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Sun 30 Jan 2022
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A dark rainy evening may not be everyone's idea of a good time
to go for a walk before tea but it does give a different view
from daylight. I used my head torch to illuminate the old Toll
building and Town Lane Bridge on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
The original was in colour but I thought B&W suited the mood
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Cycled to Brinscall Woods near Brinscall Hall to check out the
ruins in the recent Netflix series ‘Stay Close’ some of the
scenes were filmed around here.
Adjacent are the ruins of
Woodside Cottage which I photographed as I had a copy of a
drawing when the property was occupied. |
Woodside Cottage. |
Woodside Cottage. |
Today's view of the ruin. |
Screen grab from the TV programme 'Stay Close' |
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Sat 29 Jan 2022
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WA late family Christmas meal. The first time in a long time. |
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Fri 28 Jan 2022
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Some of the old cast iron gas mains in Whittle-le-Woods are
being replaced with polyethylene pipes that come on huge rolls
then welded together. Wherven possible the new pipes are being
threaded through the old ones. This view of a huge roll of 125mm
dia pipe was taken on this morning's walk. The light streaks on
the right are the 125 bus heading for Preston. |
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Wed 26 Jan 2022
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Went for a walk down to Folly Terrace, Crawshawbooth to
photograph the collapsing causeway and sunken old colliery tram
road. |
Sunken tramway. |
Old cart on the lane. |
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Tue 25 Jan 2022
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Very sad to hear of the death of Barry Cryer (23 Mar 1935–25 Jan
2022). I’ve loved his humour for as long as I can remember. |
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Sun 23 Jan 2022
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Morning drove to MyVue Blackburn to see the film 'Belfast' by
Kenneth Branagh. It's mostly b&w and semi-autobiographical of
his youth in the late 1960s troubled Northern Ireland. It's
scary in places with lovely emotional attachments between 3
generations of the family. The acting and cinematography are
also rather good. |
MyVue Blackburn
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Jamie Dornan as "Pa", Buddy's father,
Ciarán Hinds
as "Pop", Buddy's grandfather,
Jude Hill as Buddy,
Judi
Dench as "Granny", Buddy's grandmother. |
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Mon 17 Jan 2022
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Walked to Withnell Fold along a very muddy canal towpath. Met
Paul O’Gorman of Radio Lancashire there shortly after 10am. We
did a short 3min piece on the history of the village. Then got a
lift off him to Birchin Lane and we did another piece about the
weeping stone then the crossroads. Drove on to whittle Spinney
to the St Hellen’s Well celtic cross that Jack Sharples carved. |
Paul
O'Gorman by the stocks
at Withnell Fold. |
Paul O’Gorman of Radio Lancashire |
St Helen's Well memorial cross over the years.
Carved by Jack
Sharples. |
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The full (Wolf) Moon setting behind St John’s Church,
Whittle-le-Woods this morning. Thin clouds caused a colourful
halo. |
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Sun 09 Jan 2022
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This evening I was out for a wander along the Back Lane woodland
path, Clayton-le-Woods. There are a couple of ponds and viewing
platforms and I thought a photo by torchlight would be
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Fri 07 Jan 2022
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This evening's view of Johnson’s Hillock locks on the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, Whittle-le-Woods. |
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Thu 06 Jan 2022
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I’ve walked past this spot many times while walking through
Whittle-le-Woods and have been intrigued by the shadows the
streetlights shining through the fence cast onto the grass. The
location is the cricket field with St John’s Church in the
background. If anyone is interested the exposure was 30seconds
at f8, iso 800 asa. |
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Tue 04 Jan 2022
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Lock Farm on Town Lane before the Christmas lights were turned
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Inconsiderate parking on Town Lane. |
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Sat 01 Jan 2022
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My first wild camp of the year was on Hurst Hill, Anglezarke
Moor, Lancashire (Fri 31 Dec 2021/Sat 01 Jan 2022) to watch the
fireworks displays over Chorley and bring in the New Year of
2022. I’m so glad I was in my Hilleberg Soulo tent as the wind
was very strong where I was at 306m (1,004ft). In the morning a
small gap appeared in the cloud behind the Winter HIll
transmitter mast allowing me to see the first sunrise of the
year. |
First breakfast of the year.
Coffee, pasta & haggis.
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2022 fireworks over Chorley. |
First wild camp of 2022 in my Hilleberg Soulo tent |
Winter Hill sunrise behind the transmitter masts. |
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