Accrington Web - Today in pictures

Just had a catch up of the week - what great photos from everyone, some real gems. Have really enjoyed perusing them all :)

I have been away on a short break to Lucca in Tuscany this week where I met up with my aunt and uncle. Left my "boys" behind and took way too many photos but it is an amazing town with complete bastions and walls surrounding it which are 500 years old and are a fantastic recreational area with spectacular trees and views. There are traces of the roman town in Piazza del Amfiteatro which is the only oval piazza in the world, lots of mediaeval buildings and churches and some more recent as well as amazing shops, many with the original art nouveau fronts intact . I also visited Palazzo Pfanner with it's lovely Italianate garden, the botanical gardens and the house where composer Puccini was born.
I immediately noticed that it is a bike friendly place so here's a first look at Lucca with pedal power in mind. Spot the tandem and monocycle!

Eric	19-10-2014 19:13

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1121361)

Number three ... the color of the walls ... fantastic.

Margaret Pilkington

19-10-2014 19:47

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1121361)

I have a thing about bikes.......so I was in my element looking at your pics.
I like picture number 3.....such vibrant sunny colours...but my fave has to be number 1.......but I cannot put my finger on just why.

Eric	19-10-2014 20:40

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Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 1121348)

only some from the 7 hour trip on the east lancs railway .... the A4s for Eric and im going today as well :D

Nos. 1 and 2 ... I'm pretty sure that's a crab ... but I've never seen one in that livery.

shillelagh

19-10-2014 21:20

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1121393)

Nos. 1 and 2 ... I'm pretty sure that's a crab ... but I've never seen one in that livery.

it is ...

these are the locomotives that were there

Locos scheduled to appear include:

BR Class A4 4-6-2 No. 60007 "Sir Nigel Gresley"
BR Class A4 4-6-2 No. 60009 "Union of South Africa"
LMS Hughes Fowler Crab 2-6-0 No 13065 (first gala appearance)
LMS A Class 0-6-0 12322
BR Gresley 2-6-0 No 61994 "The Great Marquess"
BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank No. 80080
LMS "Jinty" 0-6-0 No. 16407
WD Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 132 "Sapper"
Peckett 0-4-0 No. 1370 "May

Steam Weekends | The East Lancashire Railway

if you look on that there is a sheet to download to tell you all the details of the steam gala eric

mobertol

19-10-2014 21:25

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Originally Posted by Eric (Post 1121379)

Number three ... the color of the walls ... fantastic.

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1121389)

Wherever you looked there were bikes - I struggled for an hour to reduce the photos from over 20 to 10 - some will fit in with another theme I have in mind.
I had to put in number one - aftermath of a cloudburst the first evening in Lucca - the light and reflections were special and will always remind me of that moment, we had set out without brolleys and took shelter under shop-fronts!

Margaret Pilkington

19-10-2014 21:50

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You can tell that number 1 is special....it has atmosphere, ambience....whatever you want to call it....it conveys not just the picture, but a feeling too.
I love it!

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