UK Independence Day – 23 June, remember it!

Fog enshrouds Burnley

Driving back home early on Friday morning I saw the fog.

It was wrapping itself around Pendle Hill obscuring the town of Burnley.

30 minutes earlier as I drove out of town the fog clouds were sparkling white in the sunshine. Now they were grey. Industrial pollution maybe?

Here’s The Fog by Maroon 5 

Evening sky in Lancashire

Mist over Pendle

Looking away from the Spread Eagle at Sawley towards Pendle Hill past the remains of Sawley Abbey

River Ribble at Sawley

I was at the Spread Eagle at the weekend and took these photos showing the river in a very lively state. 

Snow is a bit late for Xmas

Even bleaker in Burnley

The weather service said it was 1 degree C but felt like -5. And they were right! I stopped my car to take this, took one shot and my battery died so I was lucky to get this one.

Even bleaker than in November

An Angel in Burnley

Leaving two grandchildren (age 4 and 2) to play for a few minutes in the yard gave them the opportunity to raid the garage for gardening tools and create a sculpture. They were adamant it was an angel and who am I to disbelieve? 

Sandbags in Burnley

Although it might look a bit odd seeing these sandbags piled up outside the Tesco Store in Burnley, there is a large electricity sub-station there and the River Calder flows under the road. In fact you drive over it as you enter the Tesco car park and it’s been in full flow the last few days. So presumably someone knows what they’re doing here.

Rainbow over Burnley

It started as a double rainbow but by the time I parked the car and took the photograph there was only one.