{"id":1395,"date":"2016-09-28T16:53:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2016-09-28T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:53:07","slug":"an-adventure-to-blackburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/an-adventure-to-blackburn\/","title":{"rendered":"An Adventure to Blackburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are some photos from yesterday&#8217;s Ingress ViaLux Adventure to Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29897566661\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8490\/29897566661_3af889fec8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Spar\" width=\"640\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One stop off was on Two Laws Road on the way to Laneshaw Bridge. This 180 deg panorama was taken a little way before The Atom &#8211; Panopticon. Just after passing Watersheddles Reservoir.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Panopticon Atom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29947047656\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8056\/29947047656_aa46f06ec5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Panopticon Atom\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is The Atom &#8211; Panopticon itself. Just off the road above Pendle&#8217;s Panopticon Atom above the Wycoller Country Park.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View from the Panopticon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29354427763\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8527\/29354427763_787ce658a5_z.jpg\" alt=\"View from the Panopticon\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View from the Panopticon<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pendle Water, Barrowford\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29947039116\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8075\/29947039116_a37dd567b1_z.jpg\" alt=\"Pendle Water, Barrowford\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pendle Water, Barrowford<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Barrowford Park\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29687201490\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8812\/29687201490_9dee5d9334_z.jpg\" alt=\"Barrowford Park\" width=\"640\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barrowford Park, that had several Ingress Portals<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Woven Globe Sculpture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29354415633\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8253\/29354415633_43e44da952_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Woven Globe Sculpture\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Woven Globe Sculpture, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Transitions, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29981160005\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8485\/29981160005_3deaccda7a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Transitions, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transitions, a set of sculptures on Church St, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Transitions, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29354409493\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8767\/29354409493_4c8d609e20_z.jpg\" alt=\"Transitions, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transitions, a set of sculptures on Church St, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Grandmother and Child, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29981154365\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/6\/5034\/29981154365_a9345015c8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Grandmother and Child, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grandmother and Child, Blackburn, Near the railway station<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Queen Victoria, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29897624601\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8518\/29897624601_ab652abc1f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Victoria, Blackburn\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queen Victoria, Blackburn. Near the catherdral<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Healing of the Nations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29981151185\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8114\/29981151185_9f44e72284_z.jpg\" alt=\"Healing of the Nations\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A steel and copper circular structure attached to the fa\u00e7ade of Blackburn Cathedral<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cathedral entrance, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29981147925\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/6\/5569\/29981147925_630580a115_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cathedral entrance, Blackburn\" width=\"574\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cathedral entrance, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"King Georges Hall, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29354393853\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8217\/29354393853_6744c61de4_z.jpg\" alt=\"King Georges Hall, Blackburn\" width=\"337\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside King Georges Hall, Blackburn. King Georges Hall, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Braid, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29981145555\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/6\/5516\/29981145555_c94cf613ef_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Braid, Blackburn\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Braid, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Richmond Terrace, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29354391053\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8343\/29354391053_5a29830b14_z.jpg\" alt=\"Richmond Terrace, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richmond Terrace, Blackburn. It was the line of posts that I was trying to capture.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Blackburn shopping centre\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29867243552\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/6\/5109\/29867243552_ccd300e4f8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Blackburn shopping centre\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blackburn shopping centre<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gladstone, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29687163830\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/6\/5158\/29687163830_fac661f89d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Gladstone, Blackburn\" width=\"599\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gladstone, Blackburn. Shading his eyes from the bright evening sun.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Can you spot it?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29867239062\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8085\/29867239062_b4d8ff54af_z.jpg\" alt=\"Can you spot it?\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you spot it? The next photo shows it a bit closer.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A trapped pigeon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29687159490\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5792\/29687159490_f7a09a2dc9_z.jpg\" alt=\"A trapped pigeon\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pigeon inside the stairway<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Mall, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29867233872\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8278\/29867233872_13a95c1a71_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Mall, Blackburn\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above The Mall, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"James Street, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29946998866\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5709\/29946998866_780bf1bed1_z.jpg\" alt=\"James Street, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Street, Blackburn. Just a street sign.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Memorial Stone behind St John's Church, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29687148400\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7539\/29687148400_93cf126e70_z.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Stone behind St John's Church, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"542\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Memorial Stone behind St John&#8217;s Church, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Blackburn Bus Station\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29897580761\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8266\/29897580761_7cf2270d58_z.jpg\" alt=\"Blackburn Bus Station\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blackburn Bus Station. I thought the reflections and length of it warranted a photo.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A mosaic tucked out of the way on Railway Road. Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29946980036\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8201\/29946980036_bb76d3c3b6_z.jpg\" alt=\"A mosaic tucked out of the way on Railway Road. Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A mosaic tucked out of the way on Railway Road. Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Youth Zone, Jubilee St, Blackburn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29897571851\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8226\/29897571851_8c4c712a2d_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Youth Zone, Jubilee St, Blackburn\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Youth Zone, Jubilee St, Blackburn<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Quite a sky, Blackburn.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29687145410\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5681\/29687145410_65ec4b10a7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Quite a sky, Blackburn.\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quite a sky, Blackburn. Taken from Mill Lane.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Street Art, Mill Lane\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29354356643\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8277\/29354356643_2cef9a0904_z.jpg\" alt=\"Street Art, Mill Lane\" width=\"441\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Street Art, Mill Lane<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"They have these bell like things in Blackburn too.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29897582901\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/8\/7546\/29897582901_2a4924d2a4_z.jpg\" alt=\"They have these bell like things in Blackburn too.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have these bell like things in Blackburn too. There are several in Bradford. I have often wondered what would happen if you hit one in a car.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A devil of a road\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/29946985556\/in\/album-72157673317276050\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/6\/5323\/29946985556_395d026f68_z.jpg\" alt=\"A devil of a road\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A devil of a road. I might not go that way to Darwen<\/p>\n<p>Another way to see the images is by looking at the Album on Flickr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pmarfell\/albums\/72157673317276050\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are some photos from yesterday&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3kGoX-mv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions\/1401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}