Best of Hyde 2013

The time has come to vote for the Best of Hyde Daily 2013.

On 1st January 2014 members of the City Daily Photobloggers community will be revealing their Photo of the Year. I have selected twelve contenders for Best of Hyde 2013 and am asking readers to vote for their favourites. Please visit Best of Hyde Daily Photo 2013 and vote for your top three photographs.

Closing date for voting is 12 noon GMT on December 28th 2013.

Note: these thumbnails are just a taster - you must use the form on the page to cast your votes.

Best of Hyde Daily Photo 2012

The time has come to vote for the best of Hyde DP 2012.

View the twelve contenders at Best of Hyde 2012 and vote for your favourite three photographs.

Voting closes 12 noon GMT, 28th December 2012.

Best of Hyde 2011

The time has come to vote for the best of Hyde DP 2011.

View the twelve contenders at Best of Hyde 2011 and vote for your favourite three photographs.

Voting closes 12 noon GMT, Friday 30th December 2011.

Supermoon Passing Over

Last week's super moon passing over the nearby trees.

For more views of the heavens visit Skywatch Friday.

Peak Forest Canal at Moorside Place

A view now of the Peak Forest Canal from Moorside Place, the housing estate built on the site of the former Automasters Engineering Works.

As the building works near completion there is now easy access from Ann Street to the canal towpath. What it will look like when these young trees grow up remains to be seen.

Shadows over a bridge

Last week I showed you a bridge over Gower Hey Brook and the steps that lead to King George Road.

I went back there last week, crossed the bridge, climbed a few steps and took this looking down on the bridge with the sun casting the shadows of trees across it.

For the original wider and coloured version see Geograph.

For more shadows visit Hey Harriet.

For more bridges visit San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

A Wood Pigeon Waits for Spring

What more is there to say?

Road through Gower Hey Woods

In October 2009 I asked you to choose your path out of Gower Hey Wood.

This is the right hand path leading to Osborne Road.

Although now only a footpath, in the mid-19th century it was a busy road sett with cobbles leading to an industrial complex in the valley but none of that now remains.

Weekend Reflections: Under Dowson Road (3 of 3)

Following on from last week here is the third of three photographs of the puddles under Dowson Road bridge.

This time, however, I've turned around with my back to the bridge.

For more reflection visit Newtown Area Photo.

Shadows Around Throstle Bank Bridge

Yesterday afternoon the sun came out for a brief spell and I was able to capture these tree shadows around the railway bridge over Throstle Bank Street.

Clumps of daffodils are beginning to think about budding.

For more shadows visit Hey Harriet.

For more bridges visit San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

ABC WednesdayE is for Emerging Shoots

After visiting the Methodist Church on Crook Street for our tea and toast last Saturday, we noticed these emerging shoots.

I think they will develop into daffodils. In any case it seems to be a sign that Spring is on its way.

For more E posts visit ABC Wednesday.

A January Sunrise

OK it is February now, but I wasn't able to post this earlier.

Spot the Squirrel

When I spotted the squirrel I grabbed my camera which was to hand and took a shot through the window.

Swains Valley on Christmas Day

Looking over the Swains Valley Allotments towards the houses in Markland Street.

Compare it with the view in July 2009.

Behind the Back of Hattersley

This was taken in October from Chain Bar Lane.

Behind the tree on the left used to be houses on Winterbottom Grove.

Behind the fence on the right is Mill Hill Green.

The yellow crane you can see was engaged in the replanting of the Hattersley Monkey Puzzle Tree.

ABC WednesdayW is for Wood Sculpture

I showed you this wood sculpture in Hyde Park back in March when it was still an enigma.

The sculpture of a squirrel with a nut was created from a Turkey Oak by Preston-based artist Thompson Dagnall.

The tree was diseased and had to be felled. Rather than remove the tree completely it was felled to a safe height so that it could be sculpted.

Further W posts can be found on ABC Wednesday.

Late Autumn in Hyde Park

Although some of the UK has been buried in snow for a week, here we have had just a light sprinkling until this morning. Today's photograph was taken about a week ago in Hyde Park when it was still decidedly Autumn.

For a cycle ride through the park check out the video on Hyde DP Xtra.

Morning Sky

The morning sky just a week or so ago before the clocks went back and the wind and rain came to remove most of the remaining leaves from the trees.

For more sky shots visit Skywatch Friday.

Canal View, October 2010

The view yesterday morning of the Peak Forest Canal from the Manchester Road bridge.

Some of the new houses are obviously now occupied as I can see a postvan making deliveries.

Previous views of the Peak Forest Canal from Manchester Road:

• circa 1980
• December 2007
• October 2008
• March 2009
• April 2009
• August 2009
• January 2010
• June 2010

St Thomas behind the trees

After recent views of the back of St Thomas the Apostle, I thought I'd show you the front view.

Alas it is not easy to see behind the trees.

St Thomas the Apostle stands on Lumn Road with its sides on Tinker's Passage and Leigh Street. It was built in 1868 at a cost of £3,000 and the church was consecrated on Wednesday, September 23rd 1868. The first vicar was the Rev. A. Read who was appointed by the crown on October 9th 1846, the same year that the ecclesiastical district of St. Thomas was founded.

With an increasingly elderly congregation there is a need to find others to share the building and to find additional uses for it if it is to remain a place for Anglo Catholic worship within the Church of England.

Check out the church website for more information.

A post-Autumn view of the front of the church can be seen on Hyde Cheshire whilst the original coloured version of my photograph above can be seen on Geograph.