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Don't know if these count, they're sort of cobbled streets. :)

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I like these cobbles - in Bruges, one of my favourite cities. The cobbles slow the city centre traffic down which makes for a relaxed pace. Thought you might like the bikes, Margaret.

Very fond of Belgium as a whole, beer and food especially!

Cobbles and Bikes - Bruges | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Careful Susie you'll get fat of Belgium beer and food

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I can think of worse ways to put on weight!! Actually perhaps I should take a trip to Belgium... have been striving to put weight on all year after being ill - have managed 7 kilos/just over a stone since January.

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I could go with the beer and food diet

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Well done for the weight gain Susie, I hope its making you feel better - I can recommend the cake diet for weight gain, it's doing me no good at all! In fact I've just allegedly treated myself to a load of fruit and veg in an attempt to wean myself off it so that I can do the opposite to you!
Cake and Cadburys chocolate does it for me every time!

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Thank you Anne, yes it does make me feel more myself. The hospital dietitian gave me a leaflet which basically states the obvious - full cream milk (which I hate - don't like cream either), chocolate, sugary things and lots of small meals/snacks. Keep bowls of sweets and nibbles about and add milk, cream etc to soups and things. Having now reached my target I am eating more fruit etc which is easier in the summer - I just love cherries and nectarines, bought some today, also melon.

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i resize mine down to 1024 x 768 margaret ... :)

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Love the bikes Sue...you know my weaknesses.

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Thanks for that info Jen...some pics load like a dream and others don't(one of the barge pictures wouldn't load despite being very similar to one that did load)...it would be good if the message came up 'file too big' instead of 'file failed to load'.....anyway It did load eventually.

Mick is going to come along any minute now and give me some technical explanation :D

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Yes I always do that too, after any cropping.

They are rather nice - I have one very similar - a real Dutch bike, sadly not riding it much at the moment...

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Today we walked on the canal bank from Huncoat to c.l.m.
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Suspicious-looking puddles behind Max in picture 5 post 615...

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I didn't see him do that.

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Over the border and into the Dales today...limestone country.

A round trip from Austwick going through the little hamlet of Feizor where there's an excellent cafe and then Oxenber woods.

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Last 3 of mine plus some taken by my Aunt, same walk, different season.

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Interesting, picture 4 post 620, Herb Paris, never actually seen it in the flesh as it were, probably because I haven't spent much time in limestone country. Instantly recognisable though. And more orchids in the next post!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_quadrifolia

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It's a beautiful place or the flowers, plants and landscape -have never been in spring though, yet! The cafe is good too!:)

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I am with you all of the way with this walk, apart from the viaduct, where is that visible from the canal?

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You are pulling some nice pictures out of the bag, blue skies, limstone buildings, Aunty Diane.

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Part 1. Today in Pictures, my planned walk was put to one side due to the weather, The Huncoat trail will have to wait. I wanted to be in striking distance of the car. I still got wet though.

1. These dominate the area, they are visible from most angles.
2. As is the case in the area, uphill, but a building long forgotten.
3. I am heading for Hapton Quarry, this strange ditch must have had a use!
4. Ditch and old building, to put it in perspective.
5. Right up the hill we go.
6. Zooming in from higher up.
7. Thistle with cuckoo spit, and quarry behind.
8. Creepy one, just to keep you on your toes.
9. Some old quarry equipment, not used for years.
10. Different angle, it must have had something to do with the ditch earlier?

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Nice ones Dave - as always it's the green that grabs me. 37°C here today all the grass is yellowing and dying off. (They're saying we're going up to 45°C from tomorrow -god help us! Hellish!)

Fab picture of the slug and the one that follows it.:)

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Part 2. Today in Pictures.....Save yourself............ its spitting.

11. View across to the "accy" area.
12. Thats high up for a wall?
13. Quarry face.
14. The skies darkened, and you can see a curtain of rain.
15. Its getting closer..........Leg it.
16. Heading back.
17. Will we make it back?
18. I think its gaining on us!
19. You can just see the rain starting on the dry stone wall.
20. Just in the car in time, this was out of the window.


I get my socks wet, so you don't have to.

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If you look at the last pictures Ive posted, it gives you a flavour of why its all green, and rusty, and soggy, and muddy.

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Love that sky in no 4. We haven't had any rain at all today, amazing.

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Fabulously loaded skies....love the stones too in No19 you have an artistic eye. Lovely, keep up the good work and the walks are good for you too!! K already sent before!:hothothot:hothothot:hothothot
A bit of our sunshine - though the drammatic skies of Lankyshire take some beating! :alright:

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The sun was shining on me as I took this picture, but it came across like a dark curtain.

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Glad you like the views, I didn't set off to go there, more by default, I used to do some work up there about 40 years ago. Splitting stone for crazy paving, it was all the rage then.

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Breaking rocks? -Hope you didn't have a ball and chain!;):D

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Like Dianne.....I love the standing stones picture......very Bronte-ish(if that makes sense).
I hope some of these will find their way onto Flickr......The thistle, the slug, the brooding sky (first pic) and the standing stones are all.....well, outstanding and should be given a wider audience.
Well done that man......have a putty medal.

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Yes, well said Margaret , "brooding" that's the word... "Heathcliff"!!

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Yes...brooding with a hint of menace.
We are singing from the same hymn sheet...and in the same church too.
I would love to do the walks that Dave does(in clement weather though)...but my other half gets quite 'twitched' if I suggest going to some of these isolated places....he tells me that it is no place for a daft elderly person to be out on their own(you can see he has a high opinion of me).....I could fall, break a leg...or worse...my camera!
Yes...I would be quite upset to break my camera. My leg would heal, but my camera would have to be replaced. :)

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These days a mobile phone is a life-line - go for it Margaret! Either that or team up with Dave!!:D

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Ah yes...a mobile phone. Mine is in my handbag(I never take this or money on my walks) invariably switched off......have had £20 credit on it since the beginning of the year.

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Teaming up with Dave........we would be fighting over the best shots.
He is the opposition, in the nicest possible sense.
I think photography is a solitary pursuit. I know I once mentioned to a neighbour that I was going to Manchester to take pictures of the Architecture(and anything else which took my fancy). She said she would come with me. I snook out and caught an earlier bus rather than tell her I wanted to go on my own.

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Margaret, I do that all the time. I hate going anywhere with someone when I have an aim in mind - which I usually do. I much prefer my own company. But if I do go somewhere with someone, I usually have a good time - but a different time than I would have had on my own.

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Yes....I totally understand that. I like my own company too......solitude is good for arranging your thoughts....and you can change your mind on exactly where you are heading for, without spoiling someone elses plans.

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It seems we are all wrong - despite the k, for which many thanks Dianne.

Cobbles are technically the rounded pebbles which are so difficlt to walk on. Everything else like we have in Lancs, Bruges and elsewhere are setts - and not the badger kind.

Cobblestone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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It felt like it, I was out of my apprenticeship, and did a couple of years working for a landscape gardener, as the youngest I was left up there with a hammer and bolster to split the large stones along the grain

Flicker have told me my allowance for this month has been used, so should reset tomorrow. I do have a backlog to upload first, but I do have a folder on my desktop I put them in until I can get them uploaded, so they are on the list.
Did you notice the slug, you can see right down its breathing orifice, its wet knees as well as wet socks. Its no wonder I've got withering heights

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I don't think we are in opposition Mrs.P., I think of it as master and apprentice, you have been pursuing flicker a lot longer than I have, and it was you that nudged me into uploading my pictures.
When I can walk on the rice paper without leaving a mark, I will then be ready to leave the temple, until then, I defer to your judgment.

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I think the term cobbles got moved over to rounded pebbles when they became fashionable, but cobbles have always been the name we gave to the granite and sandstone sets that were laid as road material.


And the term cobblers was a derivitive from the term cobbles. It has its base in the solid rubber tyres of bycycles, and the men going downhill at speed on their way to work on a cobbled road, and damaging the male anatomy.


I almost beleive it myself.

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towards Read

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I've walked that way many times and never spotted it, well done for that.

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I didn't know that there was a monthly allowance. I upload as many as I want...and have done since first joining......ah but, I have a professional account..maybe that is the difference.(not that I am a professional - but when I joined in the dim and distant past they were there for the asking. you can still get a 'pro' account, but now you have to pay for it. Money making...that's the business.)

I'm not sure about master and apprentice. I think we can all learn from each other...or at least pool the knowledge we have gained.

I think there are some people who have an instinct for what will make a good picture...and even they sometimes get it wrong. Beauty is in the heart of a good picture, but sometimes you have to look deeply for it.

Anyway Dave, you have some good 'uns there. I foresee lots of 'hits'.

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They tell me I can upload as many as I like with a pro account, and that costs $24.95 cents per year. Havent ruled it out, still testing the water, finding my feet, and getting my socks wet.

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just keep your head above water

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watter's awreight fer weshing in.

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Con ti pee init?

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Well fish do :)

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Being inapacitated-it's great for me to be able to see what you are all up to!
Would give my eye teeth -so to speak!!:D

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I once got told off for peeing in the public swimming baths........................ they wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't for the fact I was on the top diving board.............I do talk rubbish sometimes.

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I dont think you mentioned how it happened, football, rock climbing, ballroom dancing ?

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Tripping over cobbles?:p

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Apparently it's a trauma injury - fell off my bike the day of the big earthquake in N. Italy, was pretty shook up - perhaps i should register as a victim...!?:D

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Wish it was so...:D

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A day out at Dalemain House near Lake Ullswater - visit to the beautiful gardens and a classic car Rally. Friend's husband Dave won first prize with his 1955 Series I Landrover which he rennovated himself.

Look out for an Eric look-a-like in one of the pics!;)

A lot of pics -was very snap-happy that day!:)

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Next batch...

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Yet more of the gardens:o....I do like my fleurs!:foryou::D:foryou:

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And at last the cars....I wonder if anyone can guess my favourite?:thankya:

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Sunny Holland, took a bimble across yesterday to fill up & boost the economy. :)

Pictures : Looking up the Grootestraat to the Markt (market) - Cafe culture around the Markt - looking up Marktstraat.

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Not a clog or tulip in sight! Did you go in for a beer?:cheers:

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Then after the hectic pace of Town life, a wee jaunt in the botanic. :)

Pictures : Omleidings Kanal & surrounding nature - Close up of some of the nature - Eh ? confused - Aah explained (Grimlin enjoying her IC) - Bauerncafe (farmers cafe) speciality home made Ice cream.

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Not a Clog & Tulip type of Lad Mo :) but if you so desire I'm sure it can arranged next time we're over (in 2 weeks). As to the Beer, not this time, but on occasion a wee one off refresher is quite acceptable alongside some Cloggie cuisine.

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Look out for an Eric look-a-like in one of the pics!;)

A lot of pics -was very snap-happy that day!:)[/quote]


Post 664 picture 4, have I won a prize.

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Part 1. Today in Pictures, Over the Nab and through Whalley. A lot to view today so hang in there.

1. It was a two car affair today,this was the start point ,Gamecock.
2. Cock Bridge, looking back as we walked away.
3. River Calder, not as high as it was a few days ago.
4. A stream that feeds into the Calder.
5. Looking back in the Cock Bridge direction.
6. Down the slippery steps.
7. Another stream feeding the Calder.
8. Is that a rabbit?
9. Looking back to the start point.
10. Continuing our upward slog.

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Part 2. Today in Pictures,there are more uphill bits than downhill bits.

11. A hamlet on the tops.
12. A sideways glance.
13. And up we go.
14. This was our descent down to Whalley.
15. And still down.
16. I cant pass a slug without a snap.
17. Whalley main street.
18. King Street Bridge in Whalley with the Calder flowing through.
19. View from the other side, high water a few days ago did this.
20. The weir just up from the bridge.

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Part 3. Today in Pictures, Whalley finish.

21. Heron on the weir.
22. Ducks on the edge.
23. Up Abbey Mews.
24. Abbey Mews looking down to the road, Its a converted mill.
25. The old water wheel under what was the mill (Its an undershot wheel)
26. Looking to the Abbey Gatehouse.
27. Stone coffin in the churchyard. (St Mary's)
28. St Mary's and All Saints Church.
29. Abbey Gatehouse as we go past.
30. Quick shot of the viaduct.

Thats your lot for today, I now hand you back to the studio, so thats DaveMac reporting for News at Ten

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I enjoyed todays Jaunt. I thought the stone coffin was a horse trough...see you learn something new every day.
The Mews pic is very special too.....It has a tranquil feel to it.

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accrington town centre today

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Ooh....boys toys. Himself went down town today. I wondered why it took him so long. He was probably drooling and reliving his youth looking at these machines.
Personally I like the purple rabbit.

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he arrived in the orange bug thing that was behind the motorbike in the photos ...:D:D:D

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this was rising bridge at 5pm yesterday susie .... :D:D:D

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Thought for a moment you meant Margaret's hubby!!

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Some different Canal side walk pics

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That would be the Caledonian canal I guess Frank??

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Correct first try. We were on holiday 4 years since in a cottage at the side of the canal about 3 miles south of Fort Augustus. I had done my ankle in so my wife had to take Max out . It was a terrible holiday, I had to drink gallons of whiskey to numb the pain.

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I reckon you did that deliberately to give you an excuse to try a few more!

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No I did it the week before on a display with Max.

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Those are probably presents from St Dorothy?:D

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I thought when I started looking, I dont remember any of that around here. Nice views.

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Totally cleaner than our canals.

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Today in Pictures. Lets have a look down there. A small section of Gt Harwood Nature Trail.

1. Start point. Bottom end of Memorial Park.
2. Down the lane beside the house.
3. Across the fields for some more wet water.
4. Glancing off the River Calder, notice the camera view point, I'm doing the backstroke.
5. Some more wet water as I climb back up the hill.
6. A quick look back, halfway up the hill.
7. Yet another stream, the area is riddled with them.
8. Rockey outcrop.
9. Do you think it will charge, I hope not I've only got a couple of quid.
10. A glance back before going up the lane and back to the car, its started to rain.

A walk I will do in full later, but with a map this time.

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See if Susie can spot this canal.

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Another canalside walk.

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I would say that's the Rochdale, near Littleborough...

Lock #43 Rochdale Canal:: OS grid SD9417 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!

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And that is the Leeds and Liverpool near Skipton...

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...t-61505-6.html

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Well Done Gold Star. Now try the other one.

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Name the company in the mill

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Ha ha I'm working on that!

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And what they make.

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Rock Nook Mill owned by Fothergill & Harvey. Took me a while as I read the inscription as P&H at first!

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Your just too good for me, but what do they manufacture?

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Err... Tygaflor?