He Has Evolved!

Navigation Wharf Mooring.

A while back I mentioned the Swing Bridge, picture three,being built across the River Slea.
The rational was that river visitors could travel near to the town, moor and enjoy a break, while shopping.
Since then funds have been applied for and a slip way and mooring point, built for Canal boats.
There is no access to this area by river yet.
It would be lovely to think that this could be accomplished, in the future though.
In the mean time what a lovely place to set a floating eating house.
There is a public house near by called the Barge and Bottle.
Enough said perfect.

Rainbow and Bee's in my garden

Ah ha.
Now I remember how to get all the photos in one entry.
If you click on a picture it will enlarge it.
This picture is especially for our grandson.
Who yesterday had a tumble and broke his arm.
Get well soon Aidan.

Rainbows and Bee's in the garden.

Remember the old mantra for memorising the colours of the rainbow,

Richard of York gave battle in vain.

Here is my rainbow of flowers and a picture of the birds nesting box,
which has been taken over by bee's.

You will have to look at the second batch of photos, to see the bee's and more of the rainbow.
I am not skilled enough to enter them all on this post.

Riverside Walking

It is so sunny and hot we decided that a walk by the river would be cooling.
We were not alone as many dog lovers take their pets down to cool off.
These pictures show other reasons to enjoy the walk.
A Mallard taking in the sun.
A tree fallen, which has received a helping hand to thrive in The Nettles.
'The Nettles' nature reserve, which has a team of craft's people who make the thickets
and voluntees who help to keep the area clear of wind strewn rubbish.
May I thank MissM for alerting me to my mistake in naming this area Lollycocks field.
A Moorhen, starting to build her nest.
There a plenty of fish in the river which shows good water quality.
We did see a 12 inch trout,although most other visible fish were no biger
than 6 or 7 inches.

More pictures of Belton House

These pictures were taken by Lord L.
They are of the Norman church and its stain glass windows.

Belton House

At Christmas we received membership to the National Trust as a gift from Dancin' Fool, In The Pink.
Thank you Dancin' and today we visited Belton House and gardens.
The first picture is of the first Earl Brownlow's Cript, outside the Norman church in the grounds of Belton House.
The second is the Hot House. What a conservatory it is.
It was a wonderful day. People and children were enjoying the many pleasures available to them, as were we.
It is too large to take in all that is on offer in one go, so we plan a return visit soon.

Rain and Rainbow

We were on our way to East Anglia on Sunday.
It was raining heavily and there were a lot of rainbows.
This picture caught my eye.
You can see the rain fall as well as the lower part of the rainbow.

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Good evening everyone.

A while ago I showed you our church surrounded and supported by scaffolding, due to the
damage to the spire in the quake we experienced.

The vane was taken to be re gilded while the spires repairs were being made and then into the local junior
school so that all the children could jump over it.
A tale to tell their own children, that they had jumped over the church vane.
Each child was assisted to jump by two teachers, while a third held the vane to the school floor.
The repairs have now been completed and Lord L ,(my other half) took the above church photos for tonight post.

Today has been unusual weather wise, we started with brilliant sunshine, followed by heavy rain, then back to the
sunshine, then rain and hail stones. No matter as you can see we are left with lovely skies this evening.

The apple tree in our garden.

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Sky Watch Friday, a meme designed by Dot and Tom, for like minded people around the world to freely share the pleasures
of each other skies. Dot and Tom have since retired from the theme.
There are more volunteers now who weekly monitor and supervise the seam free running of the meme.
When you see the number of participants in Sky Watch, do reflect on the fact that these people visit every blog posted.
Thanks are sent to them all for their time and work.

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Red Sky at night sailors delight.

Lower left is the sun set on Wednesday night.

Today Thursday has been so nice, we travelled to Heckington to see one of the few remaining eight sailed windmills, in Lincolnshire.
It is a Tower Mill dated to 1830, see top left picture and lower right, to designs by Michael Ingeldew.
It was repaired in 1890 and ceased working in 1942. A huge amount of money has been spent bringing it to the standard
you see today. It is a tourist centre and part of the Heritage trail.

Top right is a cloud over our home later this evening.

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Welcome to the City of Lincoln.

We went to Lincoln to see what the Cathedral would look like, second top right picture,
to the left in the same picture with the square rampart is Lincoln Castle.
You can enlarge the picture by clicking your mouse on it.

The first picture is of The Glory Hole, a bridge spanning the river, which leads to
Brayford Wharf in the city its self.
The Tudor fronted shop, which dates back years is The Old Coffee shop.
In winter its lovely to walk past when the coffee beans are being roasted.
A requirement is a detour in for a cuppa.

The day started sunny and clear. Two hours later there was a marked change and
I took the cloud shots.
There was a small shower enough to use you car wipers to clear the
screen then it was over, for us at least.

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Dot and Tom had the inspiration for forming Sky Watch as a meme, bringing people from around
the world together to share the wonders of the skies.
They have both moved to pastures new and a team of volunteers now monitor and assist the seam free
running of sky watch.
It takes many hours of their time. Thank you all your work is much appreciated.

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On Monday

The day started fine with wispy clouds in a bright blue sky.
However in the space of one hour clouds started rolling in, travelling south easterly.

I expected the works, rain, hail, thunder and lightening. (smog, family joke from Bugs Bunny Does Opera)
The sky though, while showing its potential just moved on to another part of the country.
It was still a sight to see.
Happy Sky Watching to you all.

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Sky Watch is the brain child of Dot and Tom. They have given countless hours of pleasure,
to thousands of people from all around the world.

Both have moved on to pastures new and a team of volunteers continue to monitor and assist
in the running of this meme.

Thank you for your unstinting work.

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Under false pretences.

The weather here for the last week has been lovely, dry and hot with clear blue skies.
While great to look at hardly inspiring Sky Watching.
However the week before I saw these clouds at 6pm and thought that the wind had done
a good job on fluffing them up.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

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Thanks go to Dot and Tom for the inspiration in creating Sky Watch and to the many other volunteers for their
ongoing support and assistance in maintaining the meme.

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Scotland.

Same holiday as last week.



When we first started visiting Perthshire, the trees in the garden of third picture top right, were only saplings.
The property owner used to leave the front door open on mild evenings and the light from the house shone down
the garden where the sheep grazed.
The sheep are no longer in sight and the garden has matured considerably.
It is one of my favourite views.

These are general photos of Lock Tay, taken by Lord L ( also known as my other half )
The Ram stood like this for about 3 minutes. Bet there is a fair amount of wool waiting to be gathered on him.
We both enjoy holidaying in this part of Scotland. I read a report that life expectancy is longer in Scotland.
Not surprising when there is so much wonderful scenery and fresh air.

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If you read about the Asperatus Cloud two entries back. You may recall some of the information was quoted from staff at The Cloud Appreciation Society. You may like to click on the Cloud Appreciation Society link in the side bar on the right.
Dancin' from In The Pink kindly has enrolled us both as members, which I thank her for .

Sky Watch was initiated by Dot and Tom. The success of the meme speaks for its self.
Thanks to them for the concept and design of the programme.
Many more volunteers have since joined in the running and monitoring of Sky Watch and give their time and support freely.
Thank you .

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Welcome to Scotland


As you will see we were in Scotland last week.

The views can be enlarged by clicking on the picture and I promise is worth doing.

1) Lock Tay from under the bridge at Kenmore, Perthshire.

2) This is where you need to enlarge the picture,
Ben Nevis the highest mountain in Scotland with snow on and as close as I could get .

3) Evening mists roll in.

4) Speedboat on the Tay.

5)Reflections.

6) The end of Lock Tay.


Pictures 4 &5 were taken by Lord L ( my other half)
The remainder I took. We had a fantastic holiday
Wall to wall nature and lots of photographs to remind us of the views.

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in my side bar on the right.

Sky Watch is a meme created and designed by Dot and Tom.
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Time is given freely and all sites are monitored.
Thanks to all these people for their time and energies.

Health and Safty Cuts

Pictures top left and lower right are of a tree in Scotland, taken two years ago.
We visited again last week to find the Health and Safty team had chosen their cuts.
I wondered just how long it had taken those branches to grow.
On a positve note however there is an increase in regeneration of trees in the area.

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Time flies, not as quickly as these clouds though.
This was the sunset over home last Monday.



In the Sunday Telegraph May 31, there were newly published pictures of spectacular skies,
visit telegraph.co.uk/pictures.

The Science Correspondent Richard Gray, I quote, wrote about the apparent discovery of a previously
undocumented phenomenon.
An unusual storm formation spotted across the world by a collection of enthusiastic amateurs
could be the first new cloud type officially identified in more than half a century.

It was noticed only because of the efforts of the Cloud Appreciation Society,
whose Cloudspotter's Guide became a surprise bestseller three years ago.
Forming a dark lumpy blanket across the sky, the cloud form has been sighted above the Scottish
Highlands and Snowdonia in Wales, on the American prairies, over the mountains of New Zealand
and the Arctic seas off Greenland.

"Its a bit like looking at the surface of a choppy sea from below," said Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of
the society.
He first identified the cloud, named "asperatus"from the Latin for rough, from photographs that
were being sent in by society members.
"We try to identify and classify all the images of clouds we get in, but there were some that just didn't
seem to fit in any of the other categories, so I began to think it might be a unique type of cloud" he said.

Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to have the aspertus officially added to the
International Cloud Atlas,the recognised system of names used by forecasters to identify clouds.
If they succeed, it will be the first new variety classified since 1953.

The spectacular pictures of asperatus clouds shown in the paper were taken above
Hanmer Springs in New Zealand, Schiehallion in Perthshire Scotland and Cedar Rapids,Iowa USA.

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Dot and Tom founded Sky Watch Friday.
Thanks to them for making us take note of what wonderful things are going on around us.

There are a team of volunteers who monitor and assist in the running of Sky Watch.
Thanks are given to them all for their long hours and dedication.

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It seems like five minutes since I last joined all the participants posting for Sky Watch.

These are the afternoon skies over Lincolnshire today.
First view is the river Slea which is all shades of green .
Just in case you did not recognise the view, its just out side my bowls club.
It has been warm and sunny with lots of clouds racing past today.
The second picture is the swing bridge which I included, as is was raised for maintenance work today.
I understand that the drive is on to prepare the river to accept canal boats.

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Sky Watch, a meme originating from Dot and Tom, is a place where people share their sky views from around the world.
Dot and Tom have moved on to pastures new.
There are however a dedicated team of volunteers, who visit each post and monitor the integrity of the meme.
My thanks to all of you.

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Its that time of the week again when we all share the pleasures of Sky Watching from around the world.

This weeks entry has been provided by Lord L.
This is because I have spent time getting my computer mended and operational again.
Thank you Lord L, also known as my other half.

We had our daughter and her two pups( pups=affectionate name) staying with us for the week.
The pups were so well behaved and we accompanied them on various walks about our village.

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Sky Watch a meme originating with Dot and Tom has entertained hundreds of people across the world.
It has dedicated team members who give their time, monitoring and running a seam free theme.
Thank You all.