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If I can get to Blackburn town cent, I will go look. I thought so about the reason for making it.

It's very poignant, good to see it's going through towns. Its hopefully awake up call to a few. Is the police station on the railway across. Sure they would take a knife off anyone who would rather not carry o e anymore.?

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Odders, not sure about the police near the station….but below the statue there is a secure knife surrender box.
This is not just for the surrender of knives used for criminal purposes, but can be used for anyone who has a domestic knife that needs safe disposal.
Yes of course you could put it in your recycling bin, but then how do you prevent harm to those people who deal with this type of waste…it could be a hazard to them.
I know that the few knives I have disposed of, my other half has cut off the blade and rendered it safer with an angle grinder….but a safe disposal box is a better idea.

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1. & 2. Waggon & Maschinenbau Diesel Railbus M79964
3. - 5. LMS Black 5 45212 at Oxenhope, Oakworth and Haworth

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accrington today about 4pm

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did not recognise probably cos it looks good.:D

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well, these weren't taken today...but they were taken last Friday.
I took a jaunt to Hebden Bridge. I had done this the previous Friday, but the day turned wet and i found my camera battery was dead...I had a spare, but that had only enough power to poke out the lens and tell me Goodbye.
Being that Friday was sunny I decided a revisit was favourite.
My batteries were charge and the camera's were too.
Here are a selection of my pictures.
I hope they give you the feel of a very pleasant day.

1) A Canada goose on the side of the river.
2) sitting in the sunshine(taken from under the bridge)
3) the square in Hebden Bridge...just look at the sky, it could be July
4) A group of folk in Mono.
5) The flea Market...no there were NO fleas.
6) A man playing a funny instrument...but ti sounded sweet.
7) some little girl would love this.
8) Spring blossom.
9) My love of reflections won.
10) whoever heard of a bike in a bush?

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There will be more tomorrow.

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Last Friday over the border in Yorkshire...and do you know what...?
The natives were friendly and the chips were delicious(cooked in beef dripping)

1) a cyclist enjoying his 'snap'.
2) The blooming tree in the park...spring is sprung.
3) a stall on the flea market.
4) A lady taking the sun and air on the canal bank...monochrome for effect
5) a moored barge and a canalside shed...oops could be home to someone.
6&7) two of the locks on the canal.
8) another market stall.
9) a line of barges
10) Over the New Hebden Bridge.

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Time Flies by when you're the driver of a train.... Loco 41241 at Oakworth on a sunny Sunday

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Every little boys dream….or at least it used to be.
A lovely shot.

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Thanks Margaret.

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No…Ryewolf…thank you for sharing.

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Do we run away now....?

I don't know, but Tim the Enchanter said this rabbit had a vicious streak a mile wide and I've already soiled my armour....

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Did they not have the holy hand grenade of Antioch? :D

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Oh Dave, how I miss the Monty Python Sketches,:hehetable I suppose they are not allowed to re-run them with today's (cannot upset anyone)brigade.

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I think they are still available, but you've got to put up with the snowflake & trigger warnings beforehand.

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I have all the Python Albums on vinyl, no snowflake warnings on them.....

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L&Y + LNWR Centenary Merger

This weekend the ELR celebrated the centenary merger of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway with the London North West Railway in 1922, all the locos are at least 100 years old..

1: L&Y Loco 1300 built in 1895
2: L&Y Loco 752 built in 1881
3: L&Y Loco 19 Pug built in 1910
4: LNWR Coal Tank 1054 built in 1888 and the only surviving loco of it's class

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Not in any kind of order, but over the last few months, the international truckerist driver that I is, gets about a bit, so some random views from my travels. :)


Czech republic little village before the German border (picking up cheap smokes for the Boss) - Austria one of my many early morning pleasures after an overnight on some random motorway - Truckers Breakfast on Irish Ferries Cherbourg to Dublin - About 5.00 AM Lahr Schwarzwald, indusrial estate that was previously a French & later a Canadian Airbase - My overnight location when at St.Pierre des Corps Tours France & a random funny. ;)

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Number 4 made me slavver!

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Aye, me too & the thing about it is, if you finish whats on your plate you can always go back for more ...... hardly surprising then that some Truckerists end up somewhat rotund & portly! :D

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So last week, me, my sister and her eldest daughter had 5 days in West Scotland, we stopped at Fort William and yes it was a long drive but well worth it..

My sisters eldest on the top of the Nevis Range

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We Found a Waterfall...

My sister and her eldest at the Loch Lochy Viewpoint, to be honest I think the people naming the lochs ran out of names..

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Eilean Donan Castle - used in the Highlander film with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery

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Been to all those places over the years, as to Eilean Donan, well that is just Jockishness as the world understands it. Loch Lochy is because the Jockeens are simple folk, who really don't want difficulties in their lives so they keep it simple. :D

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Whilst I've been to Scotland before, it was mostly Edinburgh and the Kingdom of Fife

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The Old Man of Storr

This was a difficult hike, I'm not young anymore and it was all uphill, I didn't make it to the top which was another 30 minute scramble up steep step and rocks.

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The Jacobite Train, which goes from Fort William to Mallaig

Funnily enough the trains that run the route are owned by Rileys who are based in Bury.

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My sister spotted this giant bug on the Nevis Range, it's a Giant Horntail or Woodwasp

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Crocodile Rock, on Loch Linnhe

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Some more from Scotland

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Steam Engine Detail

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it was busy in town yesterday .. think the lobster had eyes on the medical persons there .. they had medical persons on the back of their tshirts

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Getting about as I do, I get to see things & take random piccies, here's a few from the last couple of months in no particular order. :)


A visitor pinching bird food - Hook waiting for the ferry x2 - Gracie, my mates little lovable Staffie - Family get together, All our yesteryears & Dad "discussing" Tech with Grandson - Northern Italy the Brenner Autobahn x2 - Weinberg at Lahr Schwarzwald & Helo trg flight at old RCAF / French airbase Lahr.

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Love the little red squirrel…we only have the dirty looking grey ones near us.

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I think he comes into the estate from the pine woods not far from here, there's always free scoff put out, him, the Hedgies & birds don't do badly out of me. :)

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That looks like a decent pint in the front of the Family get together picture Dave, it even has the remnants of a "head" on it. Nice Photo's.

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It was Draught Bass Tads, best option they had on offer, I even had to get behind the bar to get their system working or it was Becks (produced for the UK market, I don't even drink it here! :rolleyes:). That said though, they did give me a free pint for my efforts. :D

Incidentally the folk around the table from L to R are Auntie Rose (my Dads Sister), Auntie Joan & Uncle Derek (My Godfather) & my Dad.

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Not been anywhere "exotic" so the following are some random "local" snaps. :)


Local livestock in our garden (x3) - Luftwaffe "Eurofighter" - old "Innerdeutsche Grenze" Todes zone", West side, East side, local wander route (x4) - Wild Hops.

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as i was in town seeing off the spugster on his train journey home and i had to go up over the bridge back over the railway line ... and i had my camera with me ...:D autumn colours from the footbridge at the railway station

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accrington today looking a bit christmassy ... is the christmas tree outside the town hall wonky? the market hall has its christmas tree too .. and well you can tell its christmas when the crib is outside the market hall .. :D

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Will someone put a romper suit on that youngster in the crib, he must be frozen.

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The tree in the Arndale looks like it was done by Braille….it is horrible.
Whoever did it has no style and even less taste.

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some daffs for st davids day .. i did take em yesterday ..:D

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These pictures tell us that spring is round the corner…but don’t put your vests away too soon.

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Marge you could not be more right, many years ago a farmer friend of mine asked if I could help him find some cattle of that he had lost on land on top of the coppice in snow drifts, we did find them and they were not lost they had merely laid down behind drystone walls and were covered by the drifts, the reason I am mentioning this is because it was the last week in MAY. When I mention it to some of todays younger generation, I.E. under forty or so, they tend to think that I am having a giraffe.

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Nope, I too can remember having snow in late May…in fact I think I remember it snowing in June.
Ok it did not last long, but it was enough to cover the grass, but not enough to sledge on.
Back then, I enjoyed snow.
Now I hate the ruddy stuff.

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Oh dear and here's me thinking that ruddy is a reddish colour, I have never seen ruddy/reddish snow.:D

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Ruddy can be used as a mild expletive Taddy…in place of a similar sounding word, gory in nature and beginning with B

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the crocus are out ... and the daffs are well on their way though one is open in the bed of crocuses ..:D

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And my Marigolds have bloomed early this year !..:rolleyes:

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Love it Yonmon….what kind of fertiliser are you using to get these to bloom this early?
Just asking for a friend.

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Stayed last night at hebden bridge.... didnt think i would get home :D

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Lovely pictures Rob.

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ooo up on the balcony in the market hall they have a brick machine .. its been there quite a few years now .. well was up there today ... and they have a new one .... and guess who didnt have a camera with me ... but had mi little tablet with camera ... :p its built by the same person who built the brick one ... will go back wi camera and get proper one :p

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Female Blackbird catches a fish.

On the weir of the River Calder at Whalley, this isn't the first time I've seen or photographed this happening, so my guess is that they are copying the Black-headed Gulls that also catch fish on the weir.

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Wren King of All Birds

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Just unearthed in our garden in Lytham….

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Yesterday I went on a coach trip day out to Liverpool.
Here are a few of my pics...yes it was a lovely day
1) city sight seeing bus.
2) The Open Eye.
3) The Philharmonic Dining rooms - Famed for the gents toilets. Connemara Marble...and PINK. (The ladies loos are BOG standard)
4) Pirate Pet on the docks
5) Love locks...thousands of locks placed on the chains along the docks...emulating a bridge in Paris. Sweet eh?
6) One of the Lamb Banana's on the waterfront. This one could do with a paint job.
7) Albion House...used to belong to a shipping company. Known locally as the Streaky bacon building
8) Something uncommon...a thinking man...well no...a statue of a thinking man.
9) Street Art....it has references on it to the Beatles.
10) The wall of Fame in Matthew Street

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The photos are brilliant, Margaret. It looks like you had a great day out, and you certainly saw, and captured on your camera, some extremely interesting sights.

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thank you Dorothy...there are more, maybe tomorrow....so stay tuned.

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So here are another ten pics of our Day out to Liverpool

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I just wasn't quick enough with my edit to put captions on my last post...so here goes.

1) The view from the top of the Explorer bus.
2) A Horse, A Horse my kingdom for a horse...except you wouldn't get far on this beast.
3) The Support Ukraine Lamb Banana.
4) This large mural ( 21 meters high) is on the back of the tempest building on Tithebarn St....done by the Manchester female duo Nomad's Clan.

5)The Rubber Soul Bar in Mathew St with the pictures of the Beatles above it.
6) The Pope's Rocket Launcher aka Paddy's Wigwam. Looks good against the blue sky.
7) Queens Avenue a little hidden arcade between Castle Street and Dale St...easily missed.

8) Another Lamb Banana this time in Liverpool red.
9) St Johns Tower. We had no time to go up the Tower on this visit...next time.
10) the Fab Four. No visit to Liverpool would be complete without going to see this statue.

I did not know that the statue of the Beatles held some secrets.....did you?

John is holding acorns...he sent acorns to world leaders urging them to plant living statues and encouraging world peace.

Paul is carrying a Kodak camera. Kodak was an Eastman company and Paul Married Linda Eastman.

Ringo has L8 on the underside of the heel of his shoe...he was brought up in the L8 area of Liverpool.

George has his Sanskrit mantra on the belt of his coat.

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A correction to the information about the Mural on post 14259.
The colourful mural has nothing at all to do with the Beatles.
It is called The Sound of Freedom it was created in augmented reality and it is a collaboration between Neil Keating a the Ukrainian artist Ptashka Somali.

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I had some bad news today regarding Cali, my little cat, she'd been off her food for a few days but I managed to get an appointment with the vet, anyway they took some blood and gave her a tablet to boost her appetite.

The vet said it would take about an hour or so to get the results back and that they would phone me at home. So they rang at around 2:30pm and gave me the bad news, Cali has a very advanced stage of kidney failure and that there was nothing else that they could do for her.

On Monday I have to take her back to the vets so that they can put her to sleep.

The photo was taken in March 2016

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Oh Ryewolf….I feel for you.
I have lost two cats to kidney failure….it is just how it goes for some cats.
Cali has had the best life…she has been loved, fed, kept warm and you are doing the final thing for her.
The cats we love never leave us because they put paw prints on our heart. She never was ‘just a cat’

When she gets to kitty heaven,
I hope that there will be,
A special place just for her
In the shade of a sardine tree.
I hope there will be a sun
In a clear blue sky…
And that her only work to do
Is chasing butterflies.

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That is a beautiful picture of her.
I hope that in time (and in her honour) you can give a home to a rescue cat.

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I said farewell to my little Cali cat today, so long my little fluffy friend.

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I thought about you all day yesterday.
It is such a tough thing to do…I gave my three ginger Ninja’s an extra hug…because I would miss them if they were not here.

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Last weekend me and my sisters went to North Wales, on Friday we stopped at Llandudno and visited the Great Orme.

1: Cable Cars
2: View from the summit
3: Wind farm.

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christmas lights in accrington took them tuesday roundabout 3.30pm

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Snowdonia from Lytham promenade at the end of a windless, sunny afternoon.

(Not a great photo, but doing this in hope of promoting Ryewolf in listing more of his brilliant shots)

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this thread was started by davemac back in 2012 .. a long time ago .. and the one that has kept on going ... was on facebook ... and saw this post ..

Amy is feeling heartbroken with Dave Mac and Damien .
9h ·
Just wanted to put something on to let everyone know my dad gained his wings and was sadly taken from us on Sunday 18-02-24. Me, lewis and Damien are heartbroken as he was such a big part of our lives. Our hearts are forever with you dad. Gone but NEVER forgotten you shall live on through our memories we shared together.

rest in peace davemac xx

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So very sad to hear this news.
Sincere condolences to his family.
Dave was a real gent, a talented photographer and an all round good guy.
Rest in Peace Dave.

Thank you Jen for posting this.

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Sad news to hear about Dave

A couple of images from today at WWT Martin Mere to honor Dave

1: Asian Otter
2: Chiliean Flamingo

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They are both beautiful pictures and I know that Dave would have loved them and your portrayal of them.

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A Puffin with fish, taken at the Farne Islands last week

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Some images from Edinburgh

1: Sir Walter Scott Monument
2-4: Random Tourists

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As always Ryewolf, you have captured some lovely shots and Edinburgh is a fantastic place to go if you want to spend time taking pictures.

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I dont know if you have heard but theyve done up the accy pals memorial garden on church street and the service and opening is on saturday at 10.30am.

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Lulworth Castle in Dorset from a recent trip where I went to Dorset, Cornwall and Devon

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Corfe Castle in Dorset

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I used to think castles were ‘boys stuff’ but I have yo admit that I really do like them.
Ryewolf, as always you provide us with stunning views.
Thank you

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Saint Michaels Mount

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the daffodils are out .. took these on friday .. the cherry blossom tree though is in burnley .. the other three in accrington ..

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On the way to Devon for a Holiday we stopped at Portishead, I'd never been there before

1 and 2 Portishead Battery Point Lighthouse
3 Portishead Pier
4 Portishead Groyne (which is a is a sea defense to prevent erosion)