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Good Idea!

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Some more photos. One of the building scorched by burning fuel from the crashed helicopter - that building is Rentokill offices and the only other person killed by it was going to work there...

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Yep, Susie - the tower is pretty ugly for a residential building. It was on the local news last night that the pilot of the chopper was texting on his mobile 4 mins before he crashed and also at the time of crash was tuning in his radio.

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Great Pics No 5 says it is a snowman.Has he got man boobs?

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:D Yep it's Mrs Brown ;) I added the nose and the cigar.

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Today in Pictures.......I now have number three, one more to go.........then I can collect my Nectar points.

1. Clapper Bridge. we used this as base camp.
2. Pack Horse Bridge.
3. Wycoller Hall thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in the novel Jane Eyre.
4. Built by the Hartley family at the end of the 16th century.
5. The Heritage Centre in the grounds of the Hall.
6. That is the destination point.
7. After a bit of puffing and panting, Eureka.
8. With the Atom to my back, the view down the valley.
9. Heading back down, the snow is very deep where it has drifted.
10. This type of fencing is all around the area, it has a name but I am unable to find it ( it sounds like vaccury, but the jury is out on that )

Just a final comment, someone has nicked the silver ball that was in the centre of the sculpture.

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Superb shots today Dave, it was a lovely day for a walk here, sadly didn't get out but glad you made it. Lovely monochrome pic at 6. Wycoller is a strange place, bit spooky in places.

BTW it's a vaccary wall...

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A Long Vaccary Wall, a photo from Cumbria, England | TrekEarth

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It was a lovely walk, although the snow came over my gaiters several times, which was a disaster as they were in my rucksack.( the last bits a joke,........ they were under my hat ).

I was not sure of the spelling of that wall, so my googles came up short.......insert your own joke here.............I did come up with Vaccary Farms which I thought might be a link, vacca, Latin for cow, cow fences !
I did discover that there were Vaccary farms on Hameldon hill, and in the area of spire farm. Although interesting it did distract me from my quest.

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The vaccaries were originally farmed by the monks of the Kirkstall Abbey manorial grange commonly known as Black Abbey. Retlaw has posted about them quite a bit, just put vaccaries in the search box at the top of the page if you want to find the threads.

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I did as you suggested, and the facts that it produced show me I know very little about the areas past.

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Thre's a lot of reading for you there then!

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The Vaccaries in the possesion of th Monks of Kirkstall, were the Grange (Black Abbey Fold) Friar (Hll) Riley, and Lower and Higher Antley. There were two others but their names elude me at the moments, will have to check some old files.

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It was the vaccary walls around the fields in Wycoller that started this particular query. Attempting to find the name of the walls I discovered that there were Vaccaries in this area, something I knew nothing about. Thanks for the information.

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Today in Pictures, Wiswell to Pendleton Moor, and back again.



1. Upwards on a farm track.
2. Its steeper than it looks.
3. Longridge Fell in the distance.
4. Whalley and beyond, you can see the viaduct in the centre of the snap.
5. Looking over the other side, the Coppice and Oswaldtwistle Moor in the distance.
6. In the direction of Whalley Nab.
7. The highest point, and the site of an old quarry.
8. This is the start of the descent.
9. The Nab in the distance, over this wall, it used to be thick with Pine trees, all cut down a few years ago and re- planted with saplings.
10. Slightly lower viewpoint, this time looking in the direction of Gt. Harwood.

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Your a brave man Dave.