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Housebound as I am, I take particular interest in the photos you put on of views very near me. I can only explore using Google Maps and Google Earth.
Is photo #4 this feature?
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Cla...0.511,19.947,0

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Cant open your link it mentions browser add-ons, however the link below is the woods and river hyndburn. the weir in question is just to the bottom of the woods
https://maps.google.com/?ll=53.77895,-2.39356&z=17&t=h

you will notice in my picture there is a green brolly in the background, that is a fisherman on the bank of the lodge that is on the map.

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The water down there is very good quality. My son has seen a kingfisher down there.

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I've seen one as well, plus I have watched fishermen catching trout, and observed them swimming around as well, but that was a bit further upstream.

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No pics of the kingfisher?

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No, they go past at such a speed its hard to focus on them, plus by the time I get my camera out of the bag, get them in the viewfinder, compose the shot, adjust for light conditions, calibrated the wind speed, worked out the atmospheric pressure, they have mated, built a nest and raised 4 chicks, and flown south for the winter (I may have over egged the pudding on the last one)

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Only one pic for today. Max is looking very sorry for himself. He has just returned home from the vets. He has had a general anaesthic to enable them to x ray him. He has been holding his back leg up and not putting ant weight on it.The vet is going to refer his xrays to an orthapedic specialist in Brigghouse. He thinks he may have slight damage to his cruciate ligament

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Hope it doesn't turn out to be serious problem :( He's a beautiful dog and we pet owners suffer as much as they do when something is not right with them...

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That's one sad looking hound. Ours had something similar, it took a while to get sorted & it really was upsetting seeing her hobbling round. It seemed of more concern to us as her, being a Hound she just accepted it & got on with her life.

Now, she's pretty much the same as she ever was but you can notice a slight stiffness in her gait while she's ambling about, but still, she's not apparently in any pain & she seems quite content with her lot. :)

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Going to try to up-load some photos using this dongle thingy I'm using as a temporary (temperamental more like!) connection. Ten photos around the new farm where I have been living since Wednesday. Today was my first outing for pleasure since the move.
1-3 taken last Wed 6th Nov at 7 am while dashing between one house and the other - luckily had my camera in my handbag. The shepherd has made his annual move down from the mountains around Brianza and is grazing off the cut maize fields in the area.
4 Today's walk - the church in nearby Castelnuovo del Zappa
5 The church spire of Ossolaro another nearby village
6 Came across those sheep again, heard the bells on the donkeys ringing before I saw them -they've moved on!
7 The green of newly germinated winter wheat as a contrast to the autumn colours
8 My house back in sight (red one on the corner!)
9 Morbasco bridge - back to the lane
10 Looking back towards the farm - still signs of the almighty storm we had this morning!

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This photo says it all. Poor Max. Sending him virtual hugs and wishes for a speedy recovery.

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Great to 'hear' from you again! I hope the worst of the the move is over with now. The bridge scene is a lovely shot. And the stormy aftermath in No.10 is so dramatic!

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Hope things are not too bad, and easily fixed, the rhythm of things goes out of tilt when your companion is out of sorts. Bob had to have his hip joint removed (femoral head arthroplasty) I thought at the time he would be restricted, now he runs as fast as any other dog. As DiG and Mobertol says the owners are the ones who suffer more than the dog.

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Nice pictures, looking off into the distance gives the feeling that there is a lot of photographic potential there.

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Today in Pictures, a walk around Spring Wood, I have done this walk many times, however today the colour brown is the dominant colour, apart from the last one which says time to go home.