Herbie comes to Hyde

Apologies for the quality of the photograph but as I was leaving town on the bus last Saturday I spotted Herbie parked in the multi-storey car park.

I only had time to get a quick photo with my mobile phone camera but I couldn't resist.

Shadows entering Hattersley

Shadows fall across the A560 on a sunny morning a few weeks ago.

Across the road is a boundary stone marking the entrance to Hattersley.

A close-up of the stone can be found on Hyde DP Xtra.

For more shadow shots visit Hey Harriet.

Weekend Reflections: Norbury House

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See the whole house on Hyde DP Xtra.

See more weekend reflections via Newtown Daily Photo.

The Edge of Hyde

Here is the Western edge of Werneth Low ["Low" is an Old English word meaning "hill"].

Poking into view is the steeple of Hyde Chapel.

You can tell from the trees which way the wind blows.

Today is theme day for members of City Daily Photoblogs and this month the theme is Edges. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Next week Hyde DP will be five years old!

Thursday Stall

A cold Thursday afternoon on Hyde Market.

ABC Wednesday: K is for Kitty

One of a pair of mousers that have been seen patrolling the pavements around Clarendon Square. They live, I'm given to believe, in the rear of a nearby store.

More K posts can be found at ABC Wednesday.

Site of Albion Oil Works

Croft Millennium Green was built on the site of the Albion Oil Works.

See Old Hyde for information and a view of the works.

The coloured version of this photograph can be seen on Geograph.

Sign of the White Hart

This is the sign for the White Hart at Mottram-in-Longdendale.

See the whole pub on Hyde DP Xtra.

Flat Bridge

Just a short way upstream from last week's bridge over Gower Hey Brook is this little flat bridge.

See more and probably grander bridges via San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Weekend Reflections: Clarendon Square

Reflected in the entrance to Clarendon Square Shopping Centre is the Ring & Ride bus outside the Jolly Carter.

More weekend reflections at Newtown Area Photo.

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.

ABC Wednesday: J is for Jaipur

It was only a few weeks ago that I posted a photograph of the Bengal Spice which replaced the "Bay Leaf" that replaced the "Garlic".

Now it has become the "Jaipur".

For more J posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Spruced Up Sluice Gates

The sluice gates on the Peak Forest Canal have been spruced up and cleaned out.

See how it looked in February 2008 with barbed wire on top of the graffiti-covered brick wall hiding Automasters Engineering Works.

Now behind the low railings are new homes.

See also how it looked last September on Geograph when the sluice was clogged up with algae.

For the Eastward view along the canal see Hyde DP Xtra.

Benevolent Buildings 1834

I must have been by this sign many hundreds of times but I only noticed it very recently.

I know nothing of its history.

To see where it is visit Hyde DP Xtra.

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.

Weekend Reflections: Above an Estate Agents

Reflections in the upper windows of Bridgford's Estate Agents on Market Street.

For more Weekend Reflections visit Newtown Area Photo.

Spring on the Peak Forest Canal

This view from Nursery Road has opened up since I showed it in February 2010 when the canal was frozen and before the demolition of Toray Mill.

I posted a closer view of the mill site last week on Hyde DP Xtra.

A Wood Pigeon Waits for Spring

What more is there to say?

ABC WednesdayI is for Inspired Jewellery

The latest occupant of the premises on the corner of Market Street and Croft Street is Inspired Jewellery who seem to have been in business for quite some time and have now moved to these larger premises.

It used to be the offices of an Estate Agent but that closed down recently. Mind you there are two estate agents on Market Street on the other side past Croft Street and another two lower down in the same block below the florists.

For more I posts visit ABC Wednesday.