Lest we forget

So this one started out as a Halloween ghost type shoot, but rapidly became something else...

It was just before dawn

One miserable morning in black 44

When the forward commander was told to sit tight

When he asked that his men be with drawn

And the Generals gave thanks

As the other ranks

Held back the enemy tanks for a while

And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price of a few hundred

Ordinary lives

And kind old King George sent Mother a note

When he heard that Father was gone

It was i recall in the form of a scroll with gold leaf and all

And i found it one day, in a drawer of old photographs hidden away,

And my eyes still grow damp to remember his majesty signed in his own rubber stamp

It was dark all around

There was frost in the ground

When the tigers broke free

And no one survived from the Royal Fusillers company C,

They were all left behind,

Most of them dead

the rest of them dying

And that's how the high command

Took my Daddy from me

Words: Pink Floyd When the Tigers Broke Free

A walk around the Wayoh

So, after a busy weekend at work I managed to get out today for a walk around one of the local reservoirs in the glorious sunshine

One of the man made streams that fed into the mill that is now long submerged under reservoir

Knackered!

A sight not often seen recently, the sun!

The Wayoh itself looking towards Edgworth

Railway viaduct......I once abseiled down that, when the water was much lower.....right down the centre of the middle one!!

Still overflowing

View towards Chapeltown

Apologies for the briefness of the post, been busy at work this weekend, but there will be much more next week!

As a side note, if anyone out there has an ideas, or wants some pics taking, let me know.  I am trying to sort a shoot at a tattooists shortly.  if you have them, or are getting them and are happy for me to take pics then get in touch!