Caption Pic 31st Aug

"He must be Van Gogh....with both ears cut off!"
"Well he looks really happy. Doesn't he ?"
"You'd never guess that picture frame was a carefully disguised guillotine."
VIC...……..TIM !
What a lovely picture. Pity about the rubbishy background !"
"He would have been better done in oils!"
"What !  Like stuffed olives ?"
"What about WD40 ? That can shift anything."
"Duckhams ?  No. Duck'im."
"Off with his head? ... That's all that he's got left!"

Dolphinholme More Photos

Setting of on our walk, we passed Dolphinholme Methodist Church, the tower of which looks a bit truncated 

Dropping downhill to Lower Dolphinholme, on the bank of the River Wyre is an old mill that has been converted into residences....

....Alongside which is a very well maintained allotment.

Complete with scarecrow.

A little further on is Wood.cock Hall

Climbing up out of the valley, we came to Dolphinholme House and farm. At the edge of the road is another small allotment which was in a rather neglected state. I don't think Mr McGregor has been around for some time.

This very large, ugly ram was presiding over his harem. He eventually decided to move, but getting to his feet was no easy task for him.

A short coffee break, with a backdrop of building rubble. Why do we do that?...

...With beautiful scenery all around us.

We met four young lads going in the opposite direction, who were doing their Duke of Edinburgh Award. We met them again towards the end of our walk. They were Air Force Cadets en route to Guys Farm.

I nominate this for the best choreographed tree award.

Passing a neglected looking farm, we came across this disturbing scene. The young cow was dead, but there didn't seem to be anyone about.

We obediently complied, and as the hour was between twelve and one, we opted to partake of our lunch as well.

As we passed a very des res with a very large garden, we spotted this robotic grass cutting machine, skiving behind some trees.

Afternoon brew by the river.

Across the bridge and into the woods.

The decorative wood carving on this farmhouse makes it stand out from the others. In the adjacent field was a large water wheel, but it was not turning on this day.

This vigilant cat sees us on our way from an upstairs window.

Danny picked 1lb 6oz of blackberries for his good wife.

Anthony treated us all to a piece of his belated birthday cake .
Thanks Anthony.

DK

Dolphinholme

This week's walk was a gentle 5-mile stroll starting from the primary school on the main road through Dolphinholme, southeast of Lancaster, taking in a part of the River Wyre and the Wyre Way.

Walkers: (......then there were 4! Excuses, excuses and it wasn't even raining!) Danny, Vic, John R and Anthony.

The village primary school was closed for the holidays so the obvious place to park was in the lay-by.

Booting up!

We were intrigued by the flag which this chap (yes it is a man) was flying on his partly built house.
It's the three lions passant from the Royal Standard.

Lower Dolphinholme where a disused mill (right) has been converted to homes.

Part of the River Wyre at Lower Dolphinholme (note the yellow sign)......

!!!!????

Looking back to Dolphinholme

What a convenient lunch stop.

Only one walker can rest here!
(The misunderstood use of an apostrophe again.
Now who's being a pedant?)

Danny's going to endear himself to Barbara, when he gets home, by presenting her with a bag of juicy blackberries
for her jam-making.

Caption Pic 24th Aug

"I think they might be stuck together!"
"That's a strange sort of drinking bottle."
"I'm not looking through these again. It makes them Meanderthals come nearer."
"Ah but if you look through the other end 
it might make them smaller!"
"I think I'll be able to Tweet with these."
"Danny.  They're for bird watching not bird impressions."

Yealand Redmayne

A walk to Yealand Redmayne starting from the Cinderbarrow Picnic Site.

Distance: 5.25 miles.

Walkers: Jim C, John R, Martin, Mike H, Jim D, Vic & Anthony

The walk (from LancashireWalks.com) was billed as an 'easy' 5 mile walk. It was anything but 'easy' but an interesting walk.....

Booting-up at the Cinderbarrow Car Park in the pouring rain...hence the brollies.

Black sheep on a farm alongside the Lancaster Canal

The route took us along a disused stretch of the Lancaster Canal.
Notice the brollies are still employed.
(This is the nearest we got to a 'bridge' photo today.)

This weird and wonderful vessel on the canal was clearing the overgrown weeds from the canal. 

The damsons were just starting to ripen

This was the footpath not the canal!
Notice the depth of water.

Finally a drier stretch of footpath.

Our route was meant to pass through an agricultural junkyard.
No footpath signs were visible and it took us about an hour to work out which way the path continued.

Jim identifies the 'Tree of the Week. A splendid specimen.

Is Vic about to explode?