Styal Mill

A fantastic place to visit - one that has industrial and social archaeology in abundance:
First there's the mill...

Then there's the autumn colours

followed by the machinery for the sluices

and finally the water wheel itself

well worth a visit in my humble opinion

Christmas Markets

The Christmas Markets in Manchester are legendary and opened for business earlier this week. So I thought I'd have a snoop around before yesterdays match. Fantastic as usual and I think it might be well worth an evening visit.

Rochdale Town v Ashton Town 2009-10

A very dark afternoon match, with the floodlights being on at the start of the game, hence I had to pack up at half time - the remaining light having faded and being solely reliant on the floodlights.

Settle in North Yorkshire

So I'm back, having spent some time away on the beautiful North York Moors. Based in Settle, I had a fantastic time - although it was very, very wet. A long time since I was there - but it's still as beautiful and peaceful as it always was.

The first photo is of the beck between Ribblehead Station and the Batty Green Navvy Camps there. Nice slow shutter speed and I like the result!

Next it's Giggleswick village.

Stained glass has always been a favourite thing for me to photograph, though I've not come across a great deal of it, so the opportunity to get some detail was a welcome one