Today in pictures

[gpick24]

Where do you find these nice walks Dave, do you just know these areas or is there a website yo go on?

[davemac]

Accrington walks to download and print FREE! Is one I looked at, but most of the walks I found just by following the public footpath signs. I have occasionally found myself in the middle of a field with no obvious way forward, but most of the time found bits of the area I have never seen before.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, a walk among the moist countryside.

1. I just cant walk past a droplet.
2. See, I told you so.
3. Looking in the direction of Burnley.
4. The Bistort is back.
5. Pastel droplets.
6. Hello bud.
7. Back to the walk.
8. Greenfly on a shoot.
9. Buttercups a go go again.
10. More a go go, soon be gone gone.

And with that Mill Lane to Martholme Lane concludes.

[gpick24]

Quite a long walk today, so a few pics from the places we went.
1. Swans and Cygnets on the canal
2 & 3. The Woodlands.
4 & 5. Behind Hyndburn Bridge pub.
6. A nosey horse.
7. Tottleworth
8. A quick dip near Rishton waterfalls.
9. My first attempt with the macro setting ( don`t know what plant it is, but Duke seemed to like the taste )
10 Gundog paradise.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, skipping down to the river.

1.Heading down to the River Calder, with Pendleton Moor in the distance.
2. Not there yet.
3. A glance back, should I have brought a coat?
4. Last burst from Hawthorn, they go pink with age.
5. Sat in the river.
6. Heading for Cock Bridge.
7. Heading back to the path home.
8. Don't know what this is, but it hides in the long grass.
9. Almost at the left turn and uphill.
10. And through a field of short grass, and tall thistles.

No 8, because of the intense blue colour, is known as "Occhi della madonna" in Italy - the Madonna's eyes (Jesus's mother -not "Madge" the singer!) . It is a "Veronica".

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Just a quick walk this evening through Jacksons field then back along canal ( phone pics again )
1 & 2. Jacksons fields
3. A quick dip to cool down.
4. Walking back along canal
5. Duke Louganis of the top board.
6. There`s something in there, everytime we walk past them bushes she won`t leave them alone.

Great shot of the spaniels swimming!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Not much doing this last two days so I just took a few snaps to amuse myself.

Peacock at Rivington Barn
Ale in Read Con.
Chimney out of Club window.
Rover car in one of my mates barn.
The moon, took because it was there.

Love the peacock and that's a great photo of the moon!

[mobertol]

First set of shots from my trip this week to Rome. It was scorching hot and heaving with tourists so not easy to be out and about.

1 St Peter's Square and Basilica
2 The colonnades
3 Swiss guard
4 Nun's with baseball caps!
5 Shades of the Thornbirds (very handsome priest!)
6 His billowing cassock (my dream-shot almost too good to be true!)
7 Drinking fountain under assault
8 Restorer at work on the face of the Basilica
9 The crowds queueing to go in
10 More nuns -different habits (they were brown wool and wearing several layers in 36°C heat!!)

[susie123]

Have you been to Rome before Dianne? Did you go into St Peter's?

The only 36 around here just now is not the temperature but the windspeed in MPH outside my window.

[maxthecollie]

Today we had a stroll up the Coppice with Max's girlfriend

[gpick24]

Set off up Priestly Clough, but took a diversion

[susie123]

If that dog disappears you know where to come looking for her. I love her to bits... sorry Max, I want her!

[maxthecollie]

You can go off people

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

Today we had a stroll up the Coppice with Max's girlfriend

Thanks for the picture of the top of the coppice, it's a thing I don't think I will ever see unless, of course, a 4X4 will go up there.

[gpick24]

Had problems uploading pics earlier, not helped by me pressing submit instead of preview.
So I`ve resized the rest.