Can you believe that it is Friday again? Where has that time gone? We've spent it shopping, queueing in the post office, cleaning, visiting friends and relatives and delivering presents to go under trees. We also managed a couple of walks down the towpath of the local Trent and Mersey canal and at Ilam. I'll maybe write a post about Ilam later but this week's Five on Friday reflects our walk by the canal.
1. Winter Trees
Dark, sculptural
and so beautiful at this time of year.
The third one full of pigeons (rock doves rather than wood pigeons)
2. Geese on and round Westport Lake, lots of geese but this one was my favourite!
3. Old Man's Beard growing in the hedgerows along the canal towpath
A few weeks ago we had a crossword clue for 'another name for wild clematis' the answer to which turned out to be Old Man's Beard. According to references it is also known as Traveller's Joy. In France it is known as the beggar's or rascal's herb. There was quite a lot of it growing in the hedges, opposite the Middleport Pottery, which separate the canal from the allotments. We got chatting to a man walking along there who said that the allotments were on the former site of Port Vale football club before it moved to its present site.
4. Old Factory Buildings from the canal towpath
Lovely old buildings, icons of the city's industrial past
5. Displays in the factory shop
I always love the displays in the shop and seeing what new patterns and designs they have.
Click on the link below to find others joining in with Five on Friday. Thanks to Amy at Love Made my Home for hosting us.
Click on the link below to find others joining in with Five on Friday. Thanks to Amy at Love Made my Home for hosting us.
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