The Past



The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

L. P. Hartley   1895-1972 

Saturday 24 September 2011

No more posts for a while ..


No more posts for a while .... foreign parts await .

As I write this, the world is in an economic meltdown and the two Manchester football teams ride high in the the Premier League. I wonder what the next few months will hold?

And which do you consider to be the most important - football or the economy?

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Tuesday 20 September 2011

Hopwood Woods


A pleasant place to walk - Hopwood Woods in Middleton near Rochdale.





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Monday 19 September 2011

Thieves Beware


The increased value of copper, lead and other precious metals has led to an increase in thefts of piping and wiring from railways and electric substations.

Trains are now delayed not only by bad weather but the theft of signal equipment - in our area houses are having their lead stolen during the night.

I guess this will carry on until some new cheaper material is invented as a substitute.



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Sunday 18 September 2011

Teasel


This rather prickly but attractive plant "appeared" in the garden from where I do not know .

It was sometime and a lot of head scratching before I realised it is Teasel.






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Saturday 17 September 2011

Clitheroe



More photos from a wet and windy Clitheroe on August Bank Holiday weekend.

Lots of bunting ..





Thursday 15 September 2011

Lancashire Cricket Success !!!



Lancashire won the County Championship title for the first time in 77 years with a great win by eight wickets over Somerset.

Well done ......

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Wednesday 7 September 2011

Clitheroe



Clitheroe in Lancashire's Ribble Valley - a pleasant little market town but not on a wet windy August Bank Holiday weekend.






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It is getting worse ...



Well after a colder than average summer in the UK the best we could hope for would be a pleasant warm and sunny September.

Forget that - it is getting worse ... dark, cold and very wet. More like November !!

No doubt we will be getting frosts soon and then snow ..

Will we ever get a good summer again ??

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Penguins - move your cursor and take them for a walk !!

Say it as it is ......


Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land amongst the stars.

Look around !!!

What is this life, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare?


W. H. Davies  1870-1940