Category: Paul’s Blog
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3rd Ingressiversary
I received the invitation to Ingress on 12 Dec 2013 and started playing the following day so this is my 3rd ingressiversary. Erica said it would last 3 months. I’m still going, perhaps not as enthusiastic as in some periods, but still going. I’ve met a lot of people in that time and had some…
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A few photos of Autumn around Robert’s Park
The colour of the tress this Autumn has been spectacular but to get a decent photo the light has to be right too. I think I timed it OK in a couple of these. As usual you can click on an image to see it on flickr. This is Walker/Midgely Wood Walker Wood taken from…
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Kingfisher at Lunchtime
I went to the weir at Saltaire at lunchtime today looking for fish leaping the weir and saw a Cormorant swallowing a massive fish but no photo I’m afraid. However I did see a Kingfisher fly up the river from Shipley and perch in a tree on the river’s edge next to the New Mill…
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Juvenile Cormorant plus some other Saltaire/Robert’s Park photos
You don’t have to travel far to see wildlife. I often walk through Robert’s Park to get to and from work and there is usually something to stop and watch ot listen to. Here’s a few photos from around Robert’s Park and Saltaire from the last couple of weeks. As usual you can click on…
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An Adventure to Blackburn
These are some photos from yesterday’s Ingress ViaLux Adventure to Blackburn. I took the scenic route again. I.e not the motorway, so I could stop off at portals on the way. The blurb with them is a bit thin but I like the photos. As usual you can view them on Flickr. One stop off…
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A trip to Settle
Today’s trip was to Settle with a detour via Fewston Chapel, Blubberhouses. (Not that I take a trip somewhere everyday.) From Fewston Chapel I created a few Ingress fields down to Baildon and across to The Bar House at the top of Old Pool Bank, between Otley and Pool in Wharfedale. The put my Mind…
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Rothwell Country Park to Kippax
Today’s trip out to get some Ingress unique portal visits was to Rothwell Country Park and beyond. I have been into Rothwell on a few occasions and driven past Kippax on Selby Road but today I went into Rothwell Country Park, through Woodlesford, Oulton, Swillington, Great Preston and onto Kippax. I took my camera with…
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A quick trip into Calderdale
On Saturday I made a quick trip down into Calderdale hoping to find a few uniques in the game of Ingress. Unfortunately I have been round most of them in the last 3 years. I stopped off in People’s Park, Halifax for a walk around. The portals in there were mainly level 8 and so…