Two Steps Back

Infared Ice

2012-01-17T18:50:00.001Z

Fire Damage

2012-01-08T20:51:00.002Z

Prayer

2012-01-04T15:31:00.000Z

Power Station

2012-01-03T23:14:00.000Z

Steelworks Memorial

2012-01-03T20:50:00.000Z

Derelict Paper Mills

2012-01-01T20:46:00.000Z

Former Church

2011-12-31T19:05:00.000Z

Stripey door

2011-12-29T19:09:00.000Z

I just love this door in Ulverstons's Daltongate.

CowHorse

2011-10-02T19:26:00.000+01:00

It constantly amazes me that when I point out this funny road sign to my fares most have never noticed it before. The sign is on one of the busiest roads out of Barrow and thousands and thousands of folk drive past many times a day without even noticing it. I love the way its done so skillfully a cross between a cattle warning and a horse and rider sign very clever,

Walney Wildlife

2011-09-18T18:01:00.003+01:00

Some of the more unusual livestock on Walney Island.

Mucky Fridge

2011-09-05T21:04:00.005+01:00

Spotted at a roadside cafe in Cyprus.

Peter Rabbit

2011-06-20T20:53:00.001+01:00

Peter Rabbit pictured at Hill Top House home of Beatrix Potter

Flower view

2011-06-16T18:47:00.013+01:00

Flower view

2011-06-16T18:47:00.007+01:00

Stone Circle

2011-03-24T18:40:00.000Z

Great Urswick Church

2011-03-24T18:32:00.000Z

Cathouse

2011-02-12T20:37:00.000Z

Jet Wreck

2011-02-07T19:51:00.002Z

Red Vos

2011-02-07T19:49:00.002Z

Slow Kittens

2010-03-07T17:49:00.003Z

Beware Of The Frogs!

2010-03-07T17:46:00.002Z

Ice Blue Dock

2010-03-06T17:45:00.001Z

More Causeway Art

2010-02-27T18:40:00.001Z

Harding Rise

2010-02-26T19:11:00.001Z

Barrow,s newest road "Harding Rise" opens in a week or two. I wonder where the name comes from?

Barrows Latest Park

2010-02-26T18:40:00.001Z

Snowgiant

2010-02-21T19:03:00.001Z

White Lion Slater St

2010-02-20T18:16:00.001Z

Willie Horne

2010-02-17T20:16:00.000Z

Emma

2010-02-16T19:35:00.003Z

One Way Fence

2010-02-15T19:28:00.001Z

Causeway

2010-02-14T18:42:00.003Z

Remains of what?

2010-02-13T18:37:00.003Z

Birdline

2010-02-11T21:00:00.001Z

Stop

2010-02-10T20:18:00.001Z

Old Mill

2010-02-06T19:29:00.002Z

Drifting

2009-09-23T20:44:00.004+01:00

RUSTY

2009-09-22T20:39:00.004+01:00

GHOST

2009-09-21T20:37:00.003+01:00

Bridgelight

2009-02-19T19:29:00.005Z

Souk

2008-09-26T19:16:00.002+01:00

Bathtime in Marrakesh

2008-09-25T19:11:00.002+01:00

Lock for luck.

2008-09-25T19:00:00.003+01:00

This door in Marrakesh is a place where hopeful suitors looking for a partner say a prayer and attach a lock to the grill. The bigger the lock the richer the bride or groom, or so they say.

Majorelle Gardens

2008-08-19T20:59:00.004+01:00

Yves Memorial

2008-08-19T20:41:00.003+01:00

The new Yves Saint Laurent memorial in the Majorelle botanical gardens Marrakesh.

Agidir

2008-08-15T20:06:00.007+01:00

Pink Flamingos on the nature reserve.

An old lady sets out her wares in the middle of the crowded sook.

Part of the busy local Atlantic fishing fleet.

One of the local ancient taxi fleet.

The modern face of Agidir,it's brand new marina village. Not too many luxury yachts tied up there yet, but give it time.

Hidden Urban Pond

2008-07-15T19:29:00.007+01:00

This pond is hidden from view in between the football ground and the local Asda supermarket.
It looks entirely natural, but it was once part of an extensive cooling system for the long gone steelworks.
Even though some use it as a rubbish dump, when you look closer you can see how nature has reclaimed it.

Ferry Beach

2008-07-12T20:37:00.004+01:00

Ferry beach has been the home of the messing about in boats brigade for as long as I can remember. The area pictured has always been used for building and repair of working and fishing boats but just a bit further up the beach the dreaded yellow wellie brigade are starting to take over with their plastic pleasure craft. I love the huts on stilts which as well as being used as workshops are the working mans hideaway for a cup of tea and a gossip.

Black Shed

2008-07-11T20:13:00.003+01:00

The last moments of the huge black shed which recently caught fire down Barrow's old paper mills.

End of the Road

2008-07-10T17:04:00.003+01:00

Looks like it's the end of the road for this particular racing banger. But don't think that it's worthless, the remnants of this car are still worth£140 or so as scrap metal.

Bag Lady

2008-06-26T20:00:00.002+01:00

Barrow seems to have acquired its very own local bag lady. No one seems to know too much about this particular lady, but it seems she is homeless by choice, rather than force of circumstances.
I wonder what her story is. She certainly can't be looking for solitude; she is camped outside the town hall, Barrow's most prominent building and right next to a busy main road.

Bent Trees

2008-06-23T20:55:00.005+01:00

More damage from the weekend storm which hit Barrow. These trees have only been recently planted on the much hated new by-pass road.

Summer Storm

2008-06-22T19:17:00.006+01:00

This Sunday winds hit over 60mph and we had to contend with roads full of flotsam and jetsam blowing all over the place, including the odd tree, like the one in Barrow’s Hartington Street which toppled up against some poor soul’s house. Luckily not too much damage seemed to be inflicted to the house, but I bet they got a heck of a shock. The road was later closed and the tree carefully cut up and removed.

Piel Over the Rooftops

2008-06-17T20:54:00.003+01:00

Piel Island seen from across the rooftops, taken from the top of Queen St.

Fishing Fleet

2008-06-16T20:50:00.002+01:00

Barrow's small fishing fleet seen from across Walney channel.

Kitesurfing on Walney

2008-06-13T21:06:00.003+01:00

West Shore Sunset

2008-06-11T16:58:00.002+01:00

The Isle of Man can just be made out in the haze.

Fire At Salthouse Mills

2008-06-04T21:00:00.001+01:00

Isle of Arran

2008-06-04T20:02:00.004+01:00

Devonshire Dock 1980s

2008-05-25T18:10:00.005+01:00

A Scan of a nighttime view of Barrow's Devonshire Dock Hall in the late stages of construction. Taken during the 1980s.

1980's

2008-05-24T23:00:00.006+01:00

A 1980's view I took from the top of Ormsgill lane looking towards Black Combe.

New Emlyn Hughes Statue

2008-04-20T19:33:00.006+01:00

The new Emlyn Hughes statue which was unveiled on Friday the 18th April. The defender, who became a television personality after retirement, died in 2004 from brain cancer, aged 57.

A Barrow lad born and bred, eerily the poster which happened to be in the background seems to confirm that he loved Barrow. It is sited at a new office development on Abbey Road, which has been named Emlyn Hughes House.

The former television Question of Sport captain, who was awarded an OBE in 1980, played 650 games for Liverpool, won 62 England caps and captained his country 23 times.

Reflections in Ramsden Dock

2008-04-09T18:43:00.006+01:00

Selandria

2008-04-09T18:29:00.007+01:00

The local floating night club and restaurant which is for sale. Interested?

Well Two million pounds ONO should buy it for you.

Jacketed Lambs Near the Abbey

2008-03-17T20:32:00.008Z

Driving down the back lanes near Furness Abbey I spotted that the new born lambs all seemed to be wearing bright orange fluorescent jackets. Was this elf n safety gone mad, did the farmer have some strange PVC fetish, or was he a sheepish follower of fashion? It turns out that these plastic sheep jackets are the latest high tech way of preventing hypothermia in new born lambs.

Angry Sea at Goadsbarrow

2008-03-12T18:12:00.006Z

Roa

2008-03-12T17:07:00.006Z

Piel Island and the lifeboat station viewed from Roa Island.

Dawson Steps

2008-02-26T19:04:00.010Z

The old derelict Methodist church at the top of Dawson steps, Walney island.

Splash

2008-02-26T18:57:00.004Z

Piel castle on Piel Island from Foulney Island.

North Scale

2008-02-20T15:52:00.006Z

Langdale

2008-02-20T15:38:00.005Z

Dock View At Dusk

2008-02-09T21:09:00.003Z

Roa Causeway

2007-11-15T19:46:00.003Z

Dusk as seen from the Roa Island causeway.

Blue Hills

2007-11-01T17:48:00.003Z

Looking towards Wales from the coast road

Coast Road

2007-10-19T21:12:00.003+01:00

This rather spooky little house is opposite Roosecote Farm on the coast road.

Angles

2007-10-19T21:07:00.003+01:00

Barrow's new Hindpool park looks kind of modern and high tech somehow.

Rainbow

2007-10-17T19:11:00.005+01:00

A rainbow seen from the coast road looking towards Morecambe.

Blue morning

2007-09-20T10:29:00.003+01:00

Early morning looking towards Barrow across Walney channel.

Boathouse

2007-08-31T19:58:00.004+01:00

This is one of the unaptly named black huts from near Sandscale Haws.

Roanhead

2007-08-30T20:28:00.001+01:00

Docklands

2007-08-24T21:16:00.002+01:00

Ingleton Waterfalls

2007-08-24T21:02:00.001+01:00

The Money Tree

2007-08-22T21:40:00.002+01:00

Found this whilst on the waterfall walk near Ingleton.
Folk must have been hammering copper coins in this old tree for years. Why? who knows, maybe it's a copper beach eh!

Boat Wrecks

2007-08-11T20:49:00.002+01:00

These boats lay near the causeway leading down to Roa Island

Foulney Island

2007-08-10T22:00:00.002+01:00

Views from a walk over to Foulney Island which is just of Roa Island.
I wonder who built the stone shelter, a lot of time and effort has gone into it.

Bardsea Beach

2007-08-02T21:02:00.001+01:00

Night View

2007-07-31T20:35:00.002+01:00

The view from my window of the power station and gas terminal by moonlight.

Dalton Castle

2007-07-28T19:33:00.002+01:00

Dalton's historic castle looks really well after it's recent face lift by the National Trust

Wow Emmas 11

2007-07-14T21:35:00.002+01:00

Samaria Gorge Crete

2007-07-02T20:20:00.001+01:00

Just to prove that I never spent all of the time on Crete just slobbing around here's some photos taken on the 18k(11.5miles) gorge walk through the Samaria Gorge
Do believe me this ain't no walk in the park, it's rough terrain and hard going in the afternoon sun. Mind you I bet Dogbait does little strolls like this before breakfast!

Black Monster

2007-06-12T20:52:00.003+01:00

The huge black monster emerges from the wreckage.

Asute the latest nuclear sub seen through a demolition site.

Grand Turk

2007-06-12T20:34:00.001+01:00

This reproduction wooden sailing vessel was running pleasure cruises from Barrow docks this week. They tell it's authentic in every detail, and my Italian fare who I dropped nearby said "hey they is crazy they fire the blinking cannons alda dam time"

Askam Pier

2007-06-05T22:33:00.002+01:00

Paris?

2007-06-03T20:36:00.001+01:00

For some bizarre reason the tenement flats on Barrow Island reminded me of the boulevards in the suburbs of Paris today. Maybe it was the customers of the pavement caf'e and the long straight tree lined avenue. Never mind that it's the road to the docks and the diners are the boozers outside their local, the Devonshire Arms from which the flats take their name.

Yellow Crane

2007-05-30T19:32:00.001+01:00

Blue Boat

2007-05-30T16:11:00.000+01:00

Industry

2007-05-16T15:58:00.000+01:00

A solarized view of the condensate storage depot from Barrow Island with the gas terminal in the background.

Spain?

2007-05-16T15:52:00.000+01:00

This 1930's church on Barrow island looks like it has been somehow transported from Spain.

Seton Harbour Scotland

2007-04-16T21:20:00.001+01:00

The old lady walking past just made me take this one,
I think it sums up the place nicely.

Trip to Edinburgh

2007-04-14T21:24:00.001+01:00

Invaders on the Coast Rd

2007-04-04T20:05:00.001+01:00