying over blackburn, look to be loaded with weapons.

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They flew by again, so got a couple more.

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A few from today

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The Credit River near where I live has developed quite an ice dam. It does this most years when the ice breaks up and can't escape over the dam. I've been meaning to go onto the bridge to see it for a few days now, and today was the day! On one side you can see the ice backed up, and the damage to the willow trees left over from last winter's ice storm. On the other side is the old bridge and dam, and what's left of the Barber Paper Mill after a developer started 'restoring' it. As the weather warms a bit more (Oh please!) the ice will start to flow - it's quite a site when it does.:eek:

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I meant ice jam, not dam. I get my dam jams mixed up LOL.

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anyone have a solar filter and if so are you taking some pics tomorrow. Hoping to see some good ones

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Forecast isn't good unfortunately, I bought a filter a few weeks ago but can't find it now. :(

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Well done Frank!

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fantastic photo!

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Thank you

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Not much from today, except easily the biggest bunny i`ve ever seen and a couple of grey wagtails.
1. Googling suggests it`s a Mountain Hare.
2. Just a pic to try to show it`s size, I estimated at the time about the size of a dog.
3 & 4. Grey Wagtails

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Too many places to be this last week so everything out of sync, so here is yesterdays,today, a walk around the area of the Dunkenhalgh estate close to Rishton dip (paper mill). I haven't walk this way for months and noticed the banks had eroded more than expected, plus the amount of rubbish washed down from Town is excessive, plastic hanging from tree branches and for some reason a lot of plastic footballs.

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I decided to go to Martholme viaduct yesterday to view the eclipse :smoky:

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Nowhere near as good as yours, but in my defence it was done on my mobile through a CD:

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Ribble Way today

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Nice moody blueness :)

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Number 8 epitomizes Lancashire countryside for me. And the flower in number 9 (Colts foot? Celandine?) is always a harbinger of spring. I love the ewe and lamb!

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Back down in the deep South again, so just a fleeting visit. :)

Spitzingsee Miesbach Bayern - M.i.L, Grimlin waiting for the snowball & Witchity one - More mountains - Brecherspitz - The village of Spitzingsee (it was a 2 horse town but not any more as they sodded off because of the cold :D) - There's something about this picture, but I can't quite think what it is! :confused: - Looking down from a mountain trail - The Church at Aying - An old favourite revisited :D - As you can see some folk never learn ;)

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It looks similar to what we have here in Southern Ontario - muted colours, slowly melting snow with the promise of Spring to come :)

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A few from doggy walkies this morning.

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Such photogenic doggies :)

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Brilliant pics but I must say I preferred the "coppy" before the trees were planted

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Todays tour, Sonthofen (Any ex-servicefolk out there will probably be familiar with this little town in the Allgäu) & the Bodensee Lindau.

Brauerei Gasthof "Hirsch" the brewery is just round the corner - Tobacconists & touristy tat emporium - One of the local churches - The Town hall & figures representing the "Egga Spiel" Egga-play - Stadt Sonthofen - Whats left of Generaloberst Beck Kasernen (Med centre for generations of Snow Queen troops many of whom turned to rather sheepishly on a Monday morning with an itchy crotch :D) - Lindau Island - Harbour mouth opening onto the Bodensee - "Schwaben & Lindau" tourist cruisers - Town hall "Rathaus Lindau" front & back.

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Spectacular buildings.

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Decided to take a drive to Lake Windermere today.

1. A boat on the lake.
2. A very friendly swan
3. That didn`t like being tagged.
4. The property prices are unreal, the brown boat house sold for over £10,000,000 four years ago.
5. Looking back down the lake from Ambleside.
6. Off out for a row.
7. Another nice boat.
8. How much was that boat house!
9. A river in Ambleside.

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Another Yesterday in Pictures, under blue skies and a moderately warm sun we ventured around Dean Clough Reservoir, it must be because it was the second day of Spring that brought out all the people, it was the busiest I had seen it.

1. Heading down through the Pines to the wet bits.
2. Although it is still early in the season the buds on the trees are just starting to burst.
3. The lower wet bit.
4. I can only guess what this jetty was for, perhaps people used to have small boats on here?
5. The walls that used to be boundaries to the fields are slowly succumbing to gravity.
6. At the top edge of the top reservoir.
7. A view down the length of the two wet bits.
8. A similar view but just a few steps to the left as you look down.
9. Mid point, the overflow between the top and bottom reservoirs.
10. Now at the bottom of the wet bits with them behind me and looking over to Pendle Hill.

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Whoops, too many zeros, it was a bargain price of £1,000,000 :o

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Lovely shots, and well done for dodging all the gawpers. You'd never guess there were crowds about. Number 6 has great lighting :)

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That owl is specktacular!

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He/She sure was a little cutie.

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If you look very carefully, you can see the snowdrops ... -15 (without the wind chill) when I took this pic. But these are Canadian snowdrops ... tougher than boiled owl.:D

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There was only one destination today "Kloster Scheyern" just outside of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, settled by Benedictine Monks to salve the immortal souls of their flock & supply the local populace with a pretty damn fine set of Beers,(triv alert - third oldest brewery in Germany) just the thing for religious salvation. :D

Hop Farm at Niederthann - Preparing the Hop nets - Scheyern Brauhaus - Inside the Kloster Braustüberl - Why are my ears crinkling? - Ah, holy water ;) - Kloster Scheyer x2 - Chapel roof & wall paintings.

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Greenness! Life! Be still my frost bitten heart, it's been a long time coming :)

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As you are being poetic:

Sometimes, when I'm out walking my munchkin on bitterly cold early spring nights, I think of the last line of Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind." I know; I'm weird sometimes;) That's one sonofabitch who hasn't stood on the corner of Portage and Main on a cold night.

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"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" Yes it can, this year for us in Southern Ontario. But still it must be worse, for the poor souls on Canada's East coast. :eek

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Sunshine at last and our last day of gallivanting for a while & we trundled round Au in der Halletau, Wolnzach & Freising. :)

Schlossbrauerei Au in der Halletau (same as the hops) - Beer Garden - Speaks for itself really - A light luncheon, Obazda, Brezl & Bier - Can you tell what it is yet? - And now? - Another clue - Surely now? In the town of Wolnzach in the region of Oberbayern - Brother bear - Weihenstephan Friesing.

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bye bye crocus ... hello daffodil .. and finally went up the halo how long as it been there ... :D

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Some good moody shots there S,Nice one :)

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An update on my lawn ... A random snowbank fighting a losing battle ... and more of those ballsey snowdrops.:D

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A few pics today using my new toy a Sigma 50-500mm F 4.5-6.3 Lens It will take a lot of getting used to.

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Nice new toy, i`m saving up for something similar, in the meantime I got a second hand 135-400mm.

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You could put your back out if you zoom to maximum without bracing yourself, nice perspective foreshortening on the zoomed bits.

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Wuff!

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More snowdrops ... millions of them:D

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Blech! Enough white stuff for we poor shivering Canucks. On the brighter side, I heard robins singing this morning, and red winged blackbirds were at my feeder :)

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Spring is a coming?

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yes, but it is taking the scenic route(the long cut).

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We live in hope :)

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Which is not all that bad ... with all the snow we had, a slow melt cuts down on the chance of flooding ... And there are things to look forward to and enjoy. It's Maple Madness at the Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area: real maple syrup and pancakes:D And the hockey playoffs ... looks as if it might be the year for les Habitants:alright:

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Good point about the flooding, Eric. That plus we'll get to enjoy Spring all the more when it finally gets here. I never really rely on it until late May early June anyway - anything else is just bonus :)

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After a bit of googling, I found out the Apaches from last week had been seen at RAF Leeming (there were four of them apparently), so I took a drive past today to see if anything interesting was happening.

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Today in Pictures, a wet experience from start to finish, a moist Jackhouse.

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I like them all,numbers 1-4 are great,I can never seem to capture running water in all its glory....Nice one ;)

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You have to be stood in it to appreciate it.

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And a slow shutter speed

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Cheers,I'll bear this in mind next time I'm trying to capture running water ;)

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A day of wind and rain, impossible conditions for sharp focusing. Memorial Park when only the daffs are showing colour at the moment.

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Lovely shots - the daffs are bending their heads in the rain.

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Today in Pictures, a short walk around a wet Oak Hill Park