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14th August picture (and video) of the day…

14 Monday Aug 2023

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Another soggy week begins here at Bigland Towers atop the Calder Valley. Today the scanners of seaweed and tappers of barometers got it spot on – although I wish they hadn’t. The rain’s been persisting down and for most of the day we’ve hardly been able to see the other side of the valley apart form the odd break when the sun’s toyed with us for a few tempting moments. August has followed July in the path of being an extremely wet month. I’ve no ide how much rainfall’s fallen so far but it must be getting on for a record.

I’d already planned accordingly so I had plenty to keep me occupied indoors. First job was so complete updating my Zenfolio website with the hundreds of new pictures I took last week. You can find which galleries they’re in by following this link to the ‘recents’ section. Having all the pictures captioned and filed I could concentrate on writing for a living, researching and scribbling my next RAIL article on the Blyth and Tyne railway. I enjoy writing these articles because – despite them needing extensive research, that investigation means that I get to learn things too. I also get to discover old videos that sometimes divert me, like this one of Blyth Cambois loco depot on the day it closed in 1994.

Here’s how the depot site looks today…

Oh, that’s not today’s picture by the way – I have something better to offer than a flattened depot – honest!

Having spent most of today type-swiping I did get in my daily constitutional – even it has to be broken up into several short walks in between heavy showers although I do enjoy walking through our local woodlands after heavy rain. There’s a wonderful freshness in the air which is combined with the smell of wet leaves and damp earth. What’s not so wonderful is wading through the torrents of water running down the road. Due to repeated Government cuts to council funding nearly all the grids on our road are silted up as they’ve not been cleared out for years, leaving the drains blocked and unable to cope. There’s a downhill run of around half a mile past our cottage to Scarr woods so that torrent’s almost a river by the time it hits an even steeper hill and road to the valley floor.

Now it’s late and time for me to call it a day as I want an early start tomorrow to fit in everything I need to do. All that remains is to leave you with today’s image which was taken earlier this evening as I was watching more stormy weather approach us from across the valley. Our vantage point up on the valley side offers fantastic views like this which I never tire of as they’re constantly changing thanks to the weather and the change of the seasons.

Who knows how the valley will look tomorrow morning…

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13th August picture of the day…

13 Sunday Aug 2023

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We’ve had a lazy Sunday here at Bigland Towers. That wasn’t actually the plan but the weather forecast forgot to tell the weather what it was meant to be doing. So, the pair of us spent most of the morning catching up with various stuff at home in the expectation sunshine would arrive in the early afternoon and we could get out for a decent Sunday stroll. I spent much of the morning editing and captioning some of the several hundred pictures I’d got in the queue after this weeks outings, whilst Dawn was equally busy sorting out Platt family duties. I’d even done a load of washing and pegged it out to dry before retreating to the office to continue picture editing when I noticed the skies had gone dark. Very dark – like aliens had parked a bloody great spaceship overhead dark. Then the rain arrived…

I couldn’t help but laugh as I brought the washing in again. That’ll teach me to listen to forecasts rather than watch the conditions from the bedroom window. Our bedroom looks out across the Calder valley in the direction most of the prevailing weather arrives. Normally we get a good 15 minutes warning of a deluge as we see the Ryburn valley disappear, then the South side of the Calder. The change of plan meant all the outdoor jobs I’d intended to carry out got rained off. Instead, I finished off the picture editing I’d intended to complete tomorrow morning then managed to get many of them on my Zenfolio website. If you follow this link you’ll see which galleries have been updated. There’s more to come tomorrow. Finally the rain abated and we did get out for a short stroll around the local area to get our steps in, so not all was lost although I have to say I’m starting to get fed up of these wet and windy conditions. Where’s the summer? I don’t mind over the next couple of days as I’ve an article for RAIL to write but I need to get out and about after that to catch up with more photography at far-flung locations. Emulating a drowned rat is hardly conducive to the job…

Anyway. We shall see. In the meantime I’ll leave you with today’s picture which is one from this week’s outing to Northumberland and the Blyth and Tyne railway. It’s a mundane scene now but it will look very, very different by this time next year.

This is Newsham. It doesn’t look much, does it? But in a year this location will change dramatically. The first clue is the extension of double track you can see creeping in to the right of the existing line. This is to provide capacity for a 30 minute passenger service. You’re looking at the site of a new two platform station which will have car-parking on either side of the tracks that will accommodate 287 cars. Not only that but in between the two semaphore signals that you can see there’s going to be a new road flyover crossing the railway as the existing level crossing (which is behind the camera) is being abolished. This sleepy railway which currently sees just one freight train a day is being transformed. You’ll be able to read all about it in a future edition of RAIL magazine.

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7th August picture of the day…

07 Monday Aug 2023

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We’re at the start of a new week so it’s back to blogging for me after taking the weekend off as it was rather a sociable one, which left me neither the time nor the inclination to type-swipe but now my nose is firmly back to the grindstone as I plan another busy week. A chunk of today’s been spent doing exactly that, working out the logistics of another foray to Northumberland on Thursday. Thankfully, the weather’s beginning to improve. We didn’t have any rain here in the Calder valley today, which feels like a minor miracle. Instead we had this strange bright orb hanging around in the sky. In a few days time we’re even meant to have temperatures in the 20s – a figure we’ve not seen for ages, so I’d better make the most of it.

Another of today’s consuming jobs was to wade through the archives to collate a collection of community rail pictures for a magazine. I sometimes forget just how large the archive is nowadays. There’s over 84,000 pictures on my Zenfolio website alone, and that doesn’t include all the other folders of filed-away images and there’s only little-old me to remember where the damn things are! With that in mind I’ve also edited, sifted and filed away a lot of the images I took last week before they start overwhelming my hard-drive and so that they’re duplicated. Even though a selection’s on my website I’m still cautious about having everything backed-up, just in case. Still, that’s all done now. I’ve even managed to parcel up some of the latest eBay sales tonight so they’ll be in the post tomorrow. All in all – a productive day.

The only question now is what the picture of the day is going to be. Oh, I know, here’s one from the archives of how Northumberland’s industrial landscape used to look like. Here’s the old west coal staithes at Blyth, seen on the 27th December 1989, when I was staying in the area with friends that Christmas.

The staithes were used as a location for the iconic 1971 film ‘Get Carter’ starring Michael Caine. Now little remains of this scene. Blyth power station closed in 2001 and has been demolished whilst the upper decks of the staithes were torn down in 1994. The railway sidings that stabled the wagons of coal are also long gone. Here’s a link to another picture I took of them at that time.

I hope I have time to explore this area again later in the week. We’ll see…

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3rd August picture of the day…

03 Thursday Aug 2023

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‘Tis a short blog from me tonight. I’ve had a long day staring at screens editing pictures from the past few days. That’s taken up most of my time, although I must admit to enjoying having a day based at home where I’ve not got one eye on a railway timetable, checking that all my connections are running to time! With that pressure off me, I could very much suit myself when I did what. Well, apart from when the weather governed some choices such as taking my daily constitutional. For once, it hasn’t rained all day. Exactly the opposite, we actually had decent temperatures and sunshine this afternoon until the rain decided to reappear this evening when it came back with a vengeance. Talk about raining stair rods! I was starting to worry that the garden would be battered to pieces. Thankfully, the cloudburst passed before we got to that stage but we’ve certainly had a sizeable chunk of August’s rainfall arrive in the past couple of days – with more to come.

Still, tomorrow’s another day, so let’s see what it brings. Other than more rain, obviously! Whilst I’ve been typing this the last batch of pictures (for now) has uploaded to my Zenfolio website. Shots have been added to many different galleries, including railway stations, railway people, Chiltern Railways, the GWR franchise, Northern, TPE as well as East-West rail and of course – HS2. You can find the full list of updated galleries by clicking on the recent link.

For now I’ll leave you with the picture of the day, which was taken at Paddington station the other evening. The station roof looks magnificent when it’s lit up at night, as this view shows.

The time’s 22:45 and ‘Thames turbo’ 165122 rests at the buffer stops on platform 4, its days duties done until tomorrow.

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29th July picture of the day…

29 Saturday Jul 2023

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We’ve had a fairly relaxed Saturday here in West Yorkshire. Rail strikes meant I wasn’t tempted to venture anywhere – and I’ve a busy week next week anyway, so the pair of us have freestyled the day – apart from having a brunch date with Dawn’s parents over at Hinchliffes farm shop in Netherton, which is in the hills South of Huddersfield. The shop has a cafe called the Rusty Bull which is a great place to eat as the foods normally very good and they have a great view across to Castle Hill. Since our last visit the menu’s changed and one of our favourites (Shakshuka) has disappeared, to be replaced with another Turkish inspired dish – Cilbir. Dawn wasn’t quite sure of the idea but I wanted to try it. It’s poached eggs in a Garlic yoghurt sauce with pickled Dill and Aleppo pepper in Olive oil served with a flatbread. Here’s a recipe.

Unfortunately, the kitchen wasn’t on the ball today and my dish came without one of the main ingredients (the Aleppo pepper in oil). When that was added the dish was gorgeous – although the garlic quotient meant that people would be keeping their distance from me for the next few hours!

Heading back to the Calder valley the pair of us made the most of the decent weather to enjoy a stroll through the local woods and park which included a visit to our local pub (The Big 6) where we caught up with friends we hadn’t seen for a while and also had a giggle with staff and punters alike.

Now we’re back at home, enjoying the fruits of Dawn’s culinary expertise (I’ve got the night off) before settling down to watch a film, having made the most of the weather as tomorrow and the rest of next week’s looking pretty wet – which could make things ‘interesting’ for me as I’ve a lot of travelling to do.

In the meantime, here’s today’s picture, which is one for beer aficionados. This is what was on offer on handpumps at the Big 6 tonight.

The 2nd handpump from the left’s always a dark beer, the others are pale with the strength rising from left to right.

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28th July picture of the day…

28 Friday Jul 2023

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Today’s been another home based one here at Bigland Towers. I’d hoped the pair of us might have got out and about as Dee’s had the day off but it wasn’t to be as too many other things got in the way and time flew.

So I spent time on various household duties, work and watching the Tory party in London disintegrate on social media. The High Court threw out a challenge by five outer London boroughs (all Tory voting) to the Mayor of London’s extension to the ULEZ (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) from central London. Apparently, it’s OK to have a ULEZ in the central London boroughs where few people own a car, but woe betide a Labour Mayor who has the temerity to extend it to areas where the Tory voting middle classes who own multiple cars per family live. Don’t even ask how much this futile court challenge has cost taxpayers in the five Tory boroughs. Oh, and ignore the fact that ULEZ was originally planned by one Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson when he was London Mayor as that just doesn’t fit the narrative!

The Tories are desperate to make out that ULEZ disproportionately hits the poor (it doesn’t) which is quite a turn-up for the books as they’ve spent the past 13 years making the poor poorer. Still, there’s elections due in 2024 so they need every excuse they can grasp hold of. In London the Tories have selected an absolute no-hoper as their Mayoral candidate. Susan Hall was never anyone’s first choice but a succession of scandals meant it was Buggins turn. Said Buggins is a very right-wing, Brexit, Boris and Trump supporting individual who’s left a car crash all across social media – the ideal candidate for London Mayor (not). Nominating Hall as their London candidate is like nominating Enoch Powell as prospective MP for Golders Green. It just ain’t gonna happen! It’s no wonder the Tories are clinging on to ULEZ like shipwreck survivors to a lifebelt. There’s only one problem. ULEZ only affects 1 in 10 cars (and they have to be at least 17 years old) and that number’s dwindling all the time thanks to age and the Mayors scrappage scheme. By the time it comes to the Mayoral elections in May 2024 and the general election later that year this will be a non-issue.

Sad to say, but this whole episode brightened my day. Well, added to the fact the Ukrainians are making solid progress in ejecting the Russian invaders from their country, leading to even more internet tizzys by Russian trolls.

Now it’s time to wind down, ignore the world of geo and local politics and look forward to the weekend. So, I’ll leave you with a picture of the day which was inspired by a conversation I had earlier when I nipped up to our local pub to indulge in the Friday night quiz. Here are Dhows on the beach at Nungwi, Zanzibar on the 30th May 2001…

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25th July picture of the day…

25 Tuesday Jul 2023

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There’s been much of a muchness here at Bigland Towers today. I’ve made progress with the various weeks projects that are keeping me tied to the office with the intention of escaping as soon as the weather permits – which may be tomorrow if I’m lucky and the rain avoids areas I need to visit. At least a number of jobs have been crossed off my list which is always a positive feeling at the end of the day. I’ve also lined up a couple of trips for the beginning of next month which will add a varied start to August. Hang on – August? Yep, the year’s that far advanced, which seems strange as I feel like I’m still waiting for summer to arrive. July’s been such a wet month here in the Pennines I feel that I don’t really have a tan, it’s rust! Hopefully the proverbial ‘Indian summer’ will save us. If not – I’m buggering off abroad just as soon as I can – which may be difficult as the diary’s already full of events.

Still, I can’t complain too much about today. It’s been productive and I’ve hit all my exercise targets. Now I’ll I’ve got to do is hit the financial ones, which isn’t quite as easy, although the decluttering and sticking stuff on eBay’s adding the occasional bonus. The last sale’s ended but a new one has started, so feel free to check out what old railway slides and hardware (or clothing) is up in the final July sale by following this link. Oh, there’s also the opportunity to buy prints of some of the 83,800 rail and travel picture I have on my Zenfolio website should you be so inclined.

OK, enough of the salesmanship. The next picture’s for free. Dawn’s out with friends this evening so I decided that my daily constitutional could be postponed until then. This coincided with the best weather we’ve had all day, so here’s a shot from Wakefield Gate, the cobbled road above our cottage but below the Wainhouse Tower. There’s a great little place to stop and admire the view and this is how that view looked an hour ago.

Happy valley…

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24th July picture of the day…

24 Monday Jul 2023

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The beginning of another busy week here at Bigland Towers – and for once – it’s not rained! Not that we’ve had Mediterranean temperatures, in fact the Mercury struggled to get into double figures until late morning. It was all the same to me as I spent much of the day chained to my desk, sorting out pictures and paperwork as well as continuing the decluttering of the place which is freeing up shelf space and providing more items for eBay. You can find the latest additions here. They include more old rail slides as well as items of clothing. More memorabilia will follow in the next few days as I’ve still got a some of my 1,000 free items a month quota to use up before the end of July.

Whilst working I did have time to check some news on Twitter. Wait, what? Musk has renamed it? It’s no longer Twitter, it’s now ‘X’. ‘Space Karen’ has ditched a unique brand name that was recognised the world over where the adjective to ‘tweet’ has made it into Dictionaries. Instead, we have a meaningless letter that conveys – nothing at all. You really do have to wonder what this ‘genius’ is thinking – other than ‘how can I trash my $44bn investment’? It’s about as stupid a rebranding as the time in 2001 that the Royal Mail decided to change its name to ‘Consignia’ in a multi-million pound flop that was rapidly reversed. Even that was better than ‘X’ as there was a a slight chance of guessing it was something to do with consigning things (Yes, money. Down the drain: Ed). I mean, if you’re an advertiser or PR person, who the hell’s going to say ‘I know, we’ll spend millions advertising on X, it’s such a recognisable platform!’ Linda Yaccarino, Musk’s cover for Twitter Chief Exec has been busy tweeting (no, we’re not going to call it X’ing) the sort of meaningless management-speak bollocks that we in the UK have loved to take the pee out of for years (remember Gus Hedges in ‘drop the dead donkey’?)

I wonder how long ‘X’ will last?

Meanwhile, in the real world, away from the whims of idiot billionaires I took advantage of the good weather to get my full five mile constitutional, which is the first time I’ve been able to do this on a Monday in weeks. I’m determined to up the exercise ante this week come hell or high water. Let’s see if the weather Gods smile on my efforts. At least I don’t have to spend too much time cooking this week as I’ve already made a batch of carrot and coriander soup whilst this afternoon’s little job was to make a vat of Urad Dahl which is now cooling on the cooker before being consigned to the freezer. Tonight we ate just as healthily, but not veggie. As whilst I was getting my final mile walk in Dee (who’d been working in Huddersfield today) fancied fish and salad and cooked up this little storm in the Air Fryer, adding salad to complete what was a delicious dish.

Salmon, sauteed potatoes with mixed leaf salad, cherry tomatoes and a dash of Mayonnaise.

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23rd July picture(s) of the day…

23 Sunday Jul 2023

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Talk about a washout! Today’s been one of almost solid rain. Nothing that’s going to lead to floods (well, not yet anyway) but the depressingly persistent stuff that varies in intensity from mizzle and drizzle to full-blown showers. It’s been incessant.

So, we’ve had a domestic day other than dodging showers in order to get a walk in and pick up a bit of shopping in order to carry on with our culinary creations. Dawn’s spent the afternoon in the kitchen cooking up industrial quantities of Lasagne (having made the Ragu sauce yesterday)- including a 12 portion Gluten free version for her parents, plus the same quantity (not gluten-free) for us. Me? I prepped veg in order to make a Carrot and Coriander soup then got out from underneath Dee’s feet in order to have a couple of games of pool with friends in one of our local pubs. On the bright side? My new glasses make it easier to see the far end of a pool table. But they don’t improve my game and today it was shocking!

Now the pair of us are having a quiet evening at home. The soup’s made, the Lasange’s cooked and al that’s left is to relax before another busy week. I’ll leave you with a couple of pictures from the day…

Sowerby Bridge is down there, somewhere…The view from the promenade earlier.
Jamie takes the shot whilst Stuart hopes he’ll miss!
Dawn’s fabulous Lasagne.

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22nd July picture of the day…

22 Saturday Jul 2023

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Can we have some of that baking hot weather that Europe’s been suffering from here in the Pennines, please? This time last year we hit the highest temperatures we’d ever seen in this neck of the woods. Today we’ve seen low temperatures and enough rain to float an Ark! Most of the day’s been spent peering through rain and drizzle. OK. I joke. The last think I want is to experience the effects of Global Warming that Europe’s suffering from – but a bit of sunshine would be nice…

Because of the weather we’ve been busy with the mundanities of life – like shopping and cooking. This included a trip to the excellent Bolster Moor farm shop near Slaithwaite (more of which later) so we could pick up some of the ingredients for Dee’s fabulous gluten-free lasagna. We also nabbed some of their premium flour mixes for our neighbour, Susan. Susan’s hobby is baking bread. She makes the most fabulous loaves and we’re some of the lucky recipients. So, it seems only reasonable that we do our bit by providing some of the raw materials now and again.

Back at home Dee’s been busy cooking up a storm in the kitchen whilst I’ve been busy in the office continuing my clear-out. The amount of stuff one accumulates in a lifetime can be significant. Especially in this day and age. I’m trying to be mindful and start jettisoning stuff – hence some of the bits that are appearing on eBay nowadays. Other stuff is only fit for recycling. I have the memories which will never leave me – I no longer need the ephemera – although going through some of it certainly triggered a few of those memories…

So, here we are, living the ‘rock and roll’ lifestyle on a Saturday night (not). But neither of us care. We’re happy and that’s all that matters. There’s so many pictures of the day that I could leave you with – especially after all the stuff I’ve been rooting through and Dawn cooking, but I thought I’d leave you with this, which is something I spotted at Bolster Moor earlier. A Yorkshire wedding cake…

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