Spot The Spelling Mistake.........

.......that's right! It should read ''All The Bastards' Easter Action!''.

Bank Hall

Mineshaft cable wheel from the old Bank Hall coal mine in Burnley. Made into a piece of public art in 1990 to commemorate the coalmining history of the town and situated in Bank Hall Park which itself has been reclaimed from the site of the old pit.

Preston Railway Station

It's been ages since I was last on Preston Railway station. It used to be a regular spot to pass through, around 25 years ago, as we made our way to the away games.
We'd catch the first train out of Blackburn on a Saturday morning, change onto the Main Line at Preston and then it was off to places south...usually London!
The station still looks very familiar nowadays, although the rolling stock has changed quite a bit.
The local trains are are lot nicer than the old (even in those days) 108 DMU's that used to rattle along the East Lancs Line, whilst the mainline trains seem to be longer, sleeker versions of the newer local units.
Apart from one 47 parked north of the platforms, I couldn't see any engines or coaching stock.
All the 85's, 86's & 87's had disappeared, which was a shame. Not sure if there is still any loco hauled passenger stuff anymore. I didn't see any at Preston.
The 'day on the train', enforced on us whilst the car was in for warranty work, was a nice change, although the cost and timing of the rail service wouldn't be too brilliant if I had to fully depend on it.
Nowhere near as good as it used to be when it was British Rail.

Fairies Wear Boats

Not the best 'photo in the world, but it was taken in direct sunlight, using the screen as a viewfinder whilst trying to focus into the distance, very much a 'point, guess and hope' shot. However, the subject of interest is the 5th barge from the bottom left (the first black one) ; the rather interestingly named 'Black Sabbath'. Complete with band logo and colour scheme as featured on the 'We Sold Our Souls For Rock & Roll' double album cover.
Picture taken from the balcony of the Kingfisher Bar of Reedley Marina following an excellent cheese & onion pie and a pint of Worthington's Creamflow. Pendle Hill appears to have been paint brushed out of the horizon, but that was a result of the incoming snow clouds.

Stray 'Sation

Woke up this morning to find this little lady roaming around the street. She was very wary at first, but soon overcame her shyness when we put some food down for her. No collar or ID and her coat had obviously been outdoors for a day or two. She had a lovely nature and played well with Claudius when we went for a walk together. The local police didn't have anyone reporting her lost so a local Kennels came to collect her. They will keep her for 7 days and try to find her owner. If they can't they will put her up for re-homing. Tempted to see if she's still there in a week and wants to come and live with us!

Flock In Keighley now!

Sheep are spreading everywhere! These two were in the Airedale Shopping Centre and there are another eight somewhere else in the town. These are bigger than those in Skipton, but then again, Keighley is a bigger place. =

Flock to Skipton

The Baa Bones......

All Ewe Need Is Love......

Mapping Skipton......

Baa Prepared.....

Petri......

Much like the outbreaks of painted cows which have sprung up in cities all over the country in recent years, Skipton has encountered an escape of sheep. There are 25 dotted around the town, I photographed the first 5 before boredom set in.

The Filey Life Saving Rocket Company

Not the name of an album by a Seventies Folk Rock group, but the one time owners of the white pole in the distance. In order to practice rescuing people from sinking ships, they sent some unfortunate soul to the top of the pole to pretend he was on the mast of a stricken ship. Once there, they then fired a rocket propelled rope at him in order to provide a means of escape.
It either worked and another soul was saved or it knocked him into the sea and finished him off for good.

Sh*t Faced

Just checking through my old phone's memory card and came across this. Not sure where or why, but a remarkable effort by whichever dog was responsible. Quite marvellous really:.....

The Other Side!

Stena Pioneer entering Fleetwood Port from the River Wyre. Usually the photo is of the ship pointing the other way on its way out to Larne. Obviously the sailing to England is quicker because, as the photo shows, it's downhill all the way.