Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Mill

The Arrow mill in Castleton, Rochdale is a massive old cotton mill. Fortunately, it is one of the few mills that have not been demolished over the last 50 years and is indeed Grade II listed. It is situated on the banks of the Rochdale Canal from where I took this shot of its most impressive chimney. Of course I was taken by the trees sprouting out at this very high part of the structure. The mill no longer spins cotton helped along by its big steam engines with its 22ft diameter flywheel, as it did when it opened in 1908 but is now a storage depot, renting out space. More info: www.simplestorage.co/history Worth looking at full screen.

We think this is the same heron as the one seen flying a short time before on the previous page (see Pip). Seen on a wall belonging to an old cotton mills during one of our recent local lock-down walks. I was going to have this one here just as a PiP but I think you will agree he’s (?) a bit too impressive for simply being delegated to that pip position. The winter Pip shows the area at the other side of this mill as I took the flight shot and shows the herons usual habitat. See previous photo for more info. Enjoy full screen