Misty Morning

     Another picture from yesterday down at the river, taken before the sun had burnt off the early morning mist.  I haven't done anything to the picture in photoshop, except convert it to black and white.  All that snow has now entirely  gone.  A change in temperature and heavy overnight rain has melted it all away.

Overnight Snow

     Joggers, dog walkers (and photographers) were out enjoying glorious sunshine this morning after fairly heavy overnight snow.  This section of path runs alongside the river Aire at Thackley, the area of land on the left of the picture is to be built on at some time in the future, a shame really as this is a nice habitat for wildlife, and as you can see it's also popular with humans (and dogs, and photographers)!

BRAiD March

A group of around thirty protesters marched from Buck Lane to Shipley Town Hall yesterday morning to hand in a letter highlighting concerns about an area of land adjoining Buck Lane. The agricultural land is the proposed site of a multi-million pound business park, but the chairman of BRAiD (Baildon Residents against Inappropriate Development) Dr Steven Walker firmly believes that the land should remain as a green space for the benefit of the local community and the development should be located on one of the numerous brown field sites in the area.

I have to admit that I have a personal interest, the land is not far from where I live and I regularly walk the footpath alongside the river, more often than not spotting some of the wildlife in the area, deer, kingfisher, dragonfly, or on the occasion of Saturday morning a heron standing in the river. I would hate to see this riverside green space covered in concrete.