18 October 2006
Chipping
I made another visit to Chipping yesterday. Chipping is a little village in the heart of Lancashire. There's not a lot there, to be honest, but it's pretty and nice to look at.
This is HJ Berry at Kirk Mills, which is a family-run business that has been producing wooden dining furniture for over 150 years.
Over the hill, there's a lake with ducks in. Very hungry ducks. Take-the-bread-out-of-your-hand sort of ducks, really.
And a pheasant:
This is part of the view of Windy Street and Club Lane from outside the church:
The street that leads into Chipping, including a very narrow section of roadway. It's funny seeing the buses just about getting through there!
On another note, I've been into the pub on the right - The Sun Inn. Not a bad place for a pint.
A look down Talbot Street:
Chipping's one and only post office:
And that's it - a view of Chipping. If you're still interested, there are a few more photos over on Flickr if you follow the links to the set. For now though - goodbye!
This is HJ Berry at Kirk Mills, which is a family-run business that has been producing wooden dining furniture for over 150 years.
Over the hill, there's a lake with ducks in. Very hungry ducks. Take-the-bread-out-of-your-hand sort of ducks, really.
And a pheasant:
This is part of the view of Windy Street and Club Lane from outside the church:
The street that leads into Chipping, including a very narrow section of roadway. It's funny seeing the buses just about getting through there!
On another note, I've been into the pub on the right - The Sun Inn. Not a bad place for a pint.
A look down Talbot Street:
Chipping's one and only post office:
And that's it - a view of Chipping. If you're still interested, there are a few more photos over on Flickr if you follow the links to the set. For now though - goodbye!
13 October 2006
Garstang
Took a trip up to Garstang today, which is a town in the borough of Wyre. It has a population of around 5,000 and has the distinction of being the world's first Fairtrade town, although when I tried to find the sign saying as much it was nowhere to be seen!
Anyway, here's some of the pictures I took on my visit there. It was a lovely bright mid-October day - so nice, in fact, that you could walk around with a T-shirt on!
This is one of the many banners that are festooned on Garstang's High Street:
A view of the High Street in Garstang:
A view of the Cenotaph in Garstang:
Two more shots of the High Street:
A close-up shot of the Cenotaph:
Another shot of Garstang's High Street. That building on the left is the pub:
A few shots of Park Hill Road here. A sign:
The roundabout:
The Methodist Church:
This is The Wheatsheaf on the Park Hill Road:
And a close-up shot of same:
The town hall clock in Garstang:
The Eagle and Child pub on the high-street pub. Garstang does have quite a few pubs!
The Union Flag, the flag of this United Kingdom, on Market Place:
Here's a cheese stall, in the market itself. Feast your eyes on this selection of cheeses. This stall has over 100 different types of cheese. Very nice, but perhaps not when you're on a diet!
Another pub, this time the Kings Arms:
Another look down the main high street:
This is nearer the top end of the High Street. There's a lot less here, to be honest, apart from the Co-Op (see below!):
And finally, the Co-Op:
And that's all. I could do with some help with rearranging the columns, as Flickr will only let me post the images at 500x375 or 1024x768 and nothing in between. So, if anyone could make the format look a little less crude, I'd be grateful.
There are more pictures on Flickr - this is only a selectkion.
I hope you enjoyed this tour of a Lancashire town. For now, though: goodbye!
Anyway, here's some of the pictures I took on my visit there. It was a lovely bright mid-October day - so nice, in fact, that you could walk around with a T-shirt on!
This is one of the many banners that are festooned on Garstang's High Street:
A view of the High Street in Garstang:
A view of the Cenotaph in Garstang:
Two more shots of the High Street:
A close-up shot of the Cenotaph:
Another shot of Garstang's High Street. That building on the left is the pub:
A few shots of Park Hill Road here. A sign:
The roundabout:
The Methodist Church:
This is The Wheatsheaf on the Park Hill Road:
And a close-up shot of same:
The town hall clock in Garstang:
The Eagle and Child pub on the high-street pub. Garstang does have quite a few pubs!
The Union Flag, the flag of this United Kingdom, on Market Place:
Here's a cheese stall, in the market itself. Feast your eyes on this selection of cheeses. This stall has over 100 different types of cheese. Very nice, but perhaps not when you're on a diet!
Another pub, this time the Kings Arms:
Another look down the main high street:
This is nearer the top end of the High Street. There's a lot less here, to be honest, apart from the Co-Op (see below!):
And finally, the Co-Op:
And that's all. I could do with some help with rearranging the columns, as Flickr will only let me post the images at 500x375 or 1024x768 and nothing in between. So, if anyone could make the format look a little less crude, I'd be grateful.
There are more pictures on Flickr - this is only a selectkion.
I hope you enjoyed this tour of a Lancashire town. For now, though: goodbye!
10 October 2006
New Flickr account
Sorry I haven't updated the photoblog in a few weeks but it's starting to get a bit chilly and bleak up here, which means a slight dearth of photo opportunities in Lancashire.
Anyway, the good news is that I now have a fully paid-up Flickr account, which means that from now on if you see a picture you like here on Images of Lancashire you can simply click on the image and get the full-resolution version for free! How cool is that?
My new Flickr site can be found here.
Anyway, the good news is that I now have a fully paid-up Flickr account, which means that from now on if you see a picture you like here on Images of Lancashire you can simply click on the image and get the full-resolution version for free! How cool is that?
My new Flickr site can be found here.
