2. Ireland
New Year's Day 2010
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This small patch was always a haven for snipe who favoured the cover and feeding found in the rushy quagmire.
by Des Colhoun
Taken in twilight looking towards Barnes from a high point along the old Eske road.
by louise price
Pictured at the Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital grounds
by Kenneth Allen
Take New Years Day 2010 during one of the worst snow falls for 25 years.
by Bob Harvey
Winter came to Tymon park to one of the lakes in the park the setting sun adding its colour to the sky.
by Alan James
Motte (marked on OS), S of lane from Ballyshannon Crossroads. Frosty clear day, New Year's Day 2010.
by Prof Michael Rigby
Not far from Whitegate Oil Refinery and Power Station, by the outer entrance to Cork Harbour.
~ south of Morpeth
A welcome visitor in my back garden.
by Christine Westerback
Wish I'd used one of those fluorescent balls.
by Andrew Curtis
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St Thomas the Martyr's Church on Barras Bridge.
by Peter McDermott
Snow covered trees in the grounds of Loughbrow House.
by Joan Sykes
Fortunately not much traffic along this little-used hilltop road.
by Oliver Dixon
Both legacies of the North Pennines miner/farmer landscape, Sike Head Chimney is thought to be the one mentioned by WH Auden is his poem 'New Year Letter 1940'...
"The derelict lead smelting mill,
Flued to its chimney up the hill,
That smokes no answer any more,
But points, a landmark on BOLTS LAW
The finger of all questions."
West Farm was the family home of the Paull family, who moved from Devon in the mid 19th Century to Hunstanworth to mine lead. For more information go to Link
"The derelict lead smelting mill,
Flued to its chimney up the hill,
That smokes no answer any more,
But points, a landmark on BOLTS LAW
The finger of all questions."
West Farm was the family home of the Paull family, who moved from Devon in the mid 19th Century to Hunstanworth to mine lead. For more information go to Link
by Elfrieda Waren
Footpaths from Cross Lanes and Castle Farm converge and head NNE to emerge on this track between the cowsheds of Abbey Farm. Usually it is particularly wet, muddy and smelly for this short section, but the covering of snow made it unusually pristine on New Year's day.
by Andy Waddington
This photograph shows a gated entrance onto Haw Rigg from the track that runs between the road at Three Howes Rigg and the road at Robin Hood's Butts. The picture was taken at grid reference {NZ 689 110} looking in a south-south-easterly direction towards Danby. The 'mist' in the background is a snow-storm heading across the moorland.
by Philip Barker
Parish Boundary Marker on Castleton Rigg 65 metres south of the wire fence of a reservoir and 40 metres west of Blakey Lane. On the boundary of Westerdale and Danby parishes. Inscribed D and W on opposite faces.
Milestone Society National ID: YN_WESDAN35pb
Milestone Society National ID: YN_WESDAN35pb
by D Garside
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- Link/">National Survey of Wayside Features by The Milestone Society
Anna Crag and Horse Back from above Whitecombe Beck, with the summit of Black Combe beyond.
by Rob Noble
From Sleningford Water Mill towards Tanfield Bridge.
by David Rogers
Image captured on New Years Day 2010 at 1513 hrs.
by Phil Catterall
"Granite" is a misnomer as the rocks which were quarried are actually Pre-Cambrian slates and grits, the same series which form the Ingleton Waterfalls. This is still being quarried nearby.
by Karl and Ali
This Grade II listed Inn was originally an 18th century coaching house on the A64 Scarborough Road.
Ganthorpe is a small hamlet with several farms and a 'big house' associated with nearby Castle Howard.
Bratt Wood and the footpath being the Yorkshire Wolds Way and Wilberforce Way Paths. Situated near the village of Nunburnholme, East Riding, Yorkshire.
by Eamon Curry
Just east of Cullingworth, with the Millennium Way long distance path passing through the woods on the right.
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The former clay extraction pit, The Willows Club, No.695A Holderness Road, now flooded and used as a fishing lake. Previously one of many in this area which served a number of local brick and tile works. Notable for being the last surviving relic of the industry in the locality. See also: TA1231 : Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull
by Bernard Sharp
Showing the western end of the flood risk management scheme. One of the breaches in the original embankment can be seen on the horizon to the left of the picture. This allows an area of land to flood, reducing the risk of flooding elsewhere on the estuary while creating a habitat for wildlife. Full details here: Link
by Paul Harrop
A pool of sunlight just happened to fall in the right place at the right time for this photograph!
by Andy Beecroft
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