South Walney Nature Reserve

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations/nnr/northwalneywhatmakesitspecial.aspx

Piel Castle

A ship passes the seal colony

Big Skies

Beachcombers

Piel Island

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Rosy Fingered Dawn

Lake District hills bathed in the gentle colours of dawn

Early morning helicopter flight arrives at Rampside Gas Terminal

 

 

The DDH looms over Barrow-in-Furness

PNTL fleet in Ramsden Dock

Sunrise over Morecambe Bay

Silhouettes to the South-East

Contrasts to the North-West

       

              

Roa Island Lifeboat Station

Piel Island

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Urban Decay

A walk around the Cavendish Dock area of Barrow

Cavendish Dock

The remains of Barrow Papermills

 

The remains of Barrow's industrial history can be seen all around the dock area

 

Roosecote Power Station

Walney Channel, with South Walney Nature Reserve in the distance.

 

Demolition in progress, clearing the former industrial area. Plans were in place to build a new waterfront business park and marina development. Work has currently ceased due to financial problems brought about by government cutbacks.

 

Nature vs. Man

           Politically opinionated vandals

Disused railway line near the former Rope Works

 

The remains of the former Rope Works, with the DDH behind

Amidst the chaos there is beauty. Piel Island meets the south end of Walney.

You can read something of the history of the mills here:

http://araftofapples.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/paper-counting.html

and of the power station here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosecote_Power_Station