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White fluffy stuff

ikl — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:06:29 +0000

Warrington finally experienced a little seasonal weather on Friday with the white stuff putting in an appearance. Overall, I think my 2013 snow angel was better than my last attempt back in 2010!

County Arcade, Leeds

ikl — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:56:00 +0000

The County Arcade in Central Leeds (1898-1900), incorporating a cast iron framed glazed roof makes for good photographs. Restored in the late 1980s, the T-shaped arcade was one of the few places in the city open for business on New Years Day.

Roundhay Park – Castle Folly

ikl — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:07:10 +0000

Within Roundhay Park in Leeds, lies this small folly in the form of a derelict castle. Interesting to see, wander through and take photos of.

Bennerley Viaduct

ikl — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:01:50 +0000

The Bennerley Viaduct in Nottinghamshire is a disused Grade II* listed lattice girder railway viaduct which stretches for 443m in length. Built c.1876/7 and comprising 15 trestle piers, the structure spans the Erewash Valley. It remains merely due to the prohibitively high cost for the demolition of the wrought iron structure when it was taken out of use in the early 1970s.

Rutland Water

ikl — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:34:14 +0000

I made a brief visit to the area of Rutland Water around Barnsdale in October. Home to multiple sporting activities and more leisurely pursuits it is somewhere I will revisit next summer with my bike to complete a loop of the lake and explore the village of Upper Hambleton on the central promontory and also Normanton Church which survived the initial flooding of the area during the creation of the lake.

Rutland Water Walk Information

Ioming

ikl — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:26:32 +0000

A selection of photos from the journey to the Isle of Man.

Heswall and Pensby on the Wirral.

Liverpool Bay windfarm.

Daisy the Cowparade Cow at Ronaldsway Airport, IOM.

5k statistics

ikl — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:52:58 +0000

When I first started running last October, I had aimed to end up running a 5k distance in around 25 minutes – I thought that would be a reasonable achievement. If just my results from the same 5k course in Princes Park, Liverpool are considered then I am now running 9 minutes faster over the 5k distance compared to back in October 2011. Not a bad statistic. I now want to have a 5k finish time that starts with a 1. I’ll give myself 18 months to achieve a sub-20:00 finish.

M63 Motorway construction

ikl — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:13:21 +0000

A selection of photographs taken around the time of the construction of the M63 between Portwood and Lancashire Hill in Stockport.

Motorway Construction being undertaken. Lancashire Hill, looking east.
Similar to previous but taken further down Lancashire Hill towards the Town Centre. An old mill building and concrete lagoon remain to the right of the photo.
Construction of the motorway and sliproads at the modern day M60 J27 (photo top left), looking east.
Old mill buildings alongside probably the River Mersey near the modern day A560 Knightsbridge.
King Street East Bridge & Faulders Mill adjacent to the modern A560 Knightsbridge.
River works at the confuence of the Rivers Tame and Goyt. Looking North West.
Lancashire Hill has been closed to traffic and the access road to the former Tiviot Dale Railway Station excavated.
The modern day M60 J27 looking west towards Stockport Town Centre.
The modern day M60 J27 looking east towards Brinnington.
Similar to earlier photo, King Street East Bridge remains, the A560 Knightsbridge is yet to be built (photo right).
The modern M60 J27 looking west towards Lancashire Hill.
The newly completed Lancashire Hill bridge crosses the motorway.

Nottingham to Leicester by bicycle (3)

ikl — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:42:34 +0000

Part 3 – Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester

A free heritage museum sited next to the rather expensive Space Museum.

A steam powered excavator on display in the museum grounds c.1930s

Nottingham to Leicester by bicycle (2)

ikl — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:54:22 +0000

Part 2 – A46 and Watermead Country Park

The A46 looking west from the A46 /A6 roundabout.

A concrete Mammoth at Watermead Country Park just north of Leicester

Watermead Country Park looking north from “Mammoth Hill”.

IckleWEB

White fluffy stuff

County Arcade, Leeds

Roundhay Park – Castle Folly

Bennerley Viaduct

Rutland Water

Ioming

5k statistics

M63 Motorway construction

Motorway Construction being undertaken. Lancashire Hill, looking east.

Similar to previous but taken further down Lancashire Hill towards the Town Centre. An old mill building and concrete lagoon remain to the right of the photo.

Construction of the motorway and sliproads at the modern day M60 J27 (photo top left), looking east.

Old mill buildings alongside probably the River Mersey near the modern day A560 Knightsbridge.

King Street East Bridge & Faulders Mill adjacent to the modern A560 Knightsbridge.

River works at the confuence of the Rivers Tame and Goyt. Looking North West.

Lancashire Hill has been closed to traffic and the access road to the former Tiviot Dale Railway Station excavated.

The modern day M60 J27 looking west towards Stockport Town Centre.

The modern day M60 J27 looking east towards Brinnington.

Similar to earlier photo, King Street East Bridge remains, the A560 Knightsbridge is yet to be built (photo right).

The modern M60 J27 looking west towards Lancashire Hill.

The newly completed Lancashire Hill bridge crosses the motorway.

Nottingham to Leicester by bicycle (3)

Nottingham to Leicester by bicycle (2)