Category: Paul’s Blog
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Dragon Boat Racing
This weekend is a big event in the Robert’s Park calendar – Dragon Boat Racing. I am not a great one for crowds and only decided to see what it was like on my way home. I parked off Hird St near Jack Penningtons and walked along the river and then the canal towards Roberts…
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A walk with my camera on Sunday after #tdy
After having watched the bikes go through Saltaire for the Tour de Yorkshire I walked back over the river, then across into Midgeley Woods near Shipley Glen Tramway. I then walked through the woods to Baildon Bank coming out onto Green Road opposite Baildon Community Link. There is often a Grey Heron on the weir…
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Saturday – Jenny Lane > Gill Beck > Baildon Moor > Jenny Lane
On Saturday I went for a walk with my camera from Jenny Lane car park down to Gill Beck. And then across to the top North West corner of Baildon Moor before walking over the golf course back to Jenny Lane. I had been going to combine the walk from Sunday in this posting but…
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Le Tour de Yorkshire
Stage 3 of le tour de Yorkshire had its ceremonial start in Bradford and then went round a few streets in Saltaire before heading down Otley Road, Baildon for the official start of the race. That is just far enough for me to be worn out before the race has even begun. Plenty of areas…
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It’s this weekend
You might have heard that some cyclists are going to be touring around Yorkshire this weekend. Many places are going to be hosting events. Robert’s Park is one of them. I guess this is partly intended for helicopters. The route takes them through Baildon along Otley Road. Edit: 3 more photos 🙂 And here’s 3…
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Oldham
Here’s another quick Ingress trip out. This time in October to Oldham. Oldham was one of the boomtowns of the Industrial Revolution and it’s prosperity was based on the cotton and textile industries with particular prominence in cotton spinning. This history is remembered in some of the art works around the town…. and in that…
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Ingress with a camera and wildlife
On Saturday I went on a small Ingress expedition and took my camera and then on Sunday I had a purely wildlife walk with camera. So here are a few photos from this weekend. Some of them should have the #visitbradford tag. As usual you can click on any of the images to see them…
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April in Robert’s Park
We haven’t had to wait months for these photos to appear. They are from today. As often happens I had a walk round Robert’s Park today and along part of the Leeds Liverpool canal. This is one of a pair of Jays seen in Hirst Lock Nature Reserve at lunchtime. They were both collecting nesting…