On the Seventh Day of Christmas...

Manchester European Christmas Market

On the Sixth Day of Christmas...

Victorian shelters on Blackpool promenade

On the Fifth Day of Christmas.......

A winter walk at the foothills of the Bleasdale Fells near Chipping

On the Fourth Day of Christmas.....

The Christmas Crib in the Market Square in Preston

On the Third Day of Christmas......

Happy Christmas!

On the Second Day of Christmas........

A stained-glass window in the Shepherds' Church - Over Wyresdale near Abbeystead.
The 'Shepherds' Church is so called because it serves a rural community and the original wooden cloak hooks, where the shepherds hung their hats and cloaks, can still be seen in the church porch.

On the First Day of Christmas....

Sunrise over Bethlehem - 2013
Happy Christmas to all my blog followers!

A pre-Christmas stroll around Garstang

Looking across from Church Lane at Bonds to Nicky Nook

 The remains of Greenhalgh Castle

....about the castle

 Looking back towards Bonds

 The Lancaster Canal to the south of Garstang

 Dimples Lane moorings on the canal

A narrowboat crossing the Wyre Aqueduct

 Th' Owd Tithebarn marina at Garstang (Th' Owd Tithebarn is the name of the restaurant)

 Garstang Rotary Club are collecting for charities with the help of the Lady Town Crier

Guess who?

Seasonal picture No.3

St. Leonard's churchyard at Balderstone (Not taken this year!)

St. Mary's Priory - Penwortham

The tower and main entrance to the Priory

 

The pews have been removed to make the church more 'multipurpose'

 A memorial in the nave

 The pipe organ has been removed and replaced with an electronic organ

 The Chancel

 John Horrocks was a leading cotton manufacturer in Preston

 Preparing for Christmas

 Looking down into the bell-ringing chamber

 One of the six bells in the belfry

 Part of the ringing mechanism

 The view towards Preston from the roof of the tower

 looking towards Preston town centre and St Walburg's church

 Another view of the skyline of Preston

 Looking down onto Church Avenue, the lych-gate and the church drive

 More of Preston

 The Ringing Chamber

 This plaque commemorates the ringing of a Peal of Kent Treble Bob Major with 5334 changes! It took 3 hours and 15 minutes to 'ring the changes'!

The tower with its leaning flag-pole

Colne 'Shop Local Day'

 Colne is an east Lancashire town on the border between Lancashire and North Yorkshire.

The 'Shop Local Day' was a day organised by the local council to encourage Christmas shoppers to support the local businesses.

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 The Colne Town Crier

A Walk Along the River Ribble

 Preston station from East Cliff car park

The station with the Royal Mail sorting office and St. Walburg's church spire

The former Park Hotel now the East Cliff County Council offices above Miller Park

The West Coast mainline enter Preston station from the south

Looking upstream towards the Old Tram Bridge from the 'Combination' bridge

The riverside path through Avenham Park

Looking towards Church Brow at Walton-le-Dale

Various views of the River Ribble

Part of the Guild Wheel Cycle Route

Ha'penny Bridge carrying the A59 road between Preston (left) and Blackburn (right)

Canada Geese at Brockholes Nature Reserve at Samlesbury

The Visitor Centre at Brockholes