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Another photo taken recently from the top of Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral shows the skyline of Manchester extremely clearly, taken by Liverpool photographer Dave Wood (link to Facebook page). It shows just how rapid the development of Manchester has been over the last 20 years. The Beetham...

There is a fabulous account on Facebook called Lovely Liverpool by photographer Dave Wood (and also on Twitter as Liverpool Vista). Dave Wood the photographer is well worth a follow if you’re on social media. Today he has posted this view of Manchester from the top of Liverpool Cathedral. A...

Waking up this morning (Sunday morning) to an autumnal mist. I love detecting the changing of the seasons, and these changes become a lot more noticeable at this time of year when there are distinct changes such as a morning mist.

There’s an area of Altrincham called Broadheath, and this was once an area of heavy manufacturing and engineering. Lots of long-established factories existed in the area, and one of the factories would ring (what was known locally as) a dinnertime buzzer at 1 o’clock. It sounded like an air-raid...

Yes, West Burton and Cottam are located to the east of Retford, and just a few miles apart on the Trent. I haven’t seen them from the ECML, but I have spotted them from high vantage points in north east Derbyshire. Even though I’d often spot the cooling towers, I’ve never been able to see them...

I see what you mean about the turbine hall and roof I’d imagine that the cooling towers will disappear soon too. I’ll miss seeing them on the horizon when travelling east over the Pennines. Much in the same way (when travelling westbound over the Pennines) that I’m going to miss seeing those...

Yes, good point and well spotted about the vapour. Are the cooling towers now gone at West Burton? I’d seen a few months back that Cottam has been totally flattened. The two separate power stations were always a marker on the drive between Buxton and Chesterfield, and were a sign that the...

My initial thought is that it could be West Burton power station, on the banks of the Trent near Gainsborough (especially if the view is in a general south easterly direction).

Yesterday evening I was driving between Altrincham and Buxton, and ascending up the A537 gave some incredible long-distance views to the west. There had been some rain showers drifting over the Cheshire plain and as these were clearing, the views became tremendous. Also helped was the backdrop...

I have been intrigued recently to see how far west you can see from the eastern parts of England. This came about because I’d been visiting the Lincolnshire Wolds. I’d found that there is an area not far from Caistor where there was a clear view to the west and I could clearly make out the...

Altrincham has great nightlife, especially in the town centre which has been revived over the last 10 years with some very good eateries and bars. The converted Market Hall has become a bit of focal point. There are some smaller pockets of the town centre which are lovely enclaves with bars...

I’m thinking specifically of suburban areas of Greater Manchester and north Cheshire. Places like Altrincham, Sale, Bredbury, Alderley Edge. These places had nightclubs, so nights out didn’t involve travelling in to the centre of Manchester. One in particular in Altrincham was right next to the...

Nightclubs in suburban towns that stayed open until 2am. These were discos with a DJ and a packed dance floor. I think these started to fizzle out by the mid 90’s. There were quite a few of these types of nightspots in the suburbs of Manchester throughout the 70’s and 80’s.

I’ve been intrigued recently by possible of lines of sight from the upper parts of Sheffield. It seems that the area around Ringinglow is good for spotting the upper parts of the Humber Bridge (especially the bridge’s red lights on clear nights). I think there’s mention of it earlier on in this...

This is the spot on Anglesey where I saw the Wirral, which was visible to the left of the Great Orme. https://maps.app.goo.gl/8XznPgWyP4FGcpua9?g_st=ic On the day that I was there, it was possible to see the high ground leading down to Point of Ayr to left of the Great Orme, with the Wirral...