Golf ..

Early morning golfer at Heaton Park - our current weather has not been kind to these people ..

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M60

Hazy November morning - the M60 seen from Heaton Park - snaking it's way towards the Airport via Stockport

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Rochdale - Hollingworth Lake

Do you want an ice cream ?? Is this big enough ??

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Rochdale - Hollingworth Lake

Hollingworth Lake's local pub - The Wine Press - seen across the lake .

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Rochdale - Hollingworth Lake

A rather windy day today in the UK - here at Hollingworth Lake the wind is whipping up the waves .

Not many people about today apart from one or two bird watchers with their special cameras - I guess that in very windy weather there is a chance of seeing some rare species that has been blown off course .

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Allotment 10- Lots of digging needed ..

Now we've taken over more land a lot of digging is needed to clear the accumulated weeds - hopefully this will be done before the end of November .

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Allotment 9 - End of season ..

It's nearly the end of the growing season down on the allotment - fees now have to be paid for next year and the plots tied up for the coming season ...

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Grassington - Shopping !!!

Some of the shops you'll find in Grassington.

I can confirm we've been in the Dales Toffee Shop on many occasion - sweet tooth !!!

You'll always find something to spend your money on in this pleasant little village.

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White Rose

The white rose of Yorkshire proudly flying above the roof tops of Grassington - personally I prefer the red rose of Lancashire.

When the local " facilities " were decorated with red roses on the tiles "someone" tried to scratch them off the walls and indignant letters were written to the local newspapers demanding they were replaced by white ones !!!!!

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Grassington - Shenstone Gallery

Money to spend ??

Why not treat yourself to a work of art ??

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Bowel Cancer Screening

Everyone living in England and between the ages of 60 and 69 is being invited to participate in a programme to screen for bowel cancer .

You are sent a kit and are required to provide samples from your bowel motion - all in the privacy of your own home ..

Not 100% accurate it will still help in the early detection of bowel cancer for some people.

Let's hope that this exercise is a great success and it helps to reduce the impact that bowel cancer can bring..

A good idea from the NHS !!!

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Grassington

Away from the main streets of Grassington it can be quiet - sometimes !!!

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Grassington - When ???

Grassington - but when was the picture taken ? 1880's ??

No - this summer !!

Just a few adjustments to the colour and Bob's your uncle .... !!!

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New camera ...

As a special treat for my birthday I now have a new all singing digital camera - a Panasonic TZ6 " Lumix ".

Hopefully once I have read the 130 page instruction booklet I'll have some more photographs ...

In the mean time I'll have to raid my old photo collection.

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Rochdale Cenotaph.

Tomorrow - Sunday - is Remembrance Sunday when the Nation remembers those who died in the two World Wars.

A service of remembrance will be held here at the cenotaph in Rochdale - around 11 a.m. - the time that World War I ended ..

People will be remembering also those who have died recently in Iraq and Afghanistan ..

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