Sunday 29 June 2014

Leck Fell - on the Lancashire / North Yorkshire border

 The road to Leck Fell Farm with Leck Fell in the distance

 Looking back across the Lune valley to the coast

 A view of Ingleborough (N.Yorks) from Leck Fell

 Whernside (N. Yorks)

 'Yours truly' at the trig point marking the summit of Leck Fell - the highest point in Lancashire at 672 metres (2057 feet)

 The 'Three Men of Gragareth'

 Another view of the 'Three Men'

 Looking across to the market town of Kirkby Lonsdale

Another cairn near the 'Three Men'

Friday 27 June 2014

Dunsop Bridge

 The entrance to Thornyholme estate at the start of a walk from Dunsop Bridge to Hodder Bank Fell

 Thornyholme

 The River Hodder at Mossthwaite

 A pipeline bridge carrying water from the Lake District to the Manchester area

 Knowlemere Manor at the foot of Hodder Bank Fell

 A close-up of Knowlemere Manor - a private residence

 Back at the River Hodder looking towards Dunsop Bridge

 The confluence of the River Hodder (right) and Hareden Brook just below Dunsop Bridge

Back at Thornyholme

Wednesday 25 June 2014

Mullion to Lizard Point (Cornwall)

 Admiring the view above Mullion Cove

 The entrance to Mullion harbour - still being repaired after the winter storms

 The Mullion Cove hotel above the cove

 Looking back down the Lizard coast towards Penzance

 Mullion Island

 Predannack Cliffs

 Kynance Cove



 The cafe garden in Kynance Cove

The cove and cafe

Monday 23 June 2014

Accrington Walk

 The start of a walk in the Scaitcliffe area of Accrington

 This former mill  lodge now provides a peaceful haven for fishermen


 The walk follow the route of a disused rail track. These pillars probably supported the rail track

 Passing Baxenden - the home of the famous 'Holland's Pies'

 Another view of Baxenden showing the local primary school (right)


 The village of Rising Bridge in the distance

 It looks like Rising Bridge is about to enter the 'space race'!

 A view of Pendle Hill from the moors above Rising Bridge

 Looking back to Baxenden

 Approaching Acrrington

 The track through the hamlet of Bedlam (Yes! There really is a place called Bedlam!)

 Back in Accrington. The town is famous for its red, Accrington brick. Noted for its hardness.

Many of the local mills were built of Accrington brick

Friday 20 June 2014

The 'Lost Gardens of Heligan' at St. Austell (Cornwall)

 The Italian Garden

 Another view

 The view to the coast from the gardens

 The view from the wildlife hide

 A map of the 200 acres of gardens

 The emu enclosure

 A charcoal sculpture

 The rope bridge in the 'jungle'!

 Negotiating the rope bridge



 The boardwalk through the gardens

 A long lost rare species?

 Heligan House is private and completely separate from the gardens

 The sundial garden

 Foxgloves and others in the flower garden





The Flower Garden in 1991