Lake Coniston

Lake Coniston in the English Lake District

A Wirral walk

Gilmore Nature Reserve, West Kirby
Crossing a field
Horses grazing
Another view of Gilmore

A right motley crew

I took these photos last year while out on a walk with some of our
local branch of the U3A of which I'm a member.The lady with her
back to the camera, well, she's the boss!. Seriously,though, Pauline
is a marvellous organiser and we all really enjoy her walks.Every
time I go on one of the walks, I come home tired but thankful that
I live here on the Wirral.Funnily enough, although I know the Wirral
pretty well, Pauline always manages to come up with a few surprises.

To the marshes

I consider myself very fortunate to live close to the Dee Estuary and marshes, a prime birdwatching area and a lovely place to walk. The marshes were created when the river Dee began silting up along this stretch some time in the 17th century. Before then, Parkgate a wee bit further along the marshes was a busy port.Occasionally we get high tides during which the river floods part of the marshes. April 7th was the biggest tide of the year so armed with my camera and accompanied by my son Paul and the love of his life, Skippy, seen in the last picture, we set off to photograph this great event. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to expectations but fortunately, on the way back home, we were admiring the view across the fields looking down towards the marshes and I realised that it was just what I needed for a Sky Watch contribution. Now, I know that strictly speaking, Skippy doesn't qualify as a sky watch picture but I couldn't resist including her cos I think she's gorgeous!
If any doggy lovers out there would like to see the other canine member of our family click on my other blog, My Life. Please,pretty please!

The moon

A couple of shots I took of the moon recently. They do look better if you click on them to enlarge them.

A cloudy Sky

Just a few shots I took recently of the evening sky

Gardenstown

I hope these qualify as Sky Watch pictures. I took them in Gardenstown on the north
esat coast of Scotland when we were there on holiday with our family last year.

The Lowering Sky

This was the sky a few evenings ago.Pretty dramatic,I thought.