Today in pictures

[gpick24]

A nice long walk for us today, wish I`d took a drink with me.
1. A ladybird.
2. Up there is where we are headed.
3. Excuse me please.
4. Castle Clough.
5. I saw some of them as well.
6. Onwards & Upwards.
7. A view from near the top.
8. A waterfall in the gorge.
9. The view the waterfall gets.
10. Up The Coppice, and Duke`s had it

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

don't worry gremlin .. hes like a child and hes spoilt like one as well .. one pampered pooch ... if you look thro this thread theres quite a few posts with pictures of bash lines/hyndburn greenway on here .. and its a nice walk .. plenty of benches along the way for you to have a sit down if you want to, not many 'hills' along the way either .. if you want to have a wander along there ... i'll come with you ... cashy will vouch for me .. I think ... he has to .. ive made him so many brews and I haven't poisoned him yet and hes due another soon ...

That's very kind of you shillelagh (or whatever your name is) I will give it a good coat of thinking about and hopefully take up your offer.
Is there a safe and decent place to park my car where we start from.
By the way, who will vouch for me, I might be a masked robber for all you know.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

im still sorting out the photos I took yesterday .. I went for a wander down bash lines with the tedster ... near enough all the way to accrington ... cos he hasn't had a 'proper' walk for a bit ... the poor dog was shattered by the time he got back ... but heres the starters ...

first three are in my garden .. the rest along bash lines or hyndburn greenway if you want to give it its posh name ... managed to catch a butterfly yesterday (in no 7) and the whicker statues they put up along the way ... the stag and the owl .. but couldn't see the dog walker .. I think that has been taken away its head had fallen off .. and dave theres another one further on down the way which I think has just been put up .. (haven't sorted that yet .. will put it up later and its in a tree)

I must have walked past them and not noticed, as I have walked that section.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

Today we walked from Hurst Green to the bottom of Longridge Fell and back.

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Number 2 is one of those shots you cannot plan for, you just have to be in the right place, and you were, nice capture.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by gpick24

A nice long walk for us today, wish I`d took a drink with me.
1. A ladybird.
2. Up there is where we are headed.
3. Excuse me please.
4. Castle Clough.
5. I saw some of them as well.
6. Onwards & Upwards.
7. A view from near the top.
8. A waterfall in the gorge.
9. The view the waterfall gets.
10. Up The Coppice, and Duke`s had it

Thats one heck of a walk, canal to Hapton scouts, and then home again.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, a circular walk around Foxhill Bank.

1. Looking out from the bottom end of the site.
2. Top path towards the wet bits.
3. Found a wet bit, with a punnet of quack quacks.
4. Steps, down to the wet bit.
5.Wickthings on a weed.
6. Weed with its bits hanging out.
7. Another wet bit, the kingfisher hide is on the far side.
8. Tinker Brook flows under the bridge and into the site.
9. So here I am again, in the middle of the wet bit.
10. Looking back up the stream before the climb back up to the car.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by davemac

Thats one heck of a walk, canal to Hapton scouts, and then home again.

Ten and a half miles for me, must be 20 - 30 for Daisy & Duke. He was shattered, but I think she could do 2 or 3 times that.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

I took about fifty photos and if there is anybody not too bored with motors I can post ten more tomorrow.

Keep `em coming Gremlin.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

That's very kind of you shillelagh (or whatever your name is) I will give it a good coat of thinking about and hopefully take up your offer.
Is there a safe and decent place to park my car where we start from.
By the way, who will vouch for me, I might be a masked robber for all you know.

Start from the bash end n its ok parking mate, Woodnooks a different matter. By the way i can vouch fer you, Stella n the late Alan told me yer were a good lad.

[shillelagh]

if you want park up on what was the rising bridge inns and now the spice rooms car park ... and walk up the road and join it at the back of hollands ..

[Gremlin]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

if you want park up on what was the rising bridge inns and now the spice rooms car park ... and walk up the road and join it at the back of hollands ..

That sounds OK to me, if you can put up with me for an hour or so I would love to accompany you when you have another walk along the old track bed.
Pick a day when the sun is in the sky and the rain is in Spain though.
I don't have any special walking gear apart from some old boots.
By the way Cashy, I will have to polish my halo after reading your post.

PM me for my details.

[Gremlin]

Since gpick24 requested more photos of the Motor Festival and they got a lot of likes, here are some more.

Sorry I am watermarking them but since some of my Transport photos have turned up on another forum with other peoples copyright I decided to watermark them myself. Not as they are anything special.
I took a photo in 1960 when I was training a driver on a lorry mounted crane when it got in a ditch, it had been in my old box of army photos hidden away until last year when I posted it on a forum.
It appeared on page 45 of the August edition of Classic Plant and Machinery. No mention of when, why, how or who took it. I emailed the editor to ask how he got hold of it but he never replied.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Since gpick24 requested more photos of the Motor Festival and they got a lot of likes, here are some more.

Sorry I am watermarking them but since some of my Transport photos have turned up on another forum with other peoples copyright I decided to watermark them myself. Not as they are anything special.
I took a photo in 1960 when I was training a driver on a lorry mounted crane when it got in a ditch, it had been in my old box of army photos hidden away until last year when I posted it on a forum.
It appeared on page 45 of the August edition of Classic Plant and Machinery. No mention of when, why, how or who took it. I emailed the editor to ask how he got hold of it but he never replied.

Some very nice cars there Gremlin, No.1 looks awesome. Old cars are quite a new interest for me since I discovered Wheeler Dealers late last year. Would love to have a go at what they do.

[Gremlin]

No. 1 is the Bentley which won the Le Mans 24 hour race in 2003.
My favourite and has been since the 60's is No. 7 the Austin Healey. I was looking at one a few weeks ago at a show and it had had a complete strip down restoration and if it was for sale the asking price would be over £44,000.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures, a walk through the Millennium Garden and out the other side.

1.Walking past St Marys Graveyard, the Petre family vault in the corner of the field.
2. Looking over to Hapton Scouts, you can see where the water supply going to Manchester crosses the Leeds Liverpool canal.
3. Time to cross the road to the woods.
4. Time for a picnic, where's my soft baps..................space left for innuendo.
5. The fruiting bodies are starting to emerge.
6. I think it's a Puff Ball.
7. The excavation starting from Martholme pumping station, and heading for Clayton Fields.
8. It's a fungi, thats all I can say about it.
9. From the field behind St. Marys Graveyard you can see the first house on Warwick Avenue.