Taken on the way up the miner's track leading up to Force Crag. The black vertical rocks are Force Crag. Just below the crag itself you can just make out the disused mine buildings. The mine was abandoned in 1991 and was the last working mine in the Lake District.
Rusted chains in the Black Country Museum in Dudley.
In 1911 there were 6550 people employed in the chain making industry, many in the Cradley Heath area.
Fisherman's hut on Holy Island. The huts are made from upturned old disused fishing boats. The local fishermen believed it to be a sin to scrap old boats so, when the old wooden boats became unnecessary at the end of the 20th century, they were put to good use as storage sheds.
"The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own"
-- Caged Bird
BY MAYA ANGELOU
Not for me the other dogs, running by my side,
Some have run a short while, but none of them would bide.
O mine is still the lone trail, the hard trail, the best,
Wide wind and wild stars and the hunger of the quest.
The Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare was originally opened in 1904. It was damaged by fire in 1930 and again in July 2008 when it was completely destroyed. The new pier was rebuilt at a cost of £39 million. This picture was taken in July 2009, one year on from the fire and just over a year before its reopening on 23 October 2010.
