Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1099513)

Your are right, I get them mixed up , as you say, cormorants hang around Dean Clough Reservoir but I never get close enough to snap.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1099507)

Today I went off to Hesketh Park.
1) sign detailing the attractions and the walks
2) spring flowers - a carpet of them.
3) A very ornate fountain - alas not working today
4) 'Come on lads, pies have come'......feeding the birds.
5) watching to see if the pies are coming. A congregation of birds.
6) 'One day I WILL catch one of those ducks'......missed again
7) Purple Crocus.
8) Pretty blue flowers. I have to call them that......I don't have a clue as to what they are...but Davemac will be along in a mo.
9) Looking through the trees to the lake.
10) Had a swift blow on the pier before I got the bus back home.

As you can see from the pics the day was very kind. Gave me lots of sunshine. Recharged my batteries very nicely.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1099514)

Great Pics Margaret. Welcome Back

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1099520)

Looks like a nice day out, 2 and 8 are Glory of the Snow (Chinadoxa)

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1099522)

I knew you would know what they were.(and now I do too)
When I saw them from a distance I thought they were bluebells and yet they weren't quite the right colour.
I know....I must get to Specsavers. More so because on the pier I though I had come across a dead pigeon. When I got closer it was only a dead pizza box - nothing like a pigeon.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1099523)

Today in Pictures, the nice weather has brought out an early flush of Fungi.

1. - 4. Arboreal fungi.
5. This bloke said what shall I carve, I said I don't know, but make it snappy.
6. He also did a seat.
7. Up to the focal point.
8. A recently re-built wall, it doesn't perform any function, so must have been a learning exercise.
9. View across the field in the direction of Baxenden.
10. Pendle in the distance.

Originally Posted by maxthecollie (Post 1099528)

We were up there on Saturday

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1099501)

Interesting set of pictures wherever you were.

Originally Posted by gpick24 (Post 1099561)

They`re from all over, 1&2 - near sheffield or barnsley, 3 - can`t remember, 4 - brew and butties at Sandringham, 6-10 Woodhead pass.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1099571)

Interesting, number 3 for me.

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1099634)

Nice to see places I recognise and others I don't - everyone seems to be much more professional in their photo taking compared to when Dave started the thread - back when!
I am posting a selction from a walk on Sunday along the river to Costa Sant'Abramo - started out as a lovely bright and blustery day and ended up with me having to run home ahead of a storm front - just made it back in time! Number 5 shows a shot looking back to our farm (Cascina Valcarengo -the yellow chapel tower can be seen for miles around!) Spotted a collection of old stuff under someone's steps in the village, which is quite interesting.