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2023 Photo Galleries
4th March 2023 ride to Hutton Roof
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Hawthorn shoots in the hedge at side of the Old Lane near Holme.
Copyright 2004 to 2023 D. Simeon Orme
Honeysuckle shoot in the hedge at side of Hilderstone Lane.
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Common Elder shoot at side Cinderbarrow Lane
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Daffodils flowering at side Borwick Lane.
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Primrose flowering at side Capernway Road near Over Kellet.
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Butterfly Bush seed head at side of Long Dales Lane.
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Blackthorn flowering at side of Long Dales Lane.
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Ride report by Simeon Orme In my corner of North West England, we starting see first signs of Spring waking up, with leaf shoots appearing in the hedgerows. So it prove to be interesting ride for me, testing out my skills with Irix 150 mm f/2.8 Macro lens attach to Pentax K-1 mark two body and the other camera I was using on the ride is Pentax K-3 mark 3 body attach to Pentax 18 to 270 mm lens. The reason for using two cameras is to cut down on numbers times you need to change lens. The pentax 18 to 270 mm lens is good work horse lens but have been get better results using Pentax 18 to 55 mm lens with Pentax K-3 body which is APS - C Camera and as smaller Sensor than the Pentax K-1 which is full frame camera which tend use for macro photograph because get image file to work with after taken the photo. When taking photos I tend shoot in AV mode where you set F number and let the camera do rest of settings. Yes when you mixing cycling with photography, it can be a bit of selfish pastime for non photographer, has the photographers on the ride are always on look out for good photo to take, then can waste several minutes taking the photo so beware when coming out on ride with me. The ride starting for me by following the cycling path up to the Crook O’ Lune where stop part way along the path to take photo using a lens ball to add interest to photo which I have found useful tool to add interest to what would be boring landscape photo. From the Crook O’ Lune, I followed the bridleway through the Hermitage field which in few months time will be worth stopping for several minutes to look at wild flowers in the meadow, also there some good views looking up the Lune Valley toward Ingleborough which seem to dominate the landscape in this part of the world. From Hermitage field, I followed the bridleway up to Park Lane which I turn on to which as evil hair pin bend part way up the climb to Kirkby Lonsdale Road which I make it to before deciding that it would be good ideal to walk and push the bike part way up the climb. Once I got on to Kirkby Lonsdale Road it was fairly easy ride along, its a bit up and down road with some good views on both sides of the road. After few miles, I soon join the B6254, has was myself and on sugar free diet, I decide not to call in the Saddle Cafe at Red Well Country Hotel and continue along the B6254 to the Arkholme where followed the lanes around to Docker which very small hamlet near the border between Lancashire and Cumbria. In Docker, near Docker Hall Cottages there very sharp steep climb which decide it was good ideal to walk up and got back on my bike and followed the lane through Keer Side where four cyclists pass me and make the climb out of the Keer Valley look easy! I was soon following the ‘B’ Road towards Johnson House where turn on to lane followed into Hutton Roof, its one those villages, where you go into work next day and folk where you been, you ask that question where that near, it mainly agricultural village and those folk who want pretend they living off grid but want the luxuries of life, as the A65 is only a few miles away from the village. I stop for lunch on bench in the grounds of St John’s Church which was fill with snowdrops in full bloom. After lunch, I followed the lane to cross roads at Holly Grove, where turn on to Newbiggin Lane which followed through Newbiggin and then down Lupton Valley where changes its name to Puddlemire Lane. At end Puddlemire Lane, I followed the lanes through Farleton, then cross over the A6070 and then followed lanes around to Holme, then on through Holme Mills, Hilderstone and Cinderbarrow. From Cinderbarrow, I followed Cinderbarrow Lane to A6070 which I did short section on before following Whitebeck Lane into Priest Hutton, then heading along Borwick Lane through Borwick, then turning on to Kellet Lane where the climb up to Over Kellet seem to be a lot easier than use to be a few months ago! i follow Neither Kellet Road out of Over Kellet, then after about mile turn on Long Dale Lane and then Scargill Road before heading back down into Halton.