31 December 2012, 5:01 pm

Bennerley Viaduct

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.


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Category: Nottingham,Photo Album

26 December 2012, 1:34 pm

Rutland Water

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

Category: Main Blog,Photo Album

15 October 2012, 11:26 am

Ioming

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.

Category: Images,Main Blog

8 July 2012, 9:52 am

5k statistics

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.

Category: Main Blog

2 July 2012, 9:13 pm

M63 Motorway construction

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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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 west towards Stockport Town Centre.

  • The modern day M60 J27 looking east towards Brinnington.

    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).

    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 modern M60 J27 looking west towards Lancashire Hill.

  • The newly completed Lancashire Hill bridge crosses the motorway.

    The newly completed Lancashire Hill bridge crosses the motorway.

Category: Old Stockport

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