Phil's photos with the keyword: Nelson

The overflow ramp at Walverden reservoir near the town of Nelson in Lancashire, North-West England. Heavy rain caused the reservoir to overflow and the "tiles" below the ramp have been lifted by the force of the water. The concrete blocks on the ramp are supposed to stop this from happening by breaking-up the water flow. Camera: Sony RX100 Software: Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in the "allotments" (a.k.a. "community gardens".....see link below) between the towns of Nelson and Brierfield in North-West England. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_(gardening)

A female Canada Goose and her family on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool canal near the town of Nelson in Lancashire, North-West England. Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2

Aesculus hippocastanum is native to a small area in the Pindus Mountains mixed forests and Balkan mixed forests of South East Europe. However, it can be found in many parts of Europe as far north as Gästrikland in Sweden as well as in many parks and cities in the United States and Canada. It is widely cultivated in streets and parks throughout the temperate world and has been particularly successful in places like Ireland, Great Britain and New Zealand where they are commonly found in parks, streets and avenues. Cultivation for its spectacular spring flowers is successful in a wide range of temperate climatic conditions provided summers are not too hot, with trees being grown as far north as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Faroe Islands, Reykjavík, Iceland and Harstad, Norway. (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED Software: Nikon Capture NX2

The pedestrian footpath which crosses the railway track near the town of Nelson in Pendle district, North-West England. HFF everybody :-) Camera: Sony RX100. Software: Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. This carved wooden spider is one of a series of sculptures along the children's "Witches Trail" which runs through the park. Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

One of the many grey squirrels photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. These animals, although wild, are used to humans and many of them will let you hand-feed them. Camera: Nikon D300s Processing: Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. This carved wooden dragon is one of a series of sculptures along the children's "Witches Trail" which runs through the park. Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Photographed in Victoria Park near Nelson, North-West England. This carved wooden figure is one of a series of sculptures along the children's "Witches Trail" which runs through the park. Photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A wooden sculpture of a witch and her cauldron photographed at the entrance to the children's "Witches activity trail" in Victoria park between Barrowford and Nelson in the North-West of England. Camera Nikon D300s with a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

One of the many grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in Victoria Park near the town of Nelson in North-West England. These squirrels, although wild, are quite unafraid of people and many of them will even let you hand-feed them. Photographed with a Nikon D300s camera fitted with a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

This giant-sized replica of a weaver's shuttle (known locally as "The Rusty Rocket") was erected in the centre of the town of Nelson in Lancashire, North-West England, during the recent town-centre re-developments. Nelson and the surrounding area was, until the mid-20th Century, at the centre of the textile industry in Britain but this has now virtually disappeared. Most local textile manufacturers have re-located to other parts of the world where labour is cheap and profits are high. Photographed with a HTC "Desire" smartphone and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A Sterling Silver £5 coin from Gibraltar, photographed with a Sony RX100 camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2. "England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence on 21 October 1805. Trafalgar was the decisive naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. It gave the United Kingdom control of the seas, removing all possibility of an invasion and conquest of Britain. Although there was much confusion surrounding the wording of the signal in the aftermath of the battle, the significance of the victory and Nelson's death during the battle led to the phrase becoming embedded in the English psyche and it has been regularly quoted, paraphrased and referenced up to the modern day. As the British fleet closed with the opposing combined fleets of France and Spain, Lord Nelson signalled all the necessary battle instructions to his ships. However, aware of the momentousness of events to come, Lord Nelson felt that something extra was required. He instructed his signal officer, Lieutenant John Pasco, to signal to the fleet as quickly as possible the message "England confides [i.e. is confident] that every man will do his duty." Pasco suggested to Nelson that "expects" be substituted for "confides" since the former word was in the signal book whereas "confides" would have to be spelt out letter-by-letter. Nelson agreed to the change (even though 'expects' gave a less trusting impression than 'confides'): Thus, at around 11:45 am on 21 October 1805, the most famous naval signal in British history was sent. The exact time the signal was sent is not known (one account puts it as early as 10:30) as the message was repeated throughout the fleet and logs would have been written up after the battle but Pasco puts it at "about a quarter to noon" and logs from other ships of the line also put it close to this time (Wikipedia).

Photographed from the Leeds-Liverpool canal in Nelson, Lancashire, UK., using a Canon G10 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

This scene was photographed on the Leeds-Liverpool canal near the town of Nelson, Lancashire, in the North-West of England. The building is one of many former textile mills situated along this canal, most of which are now derelict since the cotton industry, once the main source of employment in this area has declined to almost nothing. Many former mills have been demolished and others are being converted into flats / apartments. Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

The Leeds-Liverpool canal near Nelson, Lancashire, in the North-West of England, photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A group of sheep "sheepishly" following each other in "V Formation", photographed in a field next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal in Nelson, Lancashire, in the North-West of England. Photographed with a Nikon D300s camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software.

Storm clouds over Pendle Hill in Lancashire, England. Photographed from Brierfield looking North-West. It was very windy and the trees were waving around a lot making it difficult to get them sharp. I only bought this camera the previous day so I wasn't familiar with the functions and controls. Photographed with my new "walkabout" camera, a Sony RX100 compact and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 and PicMonkey. www.ipernity.com/group/england www.ipernity.com/group/sony.rx100/doc