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Sun 28 Feb 2016
This afternoon called to see Steve and his log cabin above
the the village |
The front door is between the tin baths |
Log cabin in Whittle-le-Woods |
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Sat 27 Feb 2016
March 3rd 1897
John Souter lived at Stronchavie between
Kirkmichael and Pitlochry and was a cattle drover.
He had
attended a stock sale at Moulin that day and in the evening he
left to walk the seven miles back to his home. A severe
snowstorm was blowing and about four miles from Pitlochry Mr
Souter collapsed in the snow. He was discovered by a roadman the
next day.
Beside the road where he was found is a stone
inscribed with the following message.
'In memory of John
Souter who perished here in a snowstorm. March 3rd. 1887
Erected by a few friends.' |
John Souter memorial east of Pitlochry |
Further along the A924 is a war memorial |
The ruined Glenlochsie Lodge, west of Spittal of Glenshee |
The
old narrow gauge railway between Glenlochsie Lodge and
Dalmunzie House Hotel |
The same bridge in about 1970. The railway ran from 1920 to early
70s |
Dalmunzie
House Hotel |
The train departs Dalmunzie House Hotel |
The train and carriage from a postcard |
Late afternoon walk above
Blackwater Reservoir.
It was completed in 1969 |
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Fri 26 Feb 2016
A tough day in the snow above Loch Rannoch |
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Thu 25 Feb 2016
The train arrives at Rannoch station from Glasgow |
The train departs Rannoch for Fort William |
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Drove
to the Rannoch area to do some walking |
Lots of deer everywhere |
Today is the 50,000th edition of the Daily Telegraph.
Some of
the archive letters complain about the same things as today |
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Wed 24 Feb 2016
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The machines turned up this morning to re-surface part of School
Brow |
An interesting
halo around the moon this morning |
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Tue 23 Feb 2016
Last Tue 16 Feb 2016 the Grasmere to Keswick shuttle bus
started running as they have now surface the old section of A591
to pass the re-construction works after the Dec 2015 flood
damage. I wanted to try the shuttle bus so drove to Grasmere and
parked the car in the long layby outside the village and walked
in to the village to the bus stop. |
The shuttle about to leave Grasmere |
Northern convoy waiting for the southbound to pass |
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Sun 21 Feb 2016
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Spent the afternoon fitting a new wood laminate floor in the
spare room |
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Saw this on Facebook. I love it! |
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Fri 19 Feb 2016
Afternoon
visited
Helmshore Textile Museum Haslingden.
Lancashire County
Council are proposing to close it next month as part of a money
saving exercise. |
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Carding engines |
Spinning mule |
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Wed 17 Feb 2016
The spare room
being decorated |
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Mon 15 Feb 2016
A lovely walk
in Cumbria over the summit of Raise.
Helvellyn is in the
distance |
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Sun 14 Feb 2016
Whittle-le-Woods Village Hall Arts and Craft Fair |
Clayton-le-Woods pond |
Clayton-le-Woods pond |
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Sat 13 Feb 2016
Cycling along the
promenade at wet and windy Cleethorpes |
Cleethorpes |
On the train back to Piccadilly we stopped in
Doncaster while the 34067 Tangmere steamed though. |
34067 Tangmere from Wikipedia |
My next train at Piccadilly was cancelled |
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Fri 12 Feb 2016
Continued my cycle ride from Clumber Park via Lincoln to
Market Rasen today. |
Clumber Park |
Clumber Park |
Windmill near Tuxford |
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Lovely picture in the landscape |
Roman Arch and Newport Cottage, Lincoln 1890s |
Roman Arch and Newport Cottage |
The amazing Lincoln Cathedral |
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Thu 11 Feb 2016
Continued my cycle ride from Halifax to Clumber Park
today |
Descending the locks |
Guillotine lock on the canal by Ransomes and Rapier ltd Ipswich
England 1938 |
Collapsing canal bridge at Elland.
Aftermath of the Dec 2015
floods |
Beached barge at Elland
Aftermath of the Dec 2015 floods |
Stone seat and jacket at Shepley |
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Wed 10 Feb 2016
Heading off on my bike to cycle across England |
Waiting for the train at Chorley Railway Station |
Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station |
Cycling along the Rochdale Canal |
Crossing the M60 |
A
chippy lunch at Grandma Pollard's near Todmorden |
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Tue 09 Feb 2016
At Chorley Historical and Archaeological Society we had a
talk by David Casserly about Gladiator – Life and Death in the
Arena. |
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The Gladius |
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Sun 07 Feb 2016
I love finding out new stuff, this time thanks to the ‘Chorley
Then and Now Facebook’ pages. I was at Southlands School,
Chorley the same time as Judith Cheetham. She was in the school
production of The Wizard of Oz and was a great singer. She went
on to fame as Karen Kay and had her own TV show in the 1980s,
that much I knew.
What I didn't know was that her son is Jay
Kay, lead singer of Jamiroquai.
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Fri 05 Feb 2016
First thing drove via M6 to the village
of Wetheral to the east of Carlisle. I walked past the village
green and its cross to the
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse. It was part of the former
Wetheral priory, a house of the Benedictine order founded in
1106. The current gatehouse dates from the 14th century. The
priory was dissolved in 1538 and then fell into ruins.
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Wetheral Cross on the village green |
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse |
Entrance to Constantine's Cells |
Interior of the first of three Constantine's Cells
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Entrance to the cells |
1816 view of the cells from
across the River Eden |
I continued along the lane then a muddy path into the woods and
down towards the River Eden and Constantine’s Cells. They are
three chambers cut into the sandstone cliff. They are Grade 1
listed structures, English Heritage Building ID: 77778 and
described as Cave dwellings. Early medieval, known to have been
in use in the 14th century, probably for the Priory of Wetheral.
I returned back along the path and down to the River Eden bank.
The Dec 2015 flood damage was evident especially looking across
to Corby Castle riverside grounds.
I continued up past
the church and up the 99 steps to Wetheral Railway Station and
over the Railway Viaduct by the path bridge attached to the rail
bridge which was constructed 1830-34.
The architect was
Francis Giles and it was briefly the larges railway bridge in
the World. The attached footbridge was added in 1851 because so
many people were trespassing on the trackbed, in order to cross.
Initially, a half-penny toll, each way, was charged (except for
those going to church), having risen to a penny by the time the
station closed in 1956 (train services resumed in 1981). The
crossing is now free! |
Corby Castle House |
Damaged riverside garden |
Wetheral Railway Viaduct |
A painting of the viaduct on the village information board |
99 steps up to the bridge |
1851 path by the railway bridge |
The old Blacksmiths is now a brewery |
Cumberland Breweries |
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In Great Corby I had a look at the old blacksmiths which is now
Cumberland Breweries. I returned back to the station, Wetheral
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Thu 04 Feb 2016
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After walking over the moors near Brough, Cumbria I took this
picture of the old Punchbowl Inn. It use to be on the main road
but when the new route of the A66 went through it was consigned
to a cul-de-sac and eventually ceased to be an inn. |
The house is no longer an inn |
The local motoring group
in the 1920s at the same location |
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Wed 03 Feb 2016
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Tue 02 Feb 2016
Town Lane, Whittle-le-Woods from the canal bridge to Dark
Lane is still closed.
Work on the electricity cable continues
and I reckon it’ll be a few more days before the road is open. |
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Mon 01 Feb 2016
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While on a cycle ride through Leyland I was turning off Dunkirk
Lane into School Lane and stopped to take a photo of the site
where the Black Bull used to be. |
This morning's view. |
The Black Bull previously |
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