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Category: Waterside
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#CCC053 #Bridge #points #water #crossing Tween two banks of trees A river flows freely by while birds look on below living on the bank is fine for otters and voles but some need to cross so helpful people put a handy place to go from bank a to b and it just happens to be…
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Theres a place nearby where things from over the seas are brought by big boats they pass quietly through the deep waterway carrying their cargo stopping by a spot where a very tall crane lowers its grappling hook and boxes big or small rise through the northern skyline before landing on the wharf While seabirds…
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#writephoto #boats Back in dock, after their adventure on the coastal water, now anchored as the crew offloads the cargo taking a moment of rest before sailing out to find another catch
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#writephoto It’s not a million miles away If you tried, you could make it across by foot, but Immersion into icy depths of water Isn’t really advised – particularly in a cold snap It’s where the wild birds go to escape the gamekeepers In the middle you’ll find an established willow tree, and If you…
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#napowrimo #chinesenewyear They landed while everyone slept Now floating majestically on The banks of the canal Awoken by the sound Of a mighty drum Cutting swiftly through water In a race to the finish Oars moving as one As dragons race head to head For the glory of the win And water makes waves As…
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Red Canoe Enters The bay of the Canal side ready for paddles Red Canoe Enters Cutting through watery depths Creating White Waves Red Canoe Enters Gliding past the floating buoys in shades of orange
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Serene Picture of Salford Quays, during one of its sunsets taken with my Sony Xperia phone all is calm on the waters surface the fish are sleeping soundly below and the geese have headed for bed till breakfast all is quiet, all is calm what you’d call serene
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Fishing As the mercury begins its annual retreat the angler keeps a watch the winter water, dark and cold as silvery sources flicker Hot air turning to almost fog as chair it rests on sawn up logs and line it sits, still, with great aplomb as angler watches for a flicker The float…
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#CFFC in response to cees photography challenge To start with, here’s a night time shot of the Holiday inn express on Salford’s Quayside, taken at Dusk by one of the Docks or as the people call them now basins 🙂 You could call this a 3D shot – as it was Dark as well ! The canal is…
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Waiting Canada Geese by Welland Lock, Salford Quays waiting for the warden to arrive eyes fixed on a patch of green and a whole load of swans jumping the dinner queue Signals are clear dinner wont be long now their feathered friends are moving….quickly
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