4 towers on the horizon the other side of the centre line from Blackpool Tower:
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also far right in this:
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Fylde residents - what are these towers ?
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I get a picture of a leprechaun.
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I get a picture of a leprechaun.
I hadn't allowed for the Irish internet...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers
There are two similar ones by the M5 near Droitwich my guess is they broadcast TV or radio signals?
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not the masts on the left, the things looking like silos on the right...
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Trident submarine comms allegedly.
they're at Inskip, and are quite clearly nearer, I mean the 3 identical short towers in a row with a slightly bigger one to their left, just touching the horizon right of centre of the first shot
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I suppose I'm asking in the wrong place as no self respecting mountain biker would choose to live at the far end of a large flood plain
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I'm on the case - just emailed a Blackpool fella at work.
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That's HMS Inskip - an in shore Naval base. I went to playschool there.
[edit] the masts on the left. Aren't the ones on the right just tower blocks?
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Aren't the ones on the right just tower blocks?
I think so, I've found 4 tower blocks in Queenstown, Blackpool - I'd been looking too near the shore...
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Cement silos or are they too big to be those, there is a Tarmac plant in that area?
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Cement silos?
that's what I thought they were...
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I think so, I've found 4 tower blocks in Queenstown, Blackpool - I'd been looking too near the shore...
Yep, it's Queenstown flats, less than a mile away from me (a self respecting mountain-biker who lives at the far end of a large flood plain ).
On Google Earth, they're centred around 53°49'27" N 3°02'12" W.
High Rise Flats at Queenstown, Blackpool
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Cheers - a little mundane perhaps - but I'm fascinated by how far you (or should I say, my camera) can sometimes see, like Liverpool's cathedrals from Rivi:
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Indeed, although the foreshortening effect is always a tad strange. For example, in the first shot, the masts at Inskip look a darn sight closer to Blackpool than they really are.
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more picture questions!
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Where was the first one taken from Simon?
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While we're here, Simon - care to annotate my pic of the Lakes from Lancaster with which hills are which?
Langdale Pikes are on the right hand side yes?
Is Coniston Old Man the one in the middle?
Bigger version here - http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/4345919041_18edeb9ae3_b.jpg
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Right shithole they are too.
Shagged the misses on the top of one of them flats many years ago.
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Where was the first one taken from Simon?
Jeffrey Hill, Longridge
care to annotate my pic of the Lakes from Lancaster
ignoring those on the far left which will take some map checking, and L to R, White Pike, Walna Scar, Brow Pike, Buck Pike, Dow Crag - gap - Coniston Old Man (dead centre) - bit I'll have to think about - Langdale Pikes far right
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Nice pic at the end.
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Jeffrey Hill, Longridge
Thought so, it's about 2 miles over my right shoulder as we speak. I took this from the same spot looking a bit further north - only had my compact Ixus with me though...
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I'm loving the sunlight shafting through the clouds over Parlick
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bit I'll have to think about
Swirl How, Black Sails, Wetherlam, Langdale Pikes
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Thanks
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a closer view here:
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I'm loving the sunlight shafting through the clouds over Parlick
Thanks Simon, I waited patiently for that little pool of sunlight to wander its way up the Fylde, over Beacon Fell until it settled on Chipping. Worth the wait, but I wish I'd had my decent camera with me - you don't get clouds like that every day!
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