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Love the trees in shot 3 - almost look deliberately distorted!

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Photo no 8 has a peace about it.

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I went to visit my sister in Walsden this afternoon and took a few photographs around Todmorden.

1 Doghouse lane at the back of the park.
2 Looking down what was a lane into the park from Doghouse.
3 Canal just before it goes under Rochdale road.
4 The great wall of Todmorden, built to hold the railway embankment prior to 1841 and never been touched since.
5 The canal lock under Rochdale road. You can see the horse tunnel on the left.
6 The tunnel under the road where the horses had to go to get to the other side of the road bridge.
7 Other side of horse tunnel
8 Town Hall figures depicting Cotton for Lancashire on one side and Wool on the other for Yorkshire, the town was originally split into Lancashire and Yorkshire up to 1888 and the boundary ran through the town hall. It is all Yorkshire now, with a Lancashire post code and dialling code.
9 Unitarian Church clock.
10 Finally under the bridge to my sisters, taken through the windscreen.

I have another fifty in the camera but I have used my allocation up.

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Today in Pictures, a walk through the park, rather than a long walk.

1. Not much colour in the rockery.
2. The bandstand.
3. Still in the rockery.
4. Its a bridge.
5. The pagoda shelter.
6. The top bowling green.

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Thanks -I love to catch figures like that in silouhette.

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Change of tack -Dave got me thinking about figures and how I like to use them as a kind of silouhette in a particular setting so here's a selection. Some are more effective than others.
1 Contemplating the Lake, a lady resting here feet (Gargnano 2012)
2 Contemplating the Lake II,a young man reclining and taking in the view (Idem)
3 Under the arches, Bologna 2012
4 Andy measuring the waves in El Puertito, Tenerife 2012 (He's 6 ft tall!)
5 Fisherman coming up out of the sea, El Puertito, Tenerife 2012
6 Bringing in the catch, early evening on Lake Garda, Gargnano 2012
7 Sunset in Rivoltella, Lake Garda 2012
8 Sunworshipper -catching the last rays, Rivoltella, Lake Garda 2012
9 Waiting for the train, Termini Station, Rome, June 2013
10 Relaxing in the park, Villa Borghese, Rome, June 2013

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number 8 is the one for me, you have to study it to get to grips with the shapes, although anything with wet bits is also a winner for me.

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Today in Pictures, a mooch outside the borough.

1. Start point, around the park.
2. Its all green and trees.
3. A view over the bowling green to the blunt end of Ossy Moors.
4. Same view, but a bit further up.
5. More trees, and more Ossy Moor.
6. I've reserved a table.
7. Looking over the top of the museum, to yet again Ossy Moors.
8. There we have it, back to the start point, Whittaker Park, Rawtenstall.

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just uploaded some photos from our trip to Brugge to the Gallery
Brugge2 - Accrington Photo Gallery

I did try to get them in order but the gallery software decided on a different approach sorry:D
and there are 2 pages of them

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Lol! It is a man lying on a sunlounger reading a book -it does look a bit like a grass-hopper though doesn't it! :D

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Some nice shots -very interesting architecture in Bruges -it's a place I've always wanted to visit, aren't there canals there too? Did you go over from Hull to Zeebrugge? I've been on that ferry in the past it's not a bad way to travel -very good breakfasts! Is the man with the beard Accyweb's "Less"?

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We've been there three or four times and stayed in some very quirky hotels.

Yes Bruges has canals - we went for a trip - very interesting seeing the backs of the buildings.

It also has some great bars, and good Belgian cuisine.

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yes,yes,and yes:D

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And great chocolate

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Frites & Horse (Sossy, Meatball, Gulashy stuff) from what I recall of time spent in Belgium, plus, lots & lots of strong Beers! :D

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Today in Pictures, a walk I have not done for some time, a shame as it is a nice pleasant walk, with lots of wet bits.

1. A herd of ducklets.
2. Woody Nightshade, right on the edge of the canal.
3. Thistle do for a start.
4. These were too tame for there own safety.
5. Some people think the halfway point on the Leeds Liverpool is in Clayton, its not, its here in Church. you can see a line in the cobbles that gives the exact halfway point.
6. Down by the River Hyndburn, a peaceful stroll, despite the motorway just a stones throw away.
7. The river has just passed under the motorway.
8. The Dunkenhalgh Hotel is just off to the left.
9. A guzzle of caterpillars feeding on nettles.
10. Almost out of the woods, and time for the walk up the main road and home.

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I actually went back to look at the photo of Less - he "almost" (and I stress "almost") looks handsome :eek::D Must be the beard...

On a sign behind him it says Flemish stew and chips -now what would a Flemish stew be made of?

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That's some herd...a very prolific duck!

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Flemish stew - Carbonnades Flamandes - beef slow cooked in dark Belgian beer with onions, often with mstard croutons on top. Delicious - Flemish cuisine is some of the best there is - try Chicken Waterzooi too - This dish contains chicken, leeks, onion and celery, which is thickened by cream and egg yolks. Mouth's watering already!

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I know Carbonnades as I make it using Delia Smith's recipe - didn't realise it was alternatively known as Flemish stew! Haven't heard of the other recipe though -sounds good. Been through Beligium very little, usually travelling and not to visit there, always had Moules Frites

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Yes I know the Delia one! We like Belgium a lot, first stayed there (Brugge) for my 50th birthday in November and it snowed! I also had flu before we went. A truly memorable break! Have stayed a few times since, once on a trip throgh to Holland which was very nice too. Much better weather (May).

My first trip abroad was to Belgium, as a teenager, also my first airline trip. My aunt married a Belgian and we went to visit them, can't remember much about it, such a long time ago! She is still there but doesn't like it, but as she is over 80 I guess she will be staying.

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Today in Pictures, it looks like rain.

1. Looking over the top of Huncoat toward Pendle.
2. Same direction, but higher up the hill.
3. One minute I have this corner of the Coppice to myself, then whoosh a jiggle of joggers.
4. With my back to the bypass looking toward the turbines.
5. It must have rained earlier.
6. Thats Moleside.
7. I can't walk passed a droplet.
8. The dark clouds are moving quickly overhead.
9. Accy with the sun moving over the town like a searchlight.
10. Cloudscape.

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Today in Pictures, a short walk around Huncoat Colliery.

1. Whalley Nab to the left , Pendleton Moor to the right.
2. Same view from a bit further round, the hills in the distance are a bit clearer here.
3. Another chance to see the Orchid.
4. The 5 spot Burnet Moth.
5. It must be the time they morph into moths, the fields were alive with them.
6. Goats beard seed head, its the size of a tennis ball to give it some perspective.
7. Pendle Hill in the distance..
8. Time to head back, the grass and stuff is at head height in some places, well it is for me as I am a short house.

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As it was a nice day we walked from Ball Grove to Wycollar and back.
1) Start and Finish
2) A Flower
3) Where does this stick go?
4) What did you say?
5) I thought you couldn't see me.
6) Witch way do we go?
7) Shall I cross this Bridge?
8) Or this?
9) & 10) Who lived in this house?

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Have walked around Wycoller myself, but with snow.

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The Cunliffe's from Woodnook, way back in times past.

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Holy Moly Retlaw, do you have a time machine.:)

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Your a true wealth of information

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No not built it yet, but I dd spend a lot of time in Accy Library, reading the Chetham Soc; books, and I can remember a lot of what I read. The Cunliffes came from the Whalley Area a place called Cunny Cliffe, they spread out from there and married into a family who lived at Woodhead, also referred to as Woodnook, the site is very near Hollins School. First read about this some 60 years ago.
Any one interested in Local History should read those books, they are far more accurate than any of the crap Ainsworth has come out with.

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I sometimes struggle remembering what I did 60 minutes ago.:D

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Just 4 for starters today. We walked up Sandy Lane and back down past Higher Brox Farm and followed the stream down until the College Field. The rest of my quota will be published later today. We are going to Horton in Ribblesdale to watch a friend of ours going up up and away in a Balloon.

1) & 2) Hay making is under way.
3) Conkers already?
4) A Baby thrush.

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Lovely bird pics again "Max" -especially like the smiling duck! Dave for me it has to be number 4 with the moths -lovely colours and shapes!

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Today in Pictures, up one side and down the other.

1. Setting off up Woodnook Vale.
2. The sun shining through a dog rose.
3. Dappled shade, still going up Woodnook Vale.
4. A look back before a sideways path.
5. My hay fever is on maximum setting at the moment.
6. Not going that way we are going down Priestly Clough.
7. Our paths crossed a line of horses with novices mounted up.
8. You wont recognise this, it used to be Black Rock when I was a lad playing up here.
9. Possibly Cow Parsley against the light.
10. This used to be the Black Path, nothing like the images in my childhood memory.

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No 10 Dave is that the black path up to Bullough Park?

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I was up that way a couple of weeks ago, there was a path I took that brought you out near the horse riding farm, steepest path I`ve ever walked.

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it skirts one corner of Bullough park, it will come out at Millerfold Avenue if you go all the way up.

Thats the path I went up and the horses were coming down, about 8 in total.

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I'm on the wrong one there.I thought it was the one from Perth Street up to Bullough Park past the old air raid shelters on the right

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I know the one you mean, and no, it starts on the "factory bottom" and "flat iron" very close to High Street and goes off to the left. I used to play in those shelters as a child, I used to squeeze through the window slits, I go cold when I think of it now.

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[QUOTE=davemac;1065666]I know the one you mean, and no, it starts on the "factory bottom" and "flat iron" very close to High Street and goes off to the left. I used to play in those shelters as a child, I used to squeeze through the window slits, I go cold when I think of it now.[/QUOTE
Yeh the good old air raid shelters. Take of the flagstone of the top and go in and explore.
I know where your track is now Dave.I used to play in the building housing a water tank on the right hand side just as you get on the track

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Do you mean pic 7, cos i don`t think that is the path I took it was a lot narrower than than that and was so steep it was a relief to have fathead pulling on his lead.

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That was the top of the path just short of the top path that has the riding school on the left. I was looking back at the horses, but the path went off to the left as you look at the picture, and at the bottom was a wooden footpath signpost pointing up the path.

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[QUOTE=maxthecollie;1065667]With Highams demolished, the black path used to be tarmaced, and black rock had a rock face you could climb up and walk around the top, also the lodges have been filled in. It's not the same place anymore.

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[QUOTE=davemac;1065686] I think I need to take Max up there to explore again

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[QUOTE=maxthecollie;1065688]Its a nice walk especially if you follow the path across to Woodnook Vale, follow black path up to the riding school, take the footpath off to the left (a bit steep) turn right at the bottom, and you come out at Woodnook Vale, left then takes you down to Nuttall Street, turning right takes you to Baxenden, and Shoe Mill.

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I have been thinking Dave that you could make an illustrated guide to walks around Hyndburn! It could become your life-work -Accy's answer to Wainright ;) :D

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I think this thread is my guide to walks, a pictorial record of one man and his dog.

Or it could be called "one mans descent into the world of the moist gusset"

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Today was the first time I have been out, apart from hosp visits, since my stay in hosp 5 weeks ago. Too nice to stay in, don't want to sit in the garden as I only look at what needs doing (actually after a year of neglect, it still looks OK and is getting more "cottagey". Still can't just sit around in it though.)

So we went to Farletonview fishing lake & plant centre tea rooms, at Crooklands near Milnthorpe and Kendal, for lunch, I ate myself silly as I am back on steroids and they give you the munchies. Now waiting for Richard to serve up a roast dinner in between watching the motor racing. Anyway here are a few pictures...

1. The Jacob's sheep are shorn
2. Hay making at the lake's campsite
3. Raw materials for hay
4. Dock flower
5. At the garden centre - yes I did buy some plants, for my pots, wanted a bit of colour but most of the pelargoniums etc had gone so got nice foliage plants instead.
6. Two c(l)ones having a friendly chat
7. Free range eggs for sale
8. Back in Morecambe - the Yacht Club race office on stilts
9. Street furniture on the prom
10. Wild roses round our parking area

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I am very pleased you managed to get out Susie and thanks for the photos.

I won't bore anybody with a lot of pictures of my today so here is a one or two.
You can gather where I have been from the pictures.

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Nice that you are out and about, and with your camera, that hut on stilts draws me for some reason.

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Russel don't limit your uploads, I appreciate a bit of diversity and enjoy your trucks and buses, and other people do as well, so more please.

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Today in Pictures, today was a day to smell the roses, the early morning heat with no wind let the scent fill the air.

1. Starting at the gallery.What light through yonder window brea....oh no its a reflection.
2. Turned around without moving from the spot, took this, Moleside and Hameldon Hill.
3. The scent hangs in the air.
4.Standing in the long grass to get this.
5. It is not an established rose garden yet.
6. The ones that are flowering are doing their best.
7. I am the only one here to appreciate them.
8. Time to wander.
9. Bee on a Rough Hawkbit.
10. No bee on a Rough Hawkbit.

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I know, I posted it specially for you...

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Thank you, a daft thought, does it wobble when you are inside it, and does the sea lapp the legs ?

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Think it's sturdier than it looks but not been inside to test whether it wobbles, and no it's built on the prom so they keep stuff underneath it and sometimes park cars there. Sorry to spoil any illusions!

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Thank you, Dave! These views remind me of the early 1960s when my family and I often visited Haworth Art Gallery (we lived in nearby Rothwell House). What I don't see here are the massive rhododendron trees, and hiding under their branches to play hide and seek. Maybe they're gone now? Inside the gallery, I would always look for the portraits of John Mercer and his family. In those days I would notice the prominent noses and look to see if we had an ancestral connection to the famous Chemist. Now I know better, as we're not connected at all. But it was fun to dream. Many thanks!

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Well that had me bursting into tears, I had pictured the legs covered in muscles and sea weed, and barnacles all along the bottom, and some on the hut as well. Still I have it in my mind to visit one day.

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Glad you liked the gallery tour, the rhododendrons were grubbed out some years ago, you can now see the gallery from Manchester Road as you drive passed. If you look at the panoramic thread, pictures 1,2, and 8 show where the largest bushes used to be, and what is there now.

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Here you are Dave, you said "more please" so I am happy to oblige and show you things I am interested in.

The interior picture is of a old Leyland single decker, it is the same type used in the film "Whistle down the wind".
The bus was based at Burnley and took children to school at Clitheroe, picking up all the way from Blacko to Downham. During the day it was left at Clitheroe and the crew came back to Burnley passenger, the afternoon shift would do the reverse journey.
It was while it was left at Clitheroe that they used it in the making of the film.
I drove it once or twice but it was after the film was made so I never got chance to be a star.

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That clock would have been one to add to the last competition!

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It would, I have seen it many times but only took the photo yesterday.
Leyland motors used the clocks as advertising. They had them situated on all the major trunk roads.
There was one on the road up to Shap which is now in the Brewery museum at Kendal.

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Very interesting pictures, what type of wagon is that in picture 6, it looks a bit Army, but the wood sides are a bit curious ?

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Today in Pictures, pootling around Pendle.

1. Start point, well after climbing a couple of styles.
2. Cotton Grass is in large carpets around here.
3. The third lump along from the left is Longridge Fell.
4. Middle left in the picture is Gt Harwood, the mast is on Pendleton Moor, and the wet bits to the left of the mast are Dean Clough Reservoirs.
5. The town in the distance is Clitheroe.
6. These are the largest Cotton Grass seed heads I have seen.
7. Looking back to the start point.
8. Approaching the trig point, Dean Clough is still visible.
9. Ive just climbed over that.
10. Right, time to head back, and over that ladder again.

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It does look a bit "Army" Dave but I don't know much about it. looking at the number plate I doubt if it ever was Military, the number is pre war.
The two chaps who own it are from Guildford and brought it up on a low loader.
It is a runner though.
I was talking to the men in the canteen and they were amazed at house prices up north, they told me that even a half decent house down Guildford would cost twice as much as really good detached house in a good area up here.
Leave em to it say.

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It does look a strange beast, it looks like the side comes down for loading as there are legs attached and hinges, I will bow to your knowledge on the subject about it not being connected to the war. Don't tell everyone about the house prices, they will all be moving up here.

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There's a great chippy at Shap -we sometimes stop on our way up to stay with my friends on Ullswater! Don't remember a clock like that though...must have gone a while ago I imagine.

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The clock was removed soon after the M6 opened over Shap and not many people used the old A6 anymore.
The famous Jungle cafe near the clock closed the day the motorway opened.
The Jungle was a good transport cafe where drivers could let the engines cool before the long slog over the hill.
It was also a good place where drivers would do a bit of bartering with other drivers, buying a bit of whatever they had on board.
It was no good me trying to sell anything, caustic soda or sulphuric acid had no bartering power compared to a few bottles of Scotch.
Happy days.

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The road into Shap village.
The memorial stone on the top of Shap was officially opened by the lady who used to have the job of winding the clock, she lived in a cottage lower down.
I suppose I am one of the drivers that the stone pays tribute to.

Has anybody seen this little monument, it is situated about a mile north of Broughton traffic lights on the A6, it is on the right hand side just before the first house at the top of the small rise in the road.
I remember slowing down to take the picture and show my wife the stone, other drivers had no patience and blew their horns.

The last photo is the first tanker I drove over Shap on my way to Dounreay (near John O' Groats for those who don't know) power station. A weeks work there and back.

Am I boring you again with lorry photos, I have another 2342 to go yet, don't temp me.

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After a bit of research I came up with the following, just for you Dave.


"Having read in various threads of the re-emergence of vehicles released from Ireland in the early 1960s ( Lancia and Rolls-Royce) another has been recently bought by a West Midlands collector.
Arriving here from Ireland in about 1962 it has rarely been seen in public since. Registered YI 6249 it was new in 1927 and fitted with the standard workshop body of WW1 period. It is assumed that at the time there were many of these bodies surplus and probably in 'as new' condition. A very similar body is on show at Duxford."

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Keep it up Russell, your pleasure in this subject shines through.

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What year was that?

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Your effort is appreciated, I don't think you could post all those photos at once, however if you get stuck in you should get them all uploaded in 235 days

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Today in Pictures, A short walk around Jackhouse, it was too warm for anything energetic.

1. Starting with the wet bit.
2. The Orchid has established itself here.
3. Ragged Robin.
4. Cranesbill Geranium.
5. Wild rose in the sun.
6. Red Clover.
7. Mirid Bugs living on the edge, note the spider in the background.
8. Its a bit early for Fungi in any numbers, so I snap one at a time.
9. The bridge between the bottom and what was once the top reservoir.
10. Finally the Burnett moths are in plentiful supply here as well.

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Is that down pothouse lane, I saw a place a couple of weeks ago, looked like a nice place to go, just not had the time recently.

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It is, and if you go up the top of the reservoir and follow the stream there is a waterfall of sorts, its best to go after heavy rain, today was just a trickle.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=jackhouse+reservoir just a few photos I have taken over the last year or so.

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Only saw from a distance, posted a pic, post #4155, might try and have a look up there at the weekend.

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Have never noticed that tribute before - nice to think you are one of those it remembers. I saw a lot of Gilbraith's vehicles as I grew up on Cranbourne Drive -just round the corner from their yard! Another coincidence -you mention Dounreay -my dad was one of the engineers working up there for a number of years and used to fly up regularly, he bought my mum a lot of nice Caithness glass paper weights and vases up there!

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The first trip to Dounreay was January 1970.

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Today in Pictures, the flora and fauna of Huncoat Colliery.

1.Waves of Golden Rod greet your arrival.
2. A baby teasel takes to the air.
3. Orchids abound.
4. This Common Blue Butterfly was all over the site, however it was a devil to photo as it sensed my approach and shot off.
5. Ragged Robin now grow in large drifts.
6. Small Skipper Butterfly.
7. Meadow Salsify seed head.
8. The Burnet Moth covers the site in very large numbers, I have never seen them in such large numbers.
9. This grass must be 8 foot tall.
10. And this is not helping my hay fever.

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Beautiful! Thank you Davemac.

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Thank you, if there are any areas you would like to see photographically let me know.

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I know you don't mind getting your knickers or knees wet Dave but I am not too good at stooping low.
With that in mind I bought this little attachment to fit over the eyepiece for that reason.
It was not very expensive and there are fittings included for different size eyepieces.
Just a thought to save you from getting knee rot.

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Nice gadget, unfortunately neither of my cameras have an eyepiece, I have a Fujifilm F500EXR, FinePix F500EXR | Fujifilm Global and a Panasonic Lumix DMC GX1 (compact system camera) DMC-GX1 | PRODUCTS | LUMIX | Digital Camera | Panasonic Global. I chose them because they didn't have an eyepiece, I seldom take photos at eye level, and opting for the knee height shots most of the time, and prostrate some of the time.

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Just a though Dave, never mind, you get some cracking photos without an eyepiece.

I have a Panasonic DMC TZ30 pocket camera without an eyepiece and find there is too much reflection on the screen if the light is behind me.
It is a great little camera and it takes superb photos but it is just the lack of eyepiece I dislike.

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Love the photo of the Common Blue butterfly -we have lots around over here but I've never managed to photograph them -always close their wings when they land on something! Must be a bumper year for Burnet Moths -nice and bright!

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I am the other way about eyepieces, I wouldnt use one even if it had one, as some have screens and eyepieces. It is, however horses for courses, I have a friend who used to work in a camera shop and he won't use a camera without an eyepiece as that is what he is used to, and fair enough, he is also stick on Nikon cameras as that is what he used when he took press photographs.

You will have now to produce a few down low, and close up shots to let me see how the unit works.

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There were plenty of the blue jobbies flying around, but every time one settled, and I set off to snap it, it pushed off pretty sharpish, the Burnet Moth on the other hand, there are so many, and I must have seen thousands, just feed ,and I can get close enough the touch them if I wanted.

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Dave, when you walk around the colliery site are there any remains of the buildings or where the shaft was or railway lines which used to go over to the coke works at Altham

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I took a few pics of a coliery today, not round here though so may not be of much interest. Will see how they turned out when I get home and maybe put some up.

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The photos won't look any different Dave it just saves crouching down as low.
I am looking down into a viewfinder and the camera is horizontal.
The best gadget is the Wi Fi which links to my iPhone or iPad.
You can set the camera up and monitor it via the iPhone screen and operate the shutter from the phone.

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For you Dave, a typical low down shot taken using the angled viewfinder.

Does your mate have a first name starting with a "R" Dave? Also a radio ham.

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Works delivery driver is on his hols, and with it being such a nice day, decided I`d have a day out. Destination - Whitehaven
1. View from a lay by on the way up.
2. That`s a belting view for a council estate.
3. Haig Coliery ( Now a mining museum )
4. From the top of the cliff.
5 & 6. Haig Coliery again.
7. By the harbour, anyone know what the tall thing is.
8. View from a lay by on the way back.
9 & 10. Bassenthwaite Lake.

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There is the odd lump of concrete that looks like it used to do something, but by and large the colliery has just become a memory. It is now just down to nature with a few paths through it, and a few cobbles at the entrance.

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Now you have moved into an area that I have no knowledge of, Wi-fi to phone and shutter operation from same.

He does, and is, and he used to be the Accy Observer photographer along with Garth.

I see what you mean about the angled viewfinder.

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I know him well, last time we spoke his wife was very poorly, it's a year or two ago.
How's he keeping nowadays?

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Sent PM.

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Today in Pictures, a nice day to go down the river.

1. Down the lane we go.
2. Keeping to the left, a view of Pendle Hill.
3. To soon for a sit down.
4.The river is over the next hill.
5. I have to get on my knees at some point.
6. Almost there just down that slope.
7. Well, I thought I would be here on my own, its as bad as the promenade.
8. One of the streams that feed the river.
9. We have arrived, a short rest, then back up the hill.
10. Halfway back now.

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I had to look up where Whitehaven was, looks an interesting location, especially the pit head gear.

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Been up there quite a few times, that`s why I jumped at the chance at going today. It`s a nice drive up there and a lovely place, even more so in the sunshine and thought i`d take some pics to put on here.
Usually drive back through Keswick, some fond memories from working up there in the late 80`s refurbing a couple of pubs (was an apprentice barfitter back then), but didn`t have time today.

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Glad you took the photos, its alway nice to see other "todays" from outside the area.

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What a glorious day, and great shots! I almost managed a 'Today in pictures' excursion myself today, but life got in the way. Maybe tomorrow...