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May 13, 3:03pm

I went for a walk with my granddaughter after work this morning, we went to Diggle (a little village about 15 minutes from here). It was cool but windy today but Lexie enjoyed herself and fell asleep after our walk.

Here are a few pics I took while there.







My granddaughter, Lexie.

May 12, 12:43am

The weather was glorious yesterday so I picked up my camera and went for a walk on Marsden Moors (which is about 5 minutes from here by car). It was very sunny and hot and quite hazy, as you'll see in some of the photos. A few climbers were there so I took some pics of them because it was an unusual subject and made a change from landscape shots.

Here are the photos I took.









I was surprised by how few people there was out walking there yesterday, apart from the climbers and one couple with a toddler the only other things I saw was these. lol

May 8, 2:39pm

I took this photo at 9.45 tonight on my way home from work. It's my first effort at taking a proper night shot.

It is of Slaithwaite again. As you can tell by the focus I needed my tripod but obviously didn't have it with me and nowhere to rest the camera so had to take the shot freehand.

May 7, 12:56pm

A few photos taken on my way to work today. These are of Slaithwaite village.

May 6, 1:25am

Here is a photo of Castle Hill in Huddersfield which I took a couple of years or so ago.



Standing over 900 feet above sea level Castle Hill dominates the local landscape, providing spectacular, often windswept views.

The history of human activity on the hill goes back over 4000 years. The site was developed as an iron age hill fort, surrounded by defensive ditches and ramparts. In the Middle Ages there was a castle on the hill, of which the well remains. The present tower was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897. The site is a scheduled ancient monument.

Perched on Castle Hill overlooking Huddersfield, the tower was completed in 1899 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. The corner-stone of the tower was laid on 25 June 1898 by Mr John Frechville Ramsden and was officially opened by the Earl of Scarborough on 24 June 1899. The walls of the tower are four feet thick at the bottom, tapering to two feet at the top. The tower was renovated in 1960 when the top seven feet were removed. It reaches the height of almost 997 feet above sea level. Victoria Tower is open to the public on certain days of the year.

May 6, 1:22am

Here is the same photo of Castle Hill after I had played with it in Photoshop, unfortunately I did this a couple of years ago and now can't remember how the hell I did it?! lol

May 6, 1:16am

A Little About Where I live.

I live in Slaithwaite, pronounced "Slawit" by locals. Slaithwaite is situated in the Pennine foothills to the west of Huddersfield, the Colne Valley is surrounded by National Trust moorland and close to the Peak District National Park. It is situated between Huddersfield and Oldham and is conveniently placed for access to the M62 corridor, the cities of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. Slaithwaite is an old mill town which is steeped in history and surrounded by beautiful yorkshire countryside. The River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal both flow through the center of the village. They're are plenty of shops, pubs, cafes, and take-aways in the village and it has become a popular destination for day trippers and walkers.

Folk from Slaithwaite are often referred to as "Moonrakers" because of an event back in 1802. Some smugglers were traveling up the Huddersfield Narrow Canal when they heard some soldiers heading their way, so they hid their cargo in some reeds and carried on their journey untill they thought it was safe to go back and collect their smuggled goods. When they returned it was a clear and bright moonlit night and they started to retrieve their goods using garden rakes to pull the goods nearer to the canal banks, but the soldiers returned unexpectedly and asked them what they were doing. One of smugglers answered the soldiers by saying, "Can't you see ?, the moon has fallen out of the sky and into the canal and we're trying to get it back". The soldiers thought that they were all drunk and passed by laughing at "the moonraker's" stupidity. The event is now celebrated every february with the Moonraker march.

A minor Slaithwaite mystery is a volcanic boulder, dating from the last Ice Age, which was found at the bottom of the canal when it was drained in the 1950's. Nobody is quite sure how it got there but folk think that it may have been used as an anchor by someone traveling up the canal.

The tv series "Where the heart is" was filmed in and around Slaithwaite, as too was some parts of "Last of the summer wine".

May 5, 12:55pm

I took this photo today in the centre of Huddersfield, it's of St Peters Gardens.

May 5, 12:49pm

Here is a photo I took today of Huddersfield train station.

The statue is ex-prime minister Harold Wilson who was a Huddersfield lad.

May 4, 8:10am

One of my photos of Whitby Harbour as seen from the Abbey.

Whitby's skyline is dominated by the ruins of St. Hilda's Abbey, high on Whitby's East Cliff. Spreading below Whitby, a maze of alleyways and narrow streets run down to the busy quayside. From the old town of Whitby, 199 steps lead up to the parish church of St. Mary, whose churchyard on Whitby's East Cliff gave Bram Stoker the inspiration to write his world famous book, Dracula.

Whitby has produced its own famous sons. Among these are Captain James Cook, the 18th century explorer and voyager who sail in the Bark Endeavour from Whitby, the outstanding father and son whaling masters of the Scoresby family and pioneer photographer, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.

Having a unique old world charm, for centuries Whitby has provided a safe haven for shipping and fishing fleets. Whitby was once the main whaling port for the North of England.