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[Richard A Thackeray]

'Cas-Am Motors'
Methley Road
Castleford
http://www.cas-am.co.uk/index.php

65 - '66??

Rather nice to see one painted in the '60 Seconds' colours

The wing, to the left, is a 1960 Studebaker Hawk

1956 DeSoto Adventurer behind (pink)

I only caught the slightest glimpse of grey, from Methley Road, as this was in the back yard, but it was enough to make me turn round

 

[briantrumpet]

Col de Rousset today, near hairpin 7. My house is down in the hills on the left.

 

[briantrumpet]

Something a little gentler today. Lallet.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 26th afternoon

River Calder banking
Between 'Stanley Ferry' & NewLands Woods

The final leg home, after the railways & 'spoil-heaps' exploration (that featured elsewhere)
This was the route of a colliery railway, that took coal to waiting barges on the Aire & Calder Navigation Canal

The river is just visible through the gap in the vegetation, to he right of the tree in the upper image

If you scroll down the photographs, to a B&W, of a Locomotive, with a large wagon, on the canal-side (NewLands Basin), this is the line that I'm following
https://www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Ferry-Lane-Photos.html

Map here, shown as 'dismantled railway'
(I was near the blue circle)
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2416122

 

[briantrumpet]

It's in the mid 30s here: I'm fine with that, except I hate warm/hot water in my bottles - it gets warm in 10-15 minutes. So I improvised bottle covers from old PET water bottles and an old thermal bag from the supermarket! Bingo - they worked!

 

[briantrumpet]

Most of the lavender has been harvested here, so no 'classic' photo along tidy rows, but I caught this today:

 

[Tizme]

Met these two ladies on their way to the pub at Corton Denham (taking a slow plod to ensure the pub was open when they got there!)

 

[Arjimlad]

My own team Sky on a superb towpath between Lehon and Evran, Brittany.

 

[Arjimlad]

A little roadside chapel on this morning's solo exploration ride.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not really 'today'
I did scan all 3 yesterday though

1990 drought, at Thruscross Reservoir. & the remains of West End village are on show

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2991670





This 1907 25" OS map shows the area, before inundation

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Again, I'm slightly behind the times, this was last Thursday (27th)

I thought Firestone as a 'brand' had gone all together??
Subsumed into Goodyear?
Maybe that's just in the automotive tyre market

It's on an advertising hoarding, between the M62 (jct 31) & Castleford

 

[briantrumpet]

Mountains, schmountains...

 

[biggs682]

This morning's sunrise by Wellingborough Rugby club

 

[briantrumpet]

Roadside fauna, at col de la Bataille:

 

[Spartak]