Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[potsy]

I reckon you pop down South on the train and take some of these photos

I think @Katherine will confirm the validity of my photos, mind you 5 minutes before I left the house it was drizzling and grey

 

[Supersuperleeds]

OK, so it isn't a person of real stature but here goes with the story:

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"Joseph Buck, the Winkwell lock-keeper, was a popular local character who unfortunately drowned in his own lock in 1898. On his death certificate the cause was given as 'suffocation by drowning' but there is no evidence to show by what means the deceased got into the water. However, it was Christmas Day, the lock-keepers home was next door but one to the Three Horseshoes and December nights can be very dark, especially after a few drinks."

So the cottage on the left is Joseph's home and in the distance on the right is the three horseshoes

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Whose car park is just beyond the third house.

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The London and Birmingham Railway, whose viaduct can be seen in the distance, would have already been built, signalling the death knell for the canals and hence lock keepers.

Let this be a warning to you all

So the viaduct murdered him?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just for the southern softies that think it's all darkness and gloom up here..

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I was in Manchester a couple of weeks ago, yes it was raining.

 

[Katherine]

I think @Katherine will confirm the validity of my photos, mind you 5 minutes before I left the house it was drizzling and grey

I think we've had a bit of everything today! But I can confirm that there was some sunshine earlier. In fact the children had all their playtimes outside, no 'wet play's when they stay in and get all the toys out.

 

[mybike]

So the viaduct murdered him?

I think it might have been the mud, it tried to swamp me too.

 

[Katherine]

At last, I felt well enough to go for a ride and get some photos for the challenge. It was also dry. I had been intending to do the Suffragettes tour but I only had this afternoon (it's a group ride on Sunday).

So I went to The Mark Addy pub, which is on the bank of the River Irwell, that goes through the City of Salford and is named after a local hero. Amongst other things, Mark Addy was a champion swimmer and was awarded the Albert medal for rescuing over 50 people (not all at once) from the polluted river in the 19th century.

Most of the pub is under the arches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Addy_(oarsman)

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Are the three weeks up already?

Settling down to judge this one now so if anyone has any last minute entries get them in quick.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

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I thought I was going to have to judge the competition without anyone having posted a foot photo.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

We have a winner, but I shall come to that drecktly as they say. To start off though, here are the honourable mentions:

@Fubar and @User14044 for posting pictures that I liked but lacking certain qualifying essentials such as the bike or the local hero.

@Effyb4 and @PeteXXX for some good lateral thinking: here and here

@mybike for capturing the spirit of what I was looking for.

@potsy for posting a qualifying photo that didn't chop Oliver Cromwell's head off.



More to follow......

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Those on the above list aren't necessarily safe of course.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

It came down to three in the end where I liked both the photo and the background to it.

@PeteXXX with this one:

@Katherine with this one:

and @accountantpete with this one:

And the winner is..........


@accountantpete. I liked the composition and the artistic moodiness of the shot.

Well done and over to you.

 

[Hill Wimp]

well done @accountantpete cracking photo.

Thanks Phil for running a great competition.

 

[User19783]

Thanks Phil,

And we'll Done @accountantpete

So looking forward to next one.

 

[accountantpete]

Cheers Phil and everybody - and thanks to Monkey Hornby.

I'll have a little think about the next challenge over my Sunday hotpot

 

[TVC]

I guess it's too late to upload my entry then.