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Went to Hillhead and when standing at the bridge looking into Titchfield Haven was rewarded by this little character in front of me for 2 glorious minutes. Male Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) and no passers by came and scared it away!
GBRf's 66742 'ABP Port of Immingham Centenary 1912-2012' crawls away from Hillhead Quarry on 6G89 to Hams Hall.
Hillhead Quarry, owned by Tarmac, joins Dowlow (Breedon), Hindlow (Tarmac), Tunstead (Tarmac) and Dove Holes (Cemex) as the latest Peak District exporter of aggregates around the UK by train, with sporadic trains to Hams Hall now into their fourth week. There are also trains to Leyland and Small Heath in the pipeline, but no sign of either starting as of yet.
A larger gallery on the hillside than I expected for this, all of whom were thankful to local sun whisperer Frank Richards, who let 66742 out of Hillhead at just the right time to see a pesky patch of cloud slip by first.
Decided to do an earlier visit this morning to this coastal location.
I had not been here before my last visit the other day.
And that was really a location for trying out my new lens.
I hand held all but a couple of takes then.
The revisit this morning was to get some early light and static set ups.
We had a lovely, breezy, sunny, freezing walk beside the seaside at Hillhead yesterday.
But I cannot think anyone would want to sleep overnight in any of these options.....
thank you for your visits
Another one from my sunset series at my local beach in Hillhead the other evening - this is my favourite.
We were tipped off yesterday that the first ever train from the new Hillhead Sidings was running. Here Class 66 No.66796 awaits departure to Hams Hall with its load of freshly quarried stone.
GB Railfreight Class 66 No.66797 in Beacon Livery is seen passing a snow dusted Hillhead nr Brierlow Bar with 4H89 Hams Hall to Hindlow.
Drone shot - 18th Jan 2023.
I took this while waiting on the Tube from Hillhead to Ibrox in Glasgow.
There wasn't much colour so I converted it to mono but it still lacked something.
I remembered years ago when Colour Popping was a passing craze so I introduced the orange back into the image.
DB 66118 heads down to Buxton with the 13:05 Dowlow Briggs Sidings to Ashburys Sidings stone train whilst GB Railfreight load the first train to work out of the new Tarmac Hillhead Sidings - the 15:47 Hillhead - Hams Hall.
This mural by Scottish artist Fraser Gray covers the side of a two storey house in the Hillhead area of Kirkintilloch. It commemorates the line of the Antonine Wall, which crossed roughly from the Clyde to the Forth, across Scotland, marking the northern extent of the Roman Empire, alluding to artefacts unearthed by archaeologists over the years. The current town cross, on a hill nearby, was a major fortification on the Wall.
GB Railfreight Class 66 No.66742 'Port of Immingham Centenary 1912-2012' is seen at Hillhead Quarry loading 6G89 Hams Hall.
Taken in a position of safety, rail staff - Taken 3rd July 2023.
Some changes are apparent since my last visit here, the new sidings are for Hillhead Quarry which re-opened in the summer of 2023.
The 6H52 13.05 Dowlow Briggs to Ashburys stone train is top and tailed on this day due to a landslip on its route.
66143 is on the back.
Hillhead Revival...
GB Railfreight Class 66 No.66796 'The Green Progressor' is seen sat at Hillhead awaiting to leave with 6G89 to Hams Hall. Wednesday & Thursday last week saw the first trains back into Hillhead since the 70’s.
Drone shot - 15th June 2023.