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Sat 31 Mar 2018
By the war memorial in Foulridge is an interesting ring headed
cross adjacent. It is known as Tailor’s Cross and also called
Maiden’s Cross. It was once much taller and dates from the
Norman era of the 1100s.
The cross has been moved over time.
Henry Taylor's book on Lancashire crosses describes it as
standing “on a little hill, by the roadside about one mile north
of Colne Parish Church”. Foulridge Parish Council’s website says
that it stood beside Kirk Bridge (in between Foulridge Lower and
Upper Reservoirs). |
Maiden's Cross |
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Wed 28 Mar 2018
Falkirk Tunnel |
As part of the Union Canal in Scotland the 630m long Falkirk
Tunnel was designed by Hugh Baird and was built between 1818 -
1822. It pre-dates the railway tunnels and is the oldest tunnel
in Scotland.
Two Irishmen came over to Scotland to work on
the canal and tunnel and became well known for other activities.
They were Burke and Hare who committed a series of 16 murders
over ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh. They sold the corpses to
Doctor Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.
When the Falkirk wheel boat lift was being completed in 2002
lighting was installed in the tunnel. The lights were upgraded
to LED coloured lights in 2016. |
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Sun 25 Mar 2018
A morning bike ride over Belmont and Rivington |
St Peter's Church Belmont |
Rivington Road |
The same view in Mar 2013 |
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Late morning caught bus to Bamber Bridge by the Railway Station
and went for walk via Shuttling fields. Found a new tenon top
gatepost and some old cast iron retort gateposts. |
Found a tenon top gatepost near Tottering Temple Farm |
Forty Steps down to the River Darwen |
Old cast iron retorts used as gateposts, Forest Fields Farm |
Old cast iron retorts used as gateposts, near Forest Fields Farm |
A evening walk along the old Lancaster Canal from
whittle Springs to Town Lane, whittle-le-Woods |
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Sat 24 Mar 2018
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Out for a bike ride and passed some roadside memorials on the
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Near Mellor |
Further Lane |
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Fri 23 Mar 2018
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Colonoscopy check up with pictures of my insides. |
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Thu 22 Mar 2018
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Digitising some old 35mm
transparencies today.
This is a solo wild camp in Torridon,
Scotland, Jan 1984.
My equipment was fairly basic and cooking
was on a small paraffin stove.
The photo was taken on
Kodachrome 64 film with a Nikkormat FTn camera which was propped
on a rock with a clockwork delayed action shutter release to
take the photo. |
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Wed 21 Mar 2018
On a walk in Cumbria I reached the remains of the old Wythop
Chapel.
a marker stone inside reads ‘SITE OF WYTHOP OLD
CHURCH’ It looks more like a gravestone and dates from 1904.
On Sunday, 24th July, 1904 the Rev. P.N. Kennedy dedicated a
Memorial Stone in the ruins of the Old Church at Kelsick. |
Wythop Chapel in 1865 just before its demolition |
Wythop Chapel site today |
1904 memorial |
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Mon 19 Mar 2018
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Late morning made sandwiches then drove to White Coppice and
walk up to Jack’s stone shelter to eat butties. Walked back same
way and had a look round the area of Drinkwater’s farm ruins.
Back at white Coppice drove to Walton Summit and left car at
Three Nooks and walked via motorway underpass to new’ish house
near Pippin Street on site of old reservoir then via Chesham
Farm and back to car. |
The stone shelter that Jack built |
Carvings near Drinkwaters Farm |
Pippin Street, house on the site of the old reservoir |
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Sun 18 Mar 2018
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A bit of overnights snow and sub-zero temperatures (-2degC) made
a picturesque walk through Whittle-le-Woods. I’m glad I was on
foot and not in the car. |
Chorley Old Road |
Waterhouse Green |
Preston Road A6 |
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Sat 17 Mar 2018
Out for a sunny but cold and windy bike ride to Horwich then
home via White Coppice |
White Coppice |
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Fri 16 Mar 2018
Heading home after a very rainy and snowy few days
walking in Scotland. Called at a very rain Queens View (Queen
Victoria) above Loch Tummel then to the Schiehallion road with
the intention of staying there. The snow was so bad I only just
got through to Aberfeldy. The pass south over the A826 was even
deeper in snow & the snow plough was out. My stopover points are
no longer available. |
Rainy Queen's View |
Loch Tummel |
A826 south of Aberfeldy |
In
desperation I then visited the
Crieff Visitors Centre which was full
of tat. Fortunately there was an interesting exhibition on about
the Drovers and Drove Roads. |
Crieff Visitors Centre |
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Thu 15 Mar 2018
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Hidden away in the scots pines on a hilltop to the
south of Aviemore, Scotland is a very interesting cairn. In a
small alcove with a spectacular view of the Cairngorm Mountains
is a plaque. |
Kinrara Waterloo Cairn in Alvie, Scotland |
It reads:
To the memory of Sir Robert Macara of the 42nd
Regiment, or, Royal Highlanders, Colonel John Cameron of the
92nd Regiment, or, Gordon Highlanders and their brave countrymen
who gloriously fell at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.
Erected by the most noble the Marquis of Huntley August 16th
1815. |
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Lieutenant-colonel Sir Robert Macara (1759 – 16 June
1815)
On the 16 June 1815 at the Battle of Quatre Bras, just
before the Battle of Waterloo, Macara was wounded during an
engagement and as he was carried from the field was taken
prisoner by a party of French soldiers. His decorations gave him
away as an officer of rank and he was killed on the spot.
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Kinrara Waterloo Cairn alcove |
During the Waterloo Campaign, Cameron's 92nd Foot alongside the
42nd Highlanders, 1st Royals, and 44th East Essex formed General
Pack's 9th Brigade of Sir Thomas Picton's 5th Division, and were
among the first troops to march out of Brussels at daybreak on
16 June 1815. On that day, when leading his regiment in an
attack on an enemy stronghold, on the road to Charleroi near the
village of Quatre-Bras, Cameron was mortally wounded. He was
buried there at the side of the road to Ghent road. His remains
were later removed and brought back to Scotland and buried in
Kilmallie Kirk, Corpach. |
Colonel John Cameron of the 92nd Regiment, or, Gordon
Highlanders |
Battle of Quatre Bras, just before the
Battle of Waterloo |
Further along the same hill is a tall monument column to George,
Duke of Gordon, General in the British Army who died 28 May 1836
age 66. |
General George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770 – 28 May
1836) Marquess of Huntly. |
George Duncan Gordon Memorial |
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Sun 11 Mar 2018
It’s Mother’s Day so cycled to Pleasington
Crematorium to plot ‘H’ where Mum’s ashes are. Continued via
Pleasington, Hoghton and Brindle to ride home. |
Pleasington Crematorium |
Plot 'H' where Mum's ashes are |
An evening walk to Mum's bench at Withnell Fold for butties and
fask of coffee
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Fri 09 Mar 2018
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Morning walk from White Coppice to the
mere stones (ancient boundary stones) above Brinscall. They were
mentioned in the Hoghton papers dated Apr 1697. They have a
cross cut in them and denote the Hoghton Manor boundary that
coincides with the ancient Gunolfsmoor estate. There were
originally 5 but now only 2 remain. The higher one is easy to
see and adjacent to a public footpath. The lower stone is by the
river (boundary between Wheelton and Heapey) but was overgrown
and I had to dig it out. |
The lower stone after digging it out of the heather |
The higher stone
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Afternoon visited the South Ribble Museum in Leyland to see the
curator Dr David Hunt. We chatted about a new exhibition that is
being planned for later this year on the first public water
supplies into the town in the 1880s. The first water supply
reservoir was built in Clayton-le-Woods and was demolished in
2013 to make way for new housing. I gave the museum some of my
images to help with the illustrations and it was nice to see two
of my photos of the reservoir interior enlarged to huge prints. |
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Thu 08 Mar 2018
A short heavy morning fall of snow brought the
traffic on the A6, whittle-le-Woods to a standstill. By late
morning the snow had stopped and started to clear. |
The A6 Whittle-le-Woods |
A6 |
By the War Memorial |
Whittle and Clayton-le-Woods War Memorial |
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Tue 06 Mar 2018
Caught train to Liverpool Lime Street. Walked to museum World
Museum for the Chinese
Terracotta Warriors exhibition. Had a look round museum
first before allocated time of 13:30.
The Terracotta Army is
a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of
funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BC and whose
purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
They were
discovered on 29 March 1974 by farmers digging a water well
approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the Qin Emperor's
tomb mound at Mount Li (Lishan)
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Liverpool Lime Street Rail Station |
Liverpool Lime Street Rail Station |
Entrance to the Terracotta Army |
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From the Museum |
Entrance to Terracotta Army |
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Reconstruction of the army being made |
Black Knight was designed in the 1950s as a research
rocket. It was built to test the heating effects of the
atmosphere on the Blue Streak ballistic missile. |
Black Knight |
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Sun 04 Mar 2018
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I was very sorry to hear of the death of Sir Roger Bannister at
the age of 88. He was a hero from my youth and I remember
watching him run the first sub 4 minute mile (3m 59.4s) on our
TV in 1954. His run was assisted by Sir Christopher Chataway and
Chris Brasher. His record didn't last long as it was bettered by
the Australian John Landy the following month with a time of 3m
57.9s. |
l/r Chris Brasher, Roger Bannister & Chris Chataway. |
Roger Bannister runs a mile in under 4 mins. |
Enjoyed an evening walk through the tunnel under the
aqueduct that used to carry the old Lancaster canal over the
River Lostock. Then through the concrete pedestrian underpass
crossing the M61 motorway. |
Under the M61 motorway |
River Lostock in the stone tunnel |
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Sat 03 Mar 2018
Heading for the ferry at San Sebastian, La Gomera and the
journey home |
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