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Sat 30 Mar 2013
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| Heading home on
my evening walk I was treated to this sunset seen from Whins
Lane, Wheelton. |
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Fri 29 Mar 2013
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Thu 28 Mar 2013
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I was cycling over from
Belmont to Rivington when I came across several cars still
buried in the snow almost a week after they were first
stranded.
Being on a bike I didn’t have a problem
as I was able to carry my bike over the snowdrifts.
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Sun 24 Mar 2013
| Tyson House, Top
o'th' Lane, Brindle. The rest of Denham Lane wasn't quite as
deep, but not far off. |
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out for a cycle ride this afternoon and saw some interesting
snow scenes which were completely out of character for late
March. This is the recently painted milestone on the A674 near
Ollerton. |
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Sat 23 Mar 2013
| I was cycling from
Loughborough to Buxton (55 miles) through horrible snow
conditions. I stopped briefly in Matlock to take this picture to
remind me of winter in spring. |
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Thu 21 Mar 2013
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| I was approaching Castle Acre,
Norfolk, from the south along a narrow country lane. I though
I’d taken a wrong turn when I saw the wide river ahead but it
turned out to be a ford with wooden footbridge for pedestrians
and cyclists. |
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Sun 17 Mar 2013
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Somerset House,
Whittle-le-Woods used to be a shop serving the barge travellers
when the canal was in use. I’ve left the colour balance
unaltered on this evening photograph. |
Whittle Springs
The Leeds and Liverpool canal at its junction with the original
Lancaster Canal. I’ve left the colour balance unaltered on this
evening photograph. |
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Thu 14 Mar 2013
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Some time
during the last few weeks the milestone plate by Gorse Close on
the old Blackburn Road has been stolen. I'd always thought that
because its base was partly embedded in pavement tarmac it would
be safe. I'd underestimated the thieves. |
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Where the milestone plate used to be. |
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Tue 12 Mar 2013
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| I was fortunate to have cold
clear weather for a walk near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria. I
had a look around Isel St Michael's Parish Church which dates
back to c1150 and built on a pre-Norman site. Unfortunately it
was locked. I would have loved to look inside. |
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Sun 10 Mar 2013
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The evenings
are getting lighter but the lights were still on as I approached
Navigation House on Town Lane |
Walking along
Town Lane with the M61 motorway above |
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Fri 08 Mar 2013
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| This
morning I was driving home from a couple of days walking in
Scotland and made a short detour to visit Moffat and Wallace
Bros Butchers so I could buy one of their excellent steak pies. |
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Thu 07 Mar 2013
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BBC TV North
West News
Thu 07 Mar 2013 evening news at 18:30
After carrying out filming around the site of the
Clayton/Leyland Reservoir last Fri 1 March 2013 the edited film
was shown on tonight's BBC TV North West Tonight. The item was
short but covered all the main points very well. It showed the
important heritage that the reservoir represents and how the
local residents and the pupils of Manor Road would like to see
it preserved in some way. |
Colin Sykes - Environment Correspondent
BBC TV North West Tonight |
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Roger Johnson and Annabel Tiffin introduce the item,
with my photos shown around the studio. |
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Harrison Boyd explaining the importance
of preserving heritage |
Pupils of Manor Road School studying
the history of the reservoir. |
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| On
this morning's climb of Lochnagar I was soon in whiteout snow
conditions. This is the large boulder I used to get a bit of
shelter while fitting crampons to my boots. |
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Wed 06 Mar 2013
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| By the A93 on the
Braemar Road. Scotland are the Glenshee ski slopes. By the road
is this statue of Alfred Wainwright and his wife Betty. The
snowploughs have driven straight through Betty and left her
lying like the result of a road accident. |
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Tue 05 Mar 2013
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Saw a lovely
moonset on my morning walk. When I got home took a photo with my
telephoto lens using the rubbish bin to steady the camera. |
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Sat 02 Mar 2013
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It was a nice sunny morning so
went out for a cycle ride via Samlesbury, Mellor, Great Harwood
and Blackburn. I checked out the Mercer Memorial in Great
Harwood, then the birthplace of Alfred Wainwright on Audley
Range. Nearby was PK Foods at 239 Audley Range, Blackburn so I
called in to buy some fresh chillies.
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John Mercer (1791 - 1866) |
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The Mercer
Memorial Clock Tower in Great Harwood.
Erected in 1903 in memory of John Mercer (1791 - 1866)
In 1844 he developed a process for treating cotton,
mercerisation, that improves many of its qualities for use in
fabrics by increasing the ability of the fabric to absorb dye.
Mercer was also fascinated with the new concept of photography,
and worked long and hard at achieving colour photography. He
never achieved full colour, but at a meeting of the British
Association in Leeds in 1858, he exhibited colour photos, some
on paper, others on cambric. |
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The birthplace of
Alfred Wainwright,
Audley Range, Blackburn |
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PK Foods, 239 Audley Range, Blackburn |
Fresh chillies |
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Fri 01 Mar 2013
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The Damart shop in Bingley. |
The
Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Bingley |
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The
Bingley Five-Rise Locks, Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Three of the Five-Rise Locks at Bingley designed by John
Longbotham of Halifax and built in 1774. It is the steepest lock
staircase in Britain lifting the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 18
metres up the Aire Valley. |
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The Damart chimney from the Bingley Five-Rise locks. |
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Leeds and Liverpool canal profile. It is 127.25miles long |
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