Geograph Britain and IrelandLatest Images by starkderrick
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2024-03-19T04:48:58+00:00text/html2013-04-25T19:21:56+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.415577 -1.518590SP3279 : Radford brook culvert in Naul's Mill Park
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3428682
The concrete shows the path of the culvert and the approximate path of the former brook. In the mid distance is a padlocked service hatch. The brook can be seen and heard through the grill. This is one of only two places where the brook can now be seen. In the heyday of the mill this area would probably have been under water.text/html2011-11-14T20:30:02+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick54.419878 -2.901657NY4103 : Limefitt Caravan Park, Troutbeck
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2693352
In Aug 2011 there was an application for an additional 14 static caravan pitches at the site. The application was turned down in Nov 2011. There was strong local opposition to the development.text/html2011-11-14T19:31:29+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick54.415829 -2.914204NY4002 : Open air substation in Troutbeck village
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2693227
Just a pallisade fence to keep small boys and dogs out. Most substations are in some sort of building/enclosure.text/html2011-11-13T19:52:11+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick54.428640 -2.832947NY4604 : High Fold
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2691756
It is surprising to see that the owner has seen fit to cover the traditional slate roof with solar panels. It appears this sort of development is permitted even though Kentmere is in a National Park, apparently only listed buildings have restrictions on their placement.text/html2011-11-12T19:29:53+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.658077 -3.848468SH7508 : Carreg llwyd
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2690111
This house is high up on the valley side above the old road to Upper Corris. It is one of the last houses to go into the shade at the end of the day due to the steepness of the valley sides.It is shown basking in the last of the day's sunshine. Unseen, on the left of the house is the brick museum.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2655164
On the right can be seen the Italian Garden. It is full of scale models of famous Italian buildings made from coloured concrete.It is a well known local landmark.text/html2011-11-11T20:31:53+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.431527 -1.550921SP3081 : Site of the former Northbrook Sports and Social Club clubhouse
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2689147
The building burned down on the evening of 23/24 May 2005, apparently due to arson. The concrete base is all that is left of the clubhouse, bar and changing rooms.
Press comment
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Firebugs+destroy+social+club+building.-a0132708922
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Appeal+for+witnesses+to+social+club+arson.-a0132735401
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/tm_objectid=15548599&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=social-club-destroyed-in-blaze-name_page.htmltext/html2011-10-19T18:53:18+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.658524 -3.848634SH7508 : Open air brick museum at Corris
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2655164
A retired architect who practised in Machynlleth used to live in the adjoining house. His former work colleagues and professional contacts would, from time to time, give him old bricks from long forgotten brick works. The result was he incorporated them into the embankment of the lane below his garden at Carreg Llwyd, thus creating an open air, free, brick museum.The photo shows just one small section of the embankment on the North side of the lane. The exhibits are mainly from brickworks in Shropshire and NE Wales.text/html2011-10-18T19:23:35+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.665396 -3.822897SH7609 : Slate shed at Caecernau
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2654082
This farm building is made of a timber frame to which are nailed rectangular sheets of slate about 3/4" thick. The roof is made of "slates" of a similar thickness. The stone probably came from the nearby Aberllefenni quarries.text/html2011-10-18T19:15:50+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.665576 -3.822904SH7609 : Water and other utility supplies for Caecenau houses
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2654065
There is a powerline on this side of the river so the black pipe might not carry an electrical cable.text/html2011-10-12T19:35:53+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.448413 -1.596656SP2783 : "Pond" at the junction of Harvest Hill Lane and Showell Lane
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2644584
This pond usually dries up in the Summer and refills in the Autumn when it often overflows into Harvest Hill Lane. There used to be many dew ponds in the area but most have now disappeared. They were dug to provide drinking water for cattle. The pond is behind the photographer in the photo at the link.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2626002text/html2011-10-11T19:54:59+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.418250 -1.512827SP3380 : Widdrington Court private car park on Widdrington Road
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2642905
This site used to house a garage and small petrol station. You can see where the pavement has been lowered for cars to enter and leave the forecourt of the former petrol station. The houses in the background are in Somerset Road.text/html2011-10-11T19:21:02+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.424825 -1.473637SP3580 : Sub station on Blackberry Lane, close to the Sewall Highway junction
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2642826
Note the lintel which is made by sandwiching layers of mortar between a series of vertical roof tiles.text/html2011-10-10T18:54:40+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.443172 -1.615830SP2682 : Meriden Pony Club's clubhouse near Eaves Green
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2641161
The buildings are at the SW (top) end of the two fields the club has used for its events. The fields are interesting as they have received no cultivation for the last 20 or more years apart from an annual mow in the late summer. The lower field has lots of field scabious, greater burnet, knapweed, meadow sweet and other "weeds". The upper field supports coarse grasses, with its SE side being shorn by a colony of rabbits in the adjacent wood. These two links show the lower (NE) field.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2307807
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1870464text/html2011-10-09T18:51:38+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.417822 -1.517978SP3280 : Embankment between Bridgeman Road and Radford Road
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2639710
Between July 2005 and December 2005 the embankment between these two roads was stabilised and the retaining wall built. The trees and shrubs were planted as part of the works. Radford road was closed to vehicles for this period. The works cost £2.2m and were funded from central government. A streetlamp on Radford Road (which is higher than Bridgeman Road) can be seen against the sky. Bridgeman Road is the area of tarmac in the photo.text/html2011-10-08T20:39:22+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/64389starkderrick52.417561 -1.520186SP3280 : Bridgeman road sub station, located at the entrance to Naul's Mill Park
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2638426
This building looks as though it is contemporary with the former council housing in the background.