Saturday, 31 October 2009

Linton - At rest ...


Some rather old gravestones in the churchyard of St. Michael & All Angels at Linton.




A pleasant place to end one's days ..

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Friday, 30 October 2009

Linton - St Michael & All Angels


Down by the river you'll find the -pretty country church of St. Michael & All Angels.




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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Linton - Peaceful scene ..


You'll find this little bridge not far from the Falls - quite a pretty little scene ..


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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Linton - Linton Falls


Back to the Yorkshire Dales for a number of photos - this time to the small village of Linton which is not far from Grassington ..

Here the famous " Falls " which always attract quite a few visitors on a good day





When the river is high and fast flowing after a good rainfall then an impressive sight can be had - the river rushing and gushing at great speed ..

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Monday, 26 October 2009

Poor Sunday !!!


It was a poor Sunday for our local football teams -

Manchester United lost to arch rivals Liverpool 2-0 and had a player sent off .

Our other team Manchester City managed a 2-2 draw against Fulham but this sort of display and result is not good enough for a team that has set its sights on being in the top four at the end of the season.

So watch this space .......

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Sunday, 25 October 2009

Lymn - More photos from our morning trip ..


Still at the garden centre - this pirate guards the wildlife pond ....



This car is certainly going nowhere fast ..

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Saturday, 24 October 2009

Winter here soon ...



Well it's that time of the year ...

Tonight the clocks go back one hour - we may gain an hour but the evenings will feel very cold and dark.

I guess winter will be soon with us !!

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Lymn - A morning trip


A wet weekend and nothing to do so out and about with a trip to the Willowpool Garden Centre in Lymn.

Lots to interest the discerning shopper ...




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Allotment 8 - More work !!


November 1st we take on more allotment land - and this is what the new land looks like - weeds weeds and weeds ..


A lot of digging here I think ..

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Friday, 23 October 2009

Allotment 7 - Why do it ??


Why do this ??

This is the entrance to our allotment - and " someone " has decided to dump their rubbish by the entrance gates .

The sad thing it that most of this could have been dumped in a wheelie bin rather than leave lying around the area for other people to pick up !



The beauty of Britain ....... !!!

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Stamford - Flowers ..


A few colourful flowers to greet the visitors on their arrival in Stamford ...


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Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Stamford - the pub


One of Stamford's many public houses !!



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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Stamford - Stamford Baron


This part of Stamford is in Northamptonshire not Lincolnshire - these small back streets are in an area known at Stamford Baron.



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Monday, 19 October 2009

Stamford - the alley ..


Quaint little alley with a few shops - including a Thai " take-away "


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Stamford - Down by the river


Start of a new week and I shall be showing the remainder of my Stamford photographs this very week ...



I think this area down by the river is usually called " The Meadows "

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Thursday, 15 October 2009

Bad summer ..


It has been a bad summer - wet and wet !!

Some plants seem to have thrived in spite of this ...


The bamboo - this has doubled in size this year !


Pampas grass is just starting to flower - I'm very proud of this plant - in the past we've had problems growing pampas ..

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009

A repeat ......!!!!!


No apologises for repeating this photo of the River Roche in Heywood ..

And why ??

I submitted this photo to our local newspaper the Heywood Advertiser and last week it was printed in the latest edition ..

So very happy !!!

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Sad garden ..


Well summer is over and the flowers are starting to fade - next job in the garden will be to cut these down and tidy up the flower bed.


I've already started planting tulip and crocus bulbs ready for next spring ..

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Tuesday, 13 October 2009

From a window ..


I was quite impressed with this view of a rather pink sunset - taken from our bedroom window ..





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Monday, 12 October 2009

Robin


Here is our friendly robin in a more familiar pose ....

These seeds do not seem to last long before the birds have swallowed them all up ..

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Sunday, 11 October 2009

Done at last ...



Well it's done - decorating completed and even a little time do some gardening ..



This little fellow decided to follow me around the garden - sitting virtually on my elbow until of course I decided to get the camera out and he was then suddenly very shy !!

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Sunday, 4 October 2009

Decorating



No more pictures next week on Rambler - the study or more correctly the small bedroom is to be decorated - yes a fun time next week .... and the iMac will need to be packed away unless of course I want to cover it in paint !!

Anyone out there actually like decorating ??

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Saturday, 3 October 2009

Stamford - What church ???


You'll find this church in the centre of Stamford



For the name of the church you'll have to enlarge the photograph and read the notice board - good luck !!

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Friday, 2 October 2009

Canterbury


Some more photographs of Canterbury centre taken during our 2006 outing to Kent -





It is quite a busy and vibrant place .

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Thursday, 1 October 2009

It's been ....


It's been a busy day today - visiting banks and building societies , doctors and chemists , supermarkets and TV shops . Certainly I'm now in the need of a rest ..

Here are some shopping centres from our past travels -



Cambridge



Canterbury

Photographs taken way back in 2006 ....

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