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Mon 24 Feb 2020
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Above Tay village of Ha Thanh. |
Excellent food. |
Our excellent guide Thanh. |
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Sun 23 Feb 2020
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A day walking tour around Hanoi. Vietnam. |
In the market. |
Railway Bridge & walkway built by the French 1899-1902. Designed
by French Architect Gustave Eiffel of Eiffel Tower fame |
In the market. |
Fishmarket. |
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Sat 22 Feb 2020
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Heading for Vietnam to do some trekking. This flight from
Manchester is my first time on an Airbus A380. |
Airbus A380 interior. |
Airbus A380 from the tail camera. |
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Tue 18 Feb 2020
On my morning walk saw that Preston Rd (A6) was closed by the
police. There had been an incident at the junction with Dawson
Rd higher up. The Lancashire Evening Post used my photos via
their reporter Matthew Calderbank.
An extract is below:
At
around 12.45am yesterday (Tuesday, February 18) police were
following a Citroen Berlingo car in Sheep Hill Lane,
Clayton-le-Woods.
Officers pursued the car for around three
miles before a stinger was deployed to stop the Citroen close to
the junction of Preston Road and Dawson Lane in
Whittle-le-Woods.
A police spokesman said: "As the Citroen
slowed it veered across the carriageway and collided with a
stationary police van, hitting a police officer standing by the
vehicle.
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) attended the
scene to treat the two injured police officers.
The road
remained closed for more than five hours whilst an investigation
took place, before reopening at 6am |
View from top of School Brow.. |
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Vehicle outline markers at Dawson Ln. |
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Sun 16 Feb 2020
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Early afternoon went for cycle ride. First part in strong wind
and hail but hail soon stopped. Rode to Adlington and Park Rd
over the Leeds & Liverpool canal. The reason was to see how the
Adlington Walk information board has survived after official
opening on Sun 3rd Jun 2007 by MP Lindsay Hoyle. The board
looked surprisingly good after almost 13 years. |
Sun 3rd Jun 2007 |
The view today. |
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Cycling home there was some flooding by Anglezarke Reservoir. |
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Sat 15 Feb 2020
Morning drove to South Ribble Museum Leyland to presentation
by Bernard Fleming about the Brindle Workhouse. |
Bernard Fleming. |
South Ribble Museum, Leyland main exhibition room.
Dr David
Hunt on the right. |
South Ribble Museum, Leyland reception room. |
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Fri 14 Feb 2020
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Walked from Scout Road, Bolton to Whimberry Hill to look for
tunnel Derek Cartwright told me about. The co-ordinates were
correct for the entrance and I found it no problem. A low
entrance and muddy at fist. Height was about 1m and further on a
right turn then long length of tunnel and left turn in the
distance. |
Tunnel entrance. |
First length of tunnel. |
Looking out to the entrance. |
Another bend in the distance. |
Then walked down into Shaley Dingle to re-visit the
datestone showing list of dates of 1805, 1912, 1922 and recently
added 2011.. |
Today's stone. |
View 2nd Jun 2007. |
Today's view |
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Wed 12 Feb 2020
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Caught the bus to Horwich then walked back home via Winter Hill,
Great Hill & White Coppice. The weather forecast was wintry – at
times it was horizontal hail. Very windy and cold. 19km total
distance. |
Wallsuches
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Deteriorating path.
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On 9 November 1838 George Henderson, a Scottish merchant walking
over the hill from Horwich to Blackburn, was murdered by
gunshot. A monument was erected in 1912. |
Another memorial to the Air Disaster. |
The Winter Hill air disaster occurred on 27 February 1958 when a
flight from the Isle of Man crashed into Winter Hill.
Thirty-five people died but there were seven survivors. |
Winter Hill transmitting mast commissioned in 1966. The main
mast structure is 309.48 metres (1,015.4 ft) tall. |
Hardy walkers battle the wind on Spitlers Edge. |
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Tue 11 Feb 2020
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During the early hours a tree blew down across the Preston Road
(A6), Whittle-le-Woods near the entrance to Shaw Hill Golf Club.
The road was completely blocked but Council workmen were soon on
site to remove the tree. The team worked hard to cut it up and
by 9:30am the road was open again. |
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Evening cycled to Chorley Historical Society at Trinity – last
meeting there as moving next month. Saw a fabulous presentation
by Dr Mark Lambert on the Development of the Book. |
Dr Mark Lambert |
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam title Edward FitzGerald gave to his
1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of
quatrains (poems) attributed to
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131). |
Re bound 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with Illustrations by
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). |
Dr Mark Lamberts books. |
Illustration by Arthur Rackham
(1867-1939). |
Illustration by Arthur Rackham
(1867-1939). |
Illustration by Arthur Rackham
(1867-1939). |
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Sun 09 Feb 2020
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Storm Ciara arrives in Whittle-le-Woods. Heavy rain at
first then wind later. |
Preston Rd. A6. |
Preston Rd., A6.. |
Some properties on Waterhouse Green were flooded by
water coming up through the floor.
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Whittle-le-Woods &
Clayton-le-Woods Parish Club |
Tree down across River Lostock and School Brow. |
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Using my new 8mm fisheye lens to include as much of the River
Lostock as possible. |
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Sat 08 Feb 2020
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Today is Dean's 70th birthday. We had a 'do' at the
Withnell Fold Sports Club. |
Tom and Dean. |
George and lady friend. |
Doug and lady friend. |
George with live music. |
Jon Brindley performing. |
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This morning I visited South Ribble Museum in Leyland for the
official opening of the Lancashire Monochrome exhibition. It was
opened by South Ribble Mayor Councillor Harry Hancock and his
wife Marion who is Mayoress. It was good to see the curator Dr
David Hunt who is now in his final year at the museum as he will
be retiring in the summer. The fine selection of prints will be
on display until the end of Feb.
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Whittle-le-Woods &
Clayton-le-Woods Parish Club |
Mayoress, Mayor, Dr David Hunt & Lancs Monochrome worker. |
Dr David Hunt outside the museum. |
Kathleen Ferrier |
Leyland Parish Church c1890
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Bamber Bridge Spinning Co. Ltd. |
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Fri 07 Feb 2020
Visited UU White Bull Treatment Plant new Longridge to
photograph the map and window from old Ribbleton Lane Preston
office. |
The stained glass window from Ribbleton Ln. |
The plant as it used to look. |
Today its office space. |
Marble map that used to be in the Ribbleton Lane foyer. |
Canal at Top Lock drained for lock gate maintenance. |
Canal at Top Lock drained for lock gate maintenance. |
Canal at Top Lock drained for lock gate maintenance. |
Canal at Top Lock drained for lock gate maintenance. |
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Wed 05 Feb 2020
The Whittle & Clayton-le-Woods war memorial has now
had last years wreaths removed and the area tidied up. |
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Tue 04 Feb 2020
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I’ve just returned from a cold, windy & snowy few days in
Scotland doing some mountain walking. On the way back this
morning I called at Crichton, Midlothian to check out an
underground chamber that a friend told me about. It is called
the Crichton Souterrain and gave welcome shelter from the wind
etc. The stonework is from various ages and some date back to
Roman times and was re-roofed in the 19th century. Now I know
about its construction I’ll put it on my list of places to
re-visit and get some better photos. |
Entrance |
Inside looking south east |
Drawings, 1883, from "Scotland in Pagan Times" by Joseph
Anderson, via archive.org Site in Midlothian Scotland |
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Entrance passage. |
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Looking north. |
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Mon 04 Feb 2020
My birthday today.
Dark drive along A9 then to Loch Laggan
and parked at Aberarder car park. Forecast was for strong winds
so a good job I’m just heading up the glen. The path was well
made the whole way but before long it was covered in shallow
snow. By the time I reached Locha Choire at 635m I could hardly
stand up in the wind. |
The Loch at 635m |
It was low cloud blowing across the water so not much to
see. Things brightened up a bit during the walk down. Half way
back I saw a lone walker heading up the steep glen side. Below
where he’s started was a mountain bike propped up my a tree with
fresh tracks. Back at the car I drove back to Balsporran
Cottages car park for the night and enjoy a mini iced cake for
my birthday. |
The Loch at 635m |
Birthday celebrations |
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Sun 02 Feb 2020
Sgor Gaoith summit 1,118m. |
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Sat 01 Feb 2020
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On the way to Scotland to do some walking. Called at Chrichton
Castle. |
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