My neighbour loves his motorbikes.
He used to be a motorcycle Bobby
He goes out most days, weather allowing, at age 76. He’s a keen biker!!!
My neighbour loves his bikes!
Tag Archives: Lancashire
A great walk up Great Hill
Even though I’ve lived in Bolton since 1988, I’ve never ventured up Great Hill. There is a Wiki article about it here…
On Saturday 11 April 2015 I got up nice and early, packed my rucksack and set off for White Coppice, which is about 12 miles from my house.
Once I walked through the cricket ground, I crossed The Goit and started the easy ascent.
The views East were fabulous…
It was a lovely fresh day, not too hot, not too cold, a ‘Goldilocks’ day…it was great to hear the Skylarks as I meandered along…
Before long, I was at ‘Drinkwaters’
Drinkwaters Farm was so named because of a nearby spring which still flows, rather gently, just below the path from the summit of Great Hill. Not far from the farm ruins is a small, discrete memorial to a local fell runner, Joe Whitter (1939-1991).
Joe, a member of Wigan Phoenix, was one of Lancashire’s true fell running characters well known for his ultra-distance runs over these moors. The spring at Drinkwaters was used regularly by Joe and his companions on Sunday morning runs. The February 1992 Fellrunner magazine contained an obituary where it was observed
“Joe Whitter was one of those essential characters that make fell running what it is. The Anglezarke Moors will be a poorer place without him and he will be sadly missed. Typically, Joe requested his ashes be scattered on the moors he loved, and there are many fell runners who will now be unable to run past Drinkwaters on Great Hill without remembering him.”
Why “Joe’s Cup”?…if you carefully remove a stone or two, all will be revealed!
The path to Great Hill and the summit were easily visible from here…
And before long I was on the top!
The views all around were fantastic! There was a bit of wind chill which made the temperature drop a bit…but the walk was very enjoyable all the same.
One of my photographs taken on this trip was used as a backdrop for the Granada Weather Reports on Monday 13 April 2015.
Fame at last eh?
All in all, a great little walk up Great Hill
Harry is really coming along now!
We’ve had Harry since mid November. He’s always been a lovely little dog, we’re all starting to get used to each other a little more and understand each others routine.
He’s a cute little chap, that’s him on the left…
My son Frank and I went out for a walk around Tockholes yesterday, it was Harry’s first big ‘Country Walk’…Tockholes is a wonderful place, you can find more information about it here…
Harry enjoyed splashing through the mud and damp leaves…
And Frank was very chuffed as everyone thought Harry was very cute (which he is!).
We’re looking forward to many many more walks together, and we’re starting to plan a Northumberland trip, and a Skye trip for next year…Harry should enjoy those….
Frank can exercise Harry and I can get stuck in to my Landscape Photography!!!
Turton Tower
Had a visit to Turton Tower on Sunday.
My son was really keen to see the Timberbottom Skulls!
If you look very closely you can see a ghost!…
It’s a fantastic building….and well worth a visit!
The staff are very friendly and a more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Tockholes
Occasionally go for a walk around this area, it’s not far from my home.
It’s history is quite fascinating…
I’ll try and get out with the ‘proper’ camera this weekend…
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Southport
Been really busy recently so haven’t had much time for personal photography. Anyway, had a bit of free time yesterday so took a trip to Southport. It was FREEZING and the light was a bit flat, anyhow, here is the result of my photographic output…
Southport
Been really busy recently so haven’t had much time for personal photography. Anyway, had a bit of free time yesterday so took a trip to Southport. It was FREEZING and the light was a bit flat, anyhow, here is the result of my photographic output…
Lancashire Photography
Been really busy since the Skye trip so haven’t had much chance to do any new landscape photography, going to try and get out locally tomorrow !
Entwistle Reservoir
Just taken my little dog, Jack, around Entwistle Reservoir.
I’ve been coming here for years,it’s about 6 miles from where I live.
It’s a nice walk, pretty quiet unless you go on Sundays!
I took some images with my iPhone there recently
And here are some handheld shots I took with my Canon 7D earlier this year.
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