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Who doesn't like puffins?
This is one of several in an otherwise unremarkable car park.
the Morecambe art trail is worth exploring. Details here:
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If you walk from St George's Quay to the Priory you can take this lovely path. Not quite so green today but come the spring ...
Too steep to be bothered by cyclists usually. It's home to many birds and insects and flowering hedges. A haven for nature on the edge of the city.
It's Sunday afternoon and no cake to go with tea. Argh!
Needs must, and I've made my cake in the air fryer. It's a first, and not perfect, but it's quite acceptable. Baked in about 35 minutes.
The top needed more protection to avoid it going so firm, but it's cooked through and still reasonably moist.
As tea cakes go, this'll do.
I thought a walk along the Black & White canal would be a good idea to clear the head today. Hardly a soul to be seen anywhere. It was a very quiet walk.
From the AI thing:
"The Lancaster Canal is known as the Black and White Canal because it transported coal (black) and limestone (white):
The canal was built to transport coal from the Lancashire Coalfields to the north and limestone from Cumbria to the south. The canal's original plans were to run from the Bridgewater Canal at Worsley to Kendal, but the final route differed significantly.
The canal was designed by John Rennie, a famous canal engineer. The canal was built in two sections, north and south of the River Ribble. A tramway was built across the River Ribble to connect to the Leeds–Liverpool system, so an aqueduct was never built.
The canal's last cargo was transported in 1947, and the canal was connected to the rest of the English canal network in 2002. Today, only the section from Preston to Tewitfield is open to navigation."
These ladies have come to stay. More clutter, you might say. But they add some charm to a shady corner. And I just like them.
Not the UK native variety but just as pretty. Edible, with health benefits, too. Seen at the edge of a carpark in the autumn sunshine.
A prickly and dense bush that makes an almost impenetrable hedgeline, without recourse to barbed wire and other ugliness.
A new government building goes up in Blackpool. The famous tower is still visible through the framing. Soon it will be obfuscated by bureaucracy.
Spent today walking in the sunshine. The towpath along the Black and White canal looked good enough to make a postcard. So I think I'll do that in the morning.
The stones are quarried, shaped, and lain on compacted sand. The joints are sealed with hot pitch to reduce ingress of water which could weaken the sandy base.
The stones are called setts and confusingly the road is called a cobbled road. Cobbles are the natural rounded stones you might see elsewhere.
While steep, this road still gives good traction, even when wet.
The canopies have been restored over the last two years. Working at night when the station was closed must have been challenging.
From Lancaster it's about the same time to London as it is to Glasgow. Handy for a day trip.
This stainless steel filter for my Aeropress arrived today. I dread running out of paper filters and this can sit at the ready for emergencies. It works well enough but I think I prefer the added smoothness that a paper filter gives to the brew.
It doesn't lend itself to the inverted brew technique as it doesn't stick to the filter holder like a damp paper one does.
But it would be an excellent piece of trekking kit and it weighs next to nothing.
Whittards of Chelsea has been trading for almost 140 years. They have survived the London Blitz, family tragedies, and changing tastes.
This is one of their cheery cups that I found the other day. Perfectly sized for a breakfast cappuccino.
Cherry trees
Happy Earth day everyone.
Optimistic or pessimistic about the future, keep this moment real.
A bit overwhelmed this morning. Time to pause and calm down with some coffee and listening to Radio 3.
The light in England at this time of year has a definite grey cast. Some people find it depressing but I think it has a certain comforting quality.
I wonder where the other one is. Did the owner walk home with only one boot? What made the owner leave this one here?
So many questions. I should really get a life =]
Diagonal closeup of yellow and blue beach hut planks.
Captured with a phone
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The last edition of Pears Cyclopædia appeared in 2017. The Internet and falling sales, and the retirement of the editor, Dr Chris Cook (after 40 years) caused publication to cease.
The soap is renowned for its purity and transparency.
Springwell (where there is still a spring, but no longer a well) is just around from where the old lepers' hospital was, and down from Moor Gate. The history of Lancaster is all around us.
This is a very nice deli for morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea, and a glass of wine shortly after that. Perhaps I should move in!
A very splendid modern Royal Enfield Continental GT motorcycle seen in traffic. The exhaust note was restrained but full-bodied. Inspired by the original cafe racers, I thought this was quite a looker.
Little plum tomatoes, bacon wrapped around cheese, and hash browns. Cooked in the air fryer together for 20 minutes.
Breakfast. Beats cornflakes any day 👍
After cooking a batch of pasta sauce overnight, it's quickly cooled before being stored in the fridge.
Gala apples, a lime, ginger root, peanuts, dates, mint, water. Blitz for 30 seconds. Drink now and chill the rest.