Tag: Canal
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A picture from wherever
#socs another time to dive headlong into the inkwells offline archive I like taking a camera out whenever i go for a walk or tram ride out for this one – i didn’t have to go far armed with some bird friendly seeds i took a snap or three of the local feathered populous they […]
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In this City
#writeclub #napowrimo They built a place by a running stream Technology basic but builders keen It was the beginning of the city Basic wells grew in size to the chieftains surprise and mud and straw to create huts were changed for stone – hewn and cut Houses needed food so they built some farms and […]
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Bridge
#writephoto Built in a place where the river , stream or canal makes its way in and out of the place where the people live down below, you can see the water passing as going to the shops, school or work everyone crosses from one place to another
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First in the water
#nature #winter #swimming While the rest were going about their morning routine this brave soul decided to take the plunge into the northern waters fed by the Mersey and Medlock Water, skiddy in places, where jack frost had turned it to ice but with all those feathers, he was well waterproofed and ready for his […]
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Rainy Day
#SocS #Day #Rain Rainy Days ? They happen more than less at my home town thing is people casually forget the city and county i live in – has a number of rivers and canals when the sun comes out this causes evaporation and occasionally formation of the odd cloud or two yes, they tend […]
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Crossing
#Bridge #Writephoto They dug a channel so the goods could get to the shops quicker It filled with water Really Fast as it was joined up to the sea The locals weren’t happy for they couldnt get to their chums on the other side of the water Boatmen acting like pirates put off the bosses […]
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Dragonboat
#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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Through a window (stained)
#Stained #Glass #Window #Poetry #art #crafts Produced from pieces of coloured glass individually picked out and placed in a frame capturing a scene of a famous building together, as the sun shines through each piece up on the walls a coloured scene appears reactions – by the people amazing enjoying the site on the steel […]
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Radikal
#CYW #RadicalRed You could call the mural – sensational most definately original a throwback to the days of Orwell and the Wigan Pier Modern day politicos and trendsetters Painted on a canalside wall More Lenin than Liverpool and while the decorators decide what to do with it the artist has achieved his aims people are […]
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Another Mission
A re-write of an old poem by inky They’re coming en – masse to a patch of green grass on a mission Flying overhead and Fishing around the quayside bins for that half eaten sandwich or open sardine tin From Ramsdens to the Royal Oak They rendezvous round some right royal pickings And as the […]
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