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Is that going over Whalley Nab,Dave?

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Yes, starting at Memorial park, Gt Harwood down to the river, left over the nab, then drop down into Whalley just past the weir, near Judge Walmsley pub, back along the river until the path takes you back up to the road then to Spring Wood car park.

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Follow the link, it tells you were they all are.


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Photoshop will export as raw its all that I use, what if any editing software do you own/use?

Try and do an export or save as

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Easy2Convert RAW to JPG Freeware (raw2jpg)

Dint know what its like but its free!

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Photoscape has a RAW converter, I use that program all the time,but never done RAW so can't speak from experiance.


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I have used the software that came with my camera image data converter

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Search the help for raw conversion it will probably do it for you

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Dave -I risk becoming homesick again looking at your photos -I love the spider's web with droplets and the image of the Whalley Arches!

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Visibility was pants due to snow falling, yet it was very busy over the nab, I think there was a group of Geo Cash hunters.

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Not far Restless.
Go through Colne, take the Keighley road to Laneshawbridge and turn right for Howarth, it's about two miles up the road. You see the sign and turn right into the car park.

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A selection showing the flowers and plants growing in winter in Tenerife. They had a spell of rain in November so it was the greenest I've ever seen it there.

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Today in Pictures, today I set off looking for a certain picture, I never found it, still next time. Anyway here is what I found.

1. More ice than snow, but a thaw was setting in.
2. Pineing for the fiord's.
3. The sky was looking heavy.
4. And the ground was a little soft.
5. A long view of the lodges.
6. Another one.
7. The water is very still.
8. Off we go again.
9. Well.....there had to be one.
10. Funny shapes over Pendle Hill.

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How about for none drivers ?

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I have seen buses in Accrington with "Keighley via Burnley" on the destination board.
Catch one to Laneshawbridge and have a nice walk from there.

Otherwise you will have to make do with the photos I have posted.

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or bus to Trawden and short walk through fields to wycollar

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Today in Pictures......I didn't know where I was going.......I didn't know where I was when I was there.......I didn't find out until I left....See if you know before I tell you.

1. The worlds biggest cigar cutter.
2. Am I in Canada ?
3. I can hear a wheezing noise........I think it's me.
4. A man at altitude with an attitude.
5. I can see my house from here.
6. Walls from the past and something from the present that goes very fast.
7. It's making my nose bleed looking down.
8. I have peaked, its Musbury Heights.
9. On the way down, a look across to Haslingden.
10. Almost down, can you spot Bob.

So there it is Musbury heights and Calf Hey reservoir...plus a little fat chap with wet, snow covered trousers, and wet socks.........This has been Dave Mac for News at Ten handing you back to the studio.

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The tower where the helicopter crashed - I live about 300 metres down the road from where it crashed - the photo was taken before Christmas as yesterday my batteries had run out!

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Wow a report from our man on the spot so to speak. Were you at home at the time?

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Yes I was, I often go out and look at that building early on - I wondered what all the police and fire engines where doing rushing by - then put on the TV and they were talking about it - but by then all the streets were blocked off by Police. Even when it was full daylight you couldn't see the top of that tower it was shrouded in fog.

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Not a proper Today contribution due to a few busy days, I did manage to snap 3 pics though.

Frosty moss, and a swan walking on the canal.

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That swan looks like it is checking its reflection.

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Must be a female:D

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It came as a shock, he thought he was a peacock.

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Today in Pictures, theres no business like snow business.

1. Its fine snow, with impaired visibility.
2. Passing Jackhouse Reservoir I took this footpath, not the most sensible idea, I wont be going back that way.
3. Its not a bridge to far, as I'm only half way around.
4. Hands up if you have seen an icicle that goes around corners.
5. You can never have to many icicles.
6. You cant see it, but the snow is horizontal with a bitting wind.
7. Oy !........... stop eating snow.
8. This used to be the top reservoir.
9. The lane that goes up the side of the reservoir.
10. Its a left turn here and back to the car.

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Love that pic with the bulrushes, looks like their positions have been measured out!

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I didn't see that, but now you have pointed it out, its there.

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Bob has a Snow beard!! :D

Anyway stopped on the way home(we decided to walk the canal) to take a couple and one taken in town.

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Just a few snow pics taken from our front window.
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I love the picture of the Robin.

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I managed to get quite a lot of the robin.I put some leftover pastry from our tea last night under the bushes and the robin came down straight away.

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Well that's your Christmas card for this year sorted Frank - if you are one of those who still sends them, that is.

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We don't send as many as we used to.It's too expensive now.We tend to send e cards to our friends who have internet.

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Well I've just been playing... hope you don't mind me using your image!

PS I hate ecards - you can't put them on the mantel piece.

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Nice one!

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Cheers - I enjoy playing around like that - think Mrs P does too!

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Lovely snowy shots from all. Great icicles, that beautiful Robin and Rob's shot of Riley's swing bridge and the canal is great too! Snowing here as I write -we're expecting a lot by all accounts too. Hope to get some shots but my camera is playing up!

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Yes, I do...and believe me I was tempted....that is the kind of picture I would put on a Christmas card.......I would print out the picture(on silk paper), stick it with sticky pads onto a pine green card(so that the pic was slightly raised away from the card) and use stick on sparkly greetings....with my own verse inside.......I keep telling myself I missed my way.(I am deluded, I know)

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You are POSH using silk paper

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fantastic pics of the birds love em

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Just wanted to thank everyone for their pics of Accy in the snow. We haven't had any at all here, and even across the bay I don't think there's much on the hills. Looking at the Met Office maps we seem to be at the eye of the storm, with all the snow circling around us and nothing directly over us. So it's nice to see somewhere where it has fallen - and still looks pretty!

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You can have ours. I'll send you some in a plain brown envelope.

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No, it is only silk finish photo paper as opposed to glossy paper.

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Aw go on then.

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Today in Pictures,.........with a smile on my face, and a song in my heart, I headed out to play in the snow.


1.Right......who ordered the snow cone, mines a bowl of chilly.
2. The stream between Childers Green and Castle Clough.
3. It's the ford.
4. Top edge of the clough.......chase me.
5. Someone left their xylophone out in the rain, and I don't think that I can play it.
6. I came all this way for a moist moment.
7. So then we head back along the Clough bottom, sounds like a case for Germolene.
8. When I took this there was a bloke tucked into a crevice taking photos of icicles, is that strange or what.
9. If you are looking for the footpath.........its the wet bits.
10. So there it is, full circle, all that remains is the walk back to Huncoat Stocks, to the car.

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Today in Pictures..A walk by the water.

1. After a walk to Church Kirk, down the lane to Hyndburn Brook.
2. Erosion is still happening.
3. Heading toward the "Dunk".
4. Almost at the Dip.
5. Across the road and in the direction of Clayton Fields.
6. After a few barbed wire fences, a bit of the Brook I have never walked.
7. A Private fishing lodge, or so the sign says.
8. Past the weir, and heading for the park.
9. It is getting dark, perhaps its time for home.
10. There it is, almost at the start point, and it has gone dark.

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went for a wander in the snow today down bash lines .. didnt go very far tho ... :D

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Today in Pictures........it looks like its snow scenes for a while.

1. Winter Jasmin putting on a brave face.
2. Chilly Ivy.
3. Larch in the woods.
4. Its just like slipping off a log.
5. Cotoneaster berries.
6. The last time I took this photo the sun was shining and the birds were singing, now its snowing and my teeth are chattering.
7. Bell Lane.
8. Bell Lane looking back to the canal.
9. Heading through the woods towards Wilson's Playing Field.
10. Time for a left turn.

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Love the monochrome feel of the last four - you said you wanted some snow on the trees - well now you've got it!

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I must have gone a bit giddy today, when I got home I had taken over 350 pictures, that will take some sorting through. I might get through them over the next couple of days as I have appointments tomorrow and shopping on Wednesday so wont have much to post.

I did at one point check the camera to see it I had put the setting to monochrome as they looked more B&W on the camera screen.

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Someone has "cold feet"

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I don't know if its me, but the pictures were bigger than my screen and difficult to view ?

Forget that, tried again and they were ok to view, so it was me.

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Bob must have been very bored!

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He had a cold tush, when I stop to take a photo he sits down.

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Great snowy pics all -looks pretty damn cold over there! I do love snow though -we've had some more but it immediately went slushy this time...yuk.

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Hey Restless are those my trainers on Arago St ? I've been looking for them :D

Nice pics by the way

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A selection of pics taken over the last few days - some of the tower where the helicopter crashed...I had no part in making the snowman!

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Gosh that tower is ugly - a real blot on the landscape. Pity the crash didn't knock it down!

Thanks for the pics Kes.

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Great Pics

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Susie planted a seed in my head yesterday about Bob getting bored when I take snaps, and I replied he just sits down. So as I was a bit on the busy side today for pictures,............ here is................... Bob sat sitting..... a collection of muddy, wet, cold, and numb tushes.

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Thank you Dave, they are lovely... and you have a perfect model there. I especially like the sihouette in no 1.

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Gotta agree with Sue on that one Dave No 1 for me

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The least planned shots are sometimes the best, when I think about the miles we have covered together it's no wonder he sits down at every opportunity.

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A slight tangent here, did you get to the bottom of using RAW photos. I did a bit of a google about it.

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I like number one as well.

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I like number 8 too.

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Bob the super hero...

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Bob, a dog outstanding in his field..........well sitting really

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Yes thanks Dave I am currently experimenting .I have set my camera to take the shots in RAW and jpeg.

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i had to go up haslingden today .. tho the last two are in rising bridge:D

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Today, Yesterday, and perhaps tomorrow in pictures.

1. Turkey tail in Mercer Park.
2. Some type of bracket fungi, perhaps Ganoderma.
3. Just hold my coat while I do this...........hang on its a bit slippy.......perhaps later.
4. I did say.......yellow snow is not nice.
5. Heading for the top gate.
6. I've stood here before, but the sun was warming my bones.
7. Later in the day.
8.Cutwood Park, a quick jaunt before the BIG shop.
9. This teacake tastes terrible today.
10. My ears are cold, I wonder what they have that's cold.

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Thanks Bob for the laugh in no 4!

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i had the tedster today .. so went down bash lines this afternoon with him and the camera .. the last one is broadway about 1pm before i had the tedster ...

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I didnt see his expression until I got it on the computer, these expressions are to quick to plan.

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I've looked for those sculpters before and never found any, there are supposed to be quite a few on that walk from top to bottom.

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i know ..even when you've found em you cant find em again .. :D the owl was easy to spot when the leaves are off the trees .. :D:D these are all near the top bit ...

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Well I was surprised today
As some of you might know I have just bought a new camera the Samsung nx1000 and with it came an offer of a Samsung galaxy 2 pad the 7 inch one so I sent off for it not thinking anything would come of it but it came today so I now have one happy wife:D
I have an iPad that she kept using
So now she has her own

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Where's your pics with the new camera?

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I planned to go into the Accrington con club but its shut so went for a pint instead:D

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Good Idea!

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Some more photos. One of the building scorched by burning fuel from the crashed helicopter - that building is Rentokill offices and the only other person killed by it was going to work there...

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Yep, Susie - the tower is pretty ugly for a residential building. It was on the local news last night that the pilot of the chopper was texting on his mobile 4 mins before he crashed and also at the time of crash was tuning in his radio.

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Great Pics No 5 says it is a snowman.Has he got man boobs?

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:D Yep it's Mrs Brown ;) I added the nose and the cigar.

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Today in Pictures.......I now have number three, one more to go.........then I can collect my Nectar points.

1. Clapper Bridge. we used this as base camp.
2. Pack Horse Bridge.
3. Wycoller Hall thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in the novel Jane Eyre.
4. Built by the Hartley family at the end of the 16th century.
5. The Heritage Centre in the grounds of the Hall.
6. That is the destination point.
7. After a bit of puffing and panting, Eureka.
8. With the Atom to my back, the view down the valley.
9. Heading back down, the snow is very deep where it has drifted.
10. This type of fencing is all around the area, it has a name but I am unable to find it ( it sounds like vaccury, but the jury is out on that )

Just a final comment, someone has nicked the silver ball that was in the centre of the sculpture.

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Superb shots today Dave, it was a lovely day for a walk here, sadly didn't get out but glad you made it. Lovely monochrome pic at 6. Wycoller is a strange place, bit spooky in places.

BTW it's a vaccary wall...

fence
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It was a lovely walk, although the snow came over my gaiters several times, which was a disaster as they were in my rucksack.( the last bits a joke,........ they were under my hat ).

I was not sure of the spelling of that wall, so my googles came up short.......insert your own joke here.............I did come up with Vaccary Farms which I thought might be a link, vacca, Latin for cow, cow fences !
I did discover that there were Vaccary farms on Hameldon hill, and in the area of spire farm. Although interesting it did distract me from my quest.

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The vaccaries were originally farmed by the monks of the Kirkstall Abbey manorial grange commonly known as Black Abbey. Retlaw has posted about them quite a bit, just put vaccaries in the search box at the top of the page if you want to find the threads.

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I did as you suggested, and the facts that it produced show me I know very little about the areas past.

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Thre's a lot of reading for you there then!

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The Vaccaries in the possesion of th Monks of Kirkstall, were the Grange (Black Abbey Fold) Friar (Hll) Riley, and Lower and Higher Antley. There were two others but their names elude me at the moments, will have to check some old files.

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It was the vaccary walls around the fields in Wycoller that started this particular query. Attempting to find the name of the walls I discovered that there were Vaccaries in this area, something I knew nothing about. Thanks for the information.

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Today in Pictures, Wiswell to Pendleton Moor, and back again.



1. Upwards on a farm track.
2. Its steeper than it looks.
3. Longridge Fell in the distance.
4. Whalley and beyond, you can see the viaduct in the centre of the snap.
5. Looking over the other side, the Coppice and Oswaldtwistle Moor in the distance.
6. In the direction of Whalley Nab.
7. The highest point, and the site of an old quarry.
8. This is the start of the descent.
9. The Nab in the distance, over this wall, it used to be thick with Pine trees, all cut down a few years ago and re- planted with saplings.
10. Slightly lower viewpoint, this time looking in the direction of Gt. Harwood.

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Your a brave man Dave.

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No 6 is fabulous!

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There is no bravery involved, stupidity, gormless, idiotic are more like the words to use, however after tramping through at least 6 inch of snow, sometimes with knee deep drifts it was a good walk.

So there I was in my one man tent, just light the primus and sorted a brew out, zipped up the flap to get out of the cold and sat back to drink it. There was a tap on the flap, and the zip was undone, this bloke poked his head through the space and said Look if your not going to buy it, can you leave Winfield's site....................just being silly again.

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It looked better when I got it on the computer, wasn't sure on the camera screen. I think 9 & 10 are my faves.

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We walked up the lane from our house up to Riley Cottages and back via Higher Brox Farm.Max was lost in the drifts.

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It could all be gone by tomorrow if the weather stays like it is, that means back to tramping through mud.