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Apparently he left two.
The lady had a net over the pond but his beak was long enough to drag the fish through.

I was a bit slow with the camera when he took off, just got his back end and legs.

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With my car in for service all day it was back to one of my old walks along the canal

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1) Someone left the door open
2 & 3) through the door... (A couple of cheeky photos oops)
4) Snowy tree
5) through, wind rain and snow. They're watching. Always

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A few from todays playtime.

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A walk between Mill Lane and Martholme Lane under sunny then threatening skies.

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Lovely shots. Numbers 2 and 6 are my favourites. Well done catching the rainbow :)

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The wave of rain touching the ground arrived just after I took this photo

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A walk around the Woodland C-L-M now the paths are in it is a very popular walk.

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Going through some of my photos and found these of Max's aquaintances from his former hobby

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Frank, they all look like they were having lots of fun.
Love number 1

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There were all different sizes and shapes of dogs doing agility

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A walk that started going up Woodnook Vale ended up at the bottom of Priestly Clough.

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I keep telling myself I will do that walk someday.
It should be familiar...except I haven't been up there for 50 years(or more...but I'm not letting on)

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You probably wouldn't recognize it now, especially with the new paths just put in

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I am sure I wouldn't Dave.
I was up at Ma's and two young deer walked across the path making their way up to the top path of Priestley Clough.....not something that I can ever remember seeing up there when it was my playground.

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Yesterday's stroll

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I also saw a deer with a white rump, no idea of species, it was in the field between me and Rothwell House, it didn't bolt away just strolled passed me so it must be used to people being about.

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There seems to be a few deer around we see two or three sometimes at the back of the college football field towards Broad Oak

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I take an old dear out with me and Max ( don't tell her I said that)

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A couple of years ago I had never seen a deer in the wild, but the last two seasons I have come across deer in various locations throughout the borough.

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I set off to walk around Huncoat Colliery site, but got distracted for a while on the station.

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Today's walkies

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It was a late start today, so didn't intend to get too involved photographically, but once started you just cant stop yourself.

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A few for today

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Sunny Accrington today.
St James Church with spring flowers in abundance.
The last one because I like the reflection in the water

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What a treat to see all those lovely crocuses :)

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Hameldon Woods on a day when wet socks were a must.

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I had to take Ma to a medical appointment yesterday.
This made her very grumpy and glum.....so I promised her fish and chips for her dinner.
I walked to Church St Chippy and passed the church.
I couldn't stop to take pictures then(no one likes cold fish and chips)......but I stopped and spent time taking pics before I got the bus back home.
I will be showing Ma theirs today......so they will brighten her day today.

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Lovely. You're a good daughter to your Mum :)

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Today was a walk from Rishton dip through to the motorway bridge, then a footpath to the old lodge.

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Number six looks like Tracy Emin's work. Could be worth a few bob.

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There were a few more dotted around the place, they must have had an interesting journey to arrive here.

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All the way from Asda, via the river stink?

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Great shot of the Ent:D

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Today me and a friend talk a walk by the river at Dunsop Bridge.

Part 1 :)

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I went to Gt Harwood to see the street signs attributed to Dr Grayson.

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I worked with Rob Grayson when he was an anaesthetist.
A lovely young man and a fine doctor. I am pleased to see his name immortalised in Great Harwood.

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Yes,I hear he was a fine squire, another one of the good un's taken from us too soon.
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Evenin' all, The Witch, Bitch & Moi are visiting the M.i.L again, whiling away Easter & beyond down here in the deep South. Todays jollies were kept to a minimum what with it being our first day & all that.

Bad Füssing a popular "Kur orte" (health resort/Spa) so, full of fattties & the rich with fake suntans so not a lot to see - Then it was over the Border into Austria for a bit of a mooch, a little place called "Brunau am Inn" which to you historical scholars out there should ring some bells. despite it being Good Friday it was just a normal working day today for the Austrians according to the locals. - Witchy & Bitchy alongside a feeder stream for the river Inn - Living along the old City walls - Looking back to Simlach am Inn Germany - The Easter Bunnies of Brunau (but not the towns most infamous export) - Building decoration, very popular in the Germanic regions - The rebuilt, old city "Stadttorturm" city gate tower - For those of you struggling, the answer to who Austrias most infamous export was, it's "Uncle Adolph", Brunau was where he was born. ;)

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Today was a walk around Rothwell Heights, its over 12 months since my last walk around here. They (don't know who) have put footpaths around the area, and seating, and made a section into a Forest School, and I see they organise dry stone walling lessons. The paths now link up with the paths around priestly Clough and then onto Woodnook Vale and have opened up the area massively, it also offers a view over the town and over to Pendle.

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Last night we had another unpleasant ice storm. It reminded me of one we had two years ago, but thankfully the damage wasn't as severe where I live, but others weren't so fortunate. Over 100,000 people were without power for some time. This morning I unloaded a kiln load of honey pots that I'd made for a local bee keeper and maple syrup producer. The ride to deliver them was enjoyable, as the ice can look quite pretty. Glad it's melting now, though :)

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I love the pictures..but not the snow...your honey pots look beautiful.

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Thank you Margaret. It was more ice than snow, so it made for quite a job chipping it off the car. As for the honey pots, I had made 26, but only 19 made it for delivery. I had two kiln failures at the local guild this week - first one kiln, and then the other that I had re-loaded my work into - stopped in the middle of the glaze firing! It's a wonder anything made it out in time for delivery. As we potters say, the kiln gods weren't smiling, but I did ok in spite of it all. The remainders can be refired, and delivered at a later date.

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Today was a trip to a new "Drinks Market" dealing mainly with Beers from the region, then a gallop over to Oberstdorf, touristy destination & one of the sites for the "4 Schanzen Tournee" (4 Ski Jump competition).

Them Jihadis have definitely got this paradise thing totally wrong ..... This, is Paradise proper - One happy little chappie & long suffering Wifey - Oberstdorf - Local arts & crafts Market - Para glider over the Nebelhorn - Schattenberg Ski jump with the Schattenberg in the background - The Nebelhorn - The streets of Oberstdorf - "Altes Rathaus" The old Town hall - finally on our way home through the village of Reid, rolling pasture land "Alm" & another big rock. :D

(Please note, names of said rocks may be slightly off as my knowledge of the local geography is crap & my so called "local guide & knowledgeable one" the wife! Can't tell the difference between Foghorn, leghorn, Nebelhorn, Fellhorn :rolleyes:)

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Dunsop Part 2

and this lens blur one that wouldn't resize for some reason.

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Today was out & about in Allgäu tracing some Squaddie memories! So you just know there's going to be something uncouth & I aim to please :D

A nice enough little "Dorf", or so you'd think looking at it, but it's obviously full of "W@nkers" :eek: - Really? I kid you not, that's the name of the village, generations of UK & US servicemen (& Women)have grinningly posed under this village sign & in some cases tried to nick it ....Shocking! :D - Pfronten nestling at the foot of the Alps - On top of the Tegelberg (where we wanted to go with the cable car) a casualty rescue was going on (so we couldn't) - A roundabout way back through the Mountains on the Austrian side the "Plansee" sits in the valley surrounded by great big rocks - Ettal, Kloster Ettal - Inside the chapel (x3) Organ pipes, ceiling artwork, wall paintings - Ettal main street.

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Should be x2 organ pipes & Ceiling decoration - another view of the Kloster

Gert great sossy fingers & Bayerische Beer, Sorry. :)

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That ceiling decoration is really something.....love it!

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Number 9 is very Hannah Spyri.....Heidi springs to mind immediately.
Toasted cheese, goats....You get the picture.
One of my favourite childhood books.

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Todays offerings from roundabouts

Another bob across to Austria for this little stoater - The hire car, a Nissan Juke as the Galaxy is proper poorly - The Alps seen from the Austrian side - Tittmoning "Burghauser Tor" basically the city gates - No, no idea what it's supposed to mean but it looks quite impressive - Tittmoning "Markt platz" - The "Burg" front gate - Burg Tittmoning outer wall - The Burg back gate - The "Polnachgrab" a little stream running through a gorge alongside the Burg.

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Aye it is that Ma, also goats, nuns, men in uniform & some big fat geezers blowing on horns or yowdelling! :D

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After Sundays disappointment, we headed back out to Hohenschwangau to go on the "Tegelberg Bahn" only to be fobbed off again as it was to windy! :( So we headed off towards Füssen then onto Rettenberg & Sonthofen to sate my other passions "Beer". :)

Hohes Schloß Füssen - "Allgäu Kaserne" Home of the "Gebirgsjäger" (Mountain troops) wall painting - Allgäu kaserne with the "Edelweiss" to the right of the main gate - B roads don't get much better than this, B309 looking back towards Füssen - Zötler Brauerei situated between Kranzegg & Rettenberg in Allgäu - Copper pots at Zötler - Sonthofen Marktstraße - Hirsch Brauerei - Bielenberg SSE of Sonthofen - Not sure about Heidi, but possibly Lardy & the Grimlin .... Yodell- oh-de ho! :s_aim1:

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Our jaunt took us to Sachsenkam & Kloster Reutberg today as the morning was taken up with picking up the repaired ford skip, taking back the hire car & then the Witchity one & her Mum were off to get their heads done at the barbers.

A light aperitif with a marvellous view - Ah, Luncheon is served - An afternoon constitutional to burn off all those calories - Kloster Reutberg - The archetypal view associated with the area - Young Fallow deer - Older Fallow deer with a couple of Bucks - (2x) Views of Sachsenkam village.

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I don't know what lunch was,but it looks damn good.

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The grass looks greener on the other side of offence!

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Brauerpfand'l Ma, loosely translated "Brewers pan" Pork medallions in a mushroom cream sauce, home made fried onions & home made "Käsespätzle" (cheese noodles? Mini dumplings) :idunno: :)

Käsespätzle Recipe

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Your only about 3 hours from Austria you could call in on Roy give him an excuse not to work tomos.

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Even less than that Less, we can do it in about 90 minutes, mind you it depends where abouts in Austria he is.

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Today is actually yesterday, and you know what sort of a day yesterday was, but despite the crazy start we set off for Cleveleys, and it was an sunny afternoon if somewhat breezy .

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Number 4: is that a Cleveleys inukshuk?:D

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Its not in the shape of a figure, more what I like to call a pile of stones.

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Love number 4..... And Dave a pile of stones is much better than stony piles :)

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Up on t' moors today

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Today was more of a ricochet walk, I was walking a bit of the priests walk, then a bit of the Woodlands, but I had no specific route just bouncing about.

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Up on t'Moors: Starkly beautiful images - the juxtaposition of the old with the new :)

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Nature holds its own - beautiful.

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History, culture & touristy things today. :) A run across to the South eastern most corner of the "Reich" Berchtesgaden & then various stations on our way back home.

Ramsau in Berchtesgadener land - Hotel "Zum Türken", neighbour to Adolf, Bormann & Goering on the Obersalzburg Hitler's Berghof: Then and Now - Hotel "Zum Türken" & drive to "Uncle Addies" -Remains of the "Berghof Residenz - Hofbraühaus Berchtesgaden (would you believe it, they had a Scouse waiter!!? :eek:) - Deco in the Braühaus - Scenic view from Berchtesgaden - The "Watzmann" - View from Seebruck on Chiemsee towards the Alps - And finally, the obligatory visit to Aying (for us tea ;)).

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Last day in Munich so it was the local area that got a looking at. It was also extremely cold & grey so somewhat fitting for our first tourist action.

KZ Dachau (x6) The camp gates * The Infamous inscription * Crematorium * Inside the crematorium looking from the waiting room, to the disrobing room, then the "Showers" & into the body room * the main thoroughfare between the blocks to the "Appell" station & the administration blocks * Security measures - Old Brauerei buildings Aying - Aying village - Some Ayinger locals - Then some of the locals in Hermannsdorf Landwerkstatten.

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Difficult subject matter, but important to remember what happened here.

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I'd agree with that statement & also the reason why the photographs taken were very selective.

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A walk today along the railway line through GT. Harwood to Rishton, then back down to the wet bits of Tottleworth.

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Ah Spring ... Where did it go? 10cm coming down for us tonight :eek:
(Sorry if photo is upside down - my iPad does that sometimes)

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This is probably one for the 'boys'.
Today I took Spindles on a day out ...to Manchester...the Museum of Science and Industry.
When I asked him what kind of day he had....he said it was 'amazing'.
So have a look at some of these pictures.
1) Spindles...in a perspex structure on the walk to the museum.
2) Him again in from of a big plane.
3) A little Kamikaze plane.......you could nearly get that in your handbag.
4) a wheelchair motorbike....who knew one of those existed.
5) An experimental Jet
6) another airy fairy plane...come on....don't ask me technical stuff...I'm female!
7) A steam engine ...cut away to show its gizzards...the internal workings...pipes and things
8) The Muriel(yes I know it is a mural) on the outside of the museum.
9) The footplate of a big black steam engine.
10) this is the big black steam engine that the footplate belongs to

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More from yesterdays jaunt.
1) this is from a Leonardo Da Vinci design.....basically a large kite.
2) a bright yellow airy fairy plane.
3) details about the yellow plane.
4) A modern kitchen
5) an even more modern kitchen...look they have a dishwasher
6) We used to have a telly like that...by the time it warmed up the progam was over. (this room had not seen a yellow duster or Mr Sheen for a long time...it was proper mucky)
7) First class carriage.

We walked 10km yesterday and Spindles fell asleep on the bus back home...he said I had walked his legs off.

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A walk around Castle Clough, a touch early for any Spring flowers, but moist moments in abundance.

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10cm:eek: You are lucky ... we got only five.;) Your iPad must be one of those cheap Australian knock-offs.:D

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Got another few cm today, but it won't last long. As for my iPad, it's the real article, but for some reason photos flip upside like that when uploading to Accyweb. This time I thought I would be smart, and edited the photo to be upside down before uploading it, but to no avail :confused:

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That just goes to prove that technology confounds common sense.

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Is your Ipad upside down when taking the photos, home button needs to be on the right for landscape.

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Thanks gPick - I think you're on to something there. I'll pay attention to that next time I post a photo :)

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I didn,t know we made cheap knock off iPads.
Where can I buy one and how much?

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You wouldn't happen to be blonde, eh?

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A walk around the Coppice, I hadn't been up for a few weeks, The browns are giving way to the light green of Spring.

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Not last time I checked, no :)

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Lovely shots, Davemac.

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Not from today...but from another jaunt to Manchester with the lad yesterday.
Again, I think this will appeal more to the lads.
1) Scrambler Bikes.
2) I think this was a speedway bike.
3) Hang glider
4) an antique vehicle.
5) The picture cascade in the foyer of MOSI
6) A better pic of the Muriel(mural)
7 Mr John Rylands...him of the library fame
8) Mrs John Rylands...also of library fame
9) Fearsome Dragon carved into the stone.
10) not sure if this is a bird or a bat

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I love the carvings (it's an owl, I think). Interesting to think that in days gone by, people were employed to embellish buildings in that way - so beautiful and lasting.

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aah yes...so it is. I can see it is now, but when I first looked at it I could not tell what it was.

Spindles wasn't keen to go into the John Rylands Library. he thought it would be dull and boring, but he loved it.
There was a Shakespeare Trail for the children and he hunted out the clues and got a certificate. He also got a brochure on Witches in the Middle Ages. He was enthralled by this.
We both had a very enjoyable day.

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This morning hubby and I decided to try for a walk on the Fairgrounds track as we have done so many times before. The sunshine promised warmer temps., but lied - there was a bitingly cold wind. Tears streaming down our cheeks, we made a hasty retreat to the car.
1. Miss P wisely decided to stay warm in her new favourite spot.
2. Footprints: those little pawprints must be from a raccoon.
3. Frozen puddle.
4. Twin trees - no leaves in sight yet. The robins are shivering!
5. My favourite old trees in this park - on the way back to the car.

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Turtle beat me to it, most definitely an Owl, I'd assume it's symbolic in so much as the Owl is associated with the Goddess(of wisdom)Athena in Greek mythology & as it's at a place of learning .... :)

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It is so obvious now..... I can't believe I didn't get it before.....and of course owls are symbolic of learning and wisdom.

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Tonight's sunset

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A walk around Dean Clough, the sun was shining but the winds ruined my hair.

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A few birds from the last couple of days.

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Love the robin.

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Testing out gPick's advice on uploading photos from my iPad - if it still comes out upside down, I give up :eek:

Spring might actually be here in my part of the world: minus 10 at nights all week with a bout of ice pellets and snow. Then, like a switch turned on, we have abundant sunshine for the next three days with temps. approaching 20 degrees (eventually, on Sunday). We're all going slightly mad with delight. The robins are able to peck at the ground for food, and be still my heart, I swear I saw a turtle sunning itself on the far bank of the pond. Well, maybe :)

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Yay! It worked :). Thanks gPick

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today in accy a forest of daffodils ... :D