Where is this?

Caught on camera - somewhere is the Wigan borough.

jo anne, It's the 'before' picture of Dostaf and Dustafs fish so I guess it would have been taken in their high security excercise enclosure

Three sisters

It's very close to a lake.

Douglas - the 'before' picture of Dostaf and Dustafs fish

No, indeed it is not, Douglas! (Is Dostaf's a fish called Wonder?)

It's not Three Sisters, Lonewolf57.

And it is very close to a lake, Spud1.

I think I know where it is Joanne, but I won't say yet..

I've only recently discovered it, Custard, having lived quite close by to it for years. It's a beautiful place.

A favourite place of mine and my daughter's..

That's never a plaice

Come on Jo Anne put us out of our misery

It is a place and I was there, too, Dosco.

I've give another clue, Gareth.



The fish is next to a carved tree trunk.

Lowe hall

I don't think so, Lonewolf57 - though I don't actually know the name of the place and hoped Wiganworlders would be able to help.

WW Album - Low Hall Map

Amberswood ????

I don't think so, Aitch, but I don't know the name of the body of water:

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It's the lake just below the mid-right of the Google map.

Jo anne, if it is the lake to the right hand side, it is indeed the Amberswood site and the lake is the one which was made when they filled the Greenwaters in for the open cast mining, it is just behind the old Strangeways pub near to the old Hindley Station on Liverpool Road,

Thanks very much, Aitch, it's great to be able to put a name to a place. It's a lovely, idyllic spot.

'jo anne, It's the 'before' picture of Dostaf and Dustafs fish so I guess it would have been taken in their high security excercise enclosure'

Cheeky sod!

Dosco was only codding, Dostaf.

I haven't seen the chainsaw sculpture at Haigh for a while, Jo Anne, not sure is the woodpeckers nested there this year.

In the past they have re visited it, but made new nests.

We haven't been past that sculpture for a while either, Dostaf. Thread

Sorry for tandeming, but I don't think the railway has run for two years now.

That's soon gone by, Dostaf. We used to walk near the sculpture quite often, but we take our dog to Haigh Hall far less nowadays as we're enjoying exploring the land local to Lower Ince.

I see the marina never happened.

This was supposed to be happening when the cooling towers went.

If I'm not mistaken it was/is mentioned on the video of the demolition by Geoffrey Shryhane.

Is that the area that the proposed link road will affect?

Seems so, Jo Anne.

At the time 1989 ish there was alot of talk about how the place would be a sort of natural area including a marina.

I think some civic dignitary or other spoke to Mr Shryhane about it at the end of his video, A sort of 'what of the furure?' epilogue.

Is that a Freudian slip, Dostaf - future/ furore?

Or Fuhrer, thinking of Godwin's Law.

I've not been drinking.

Dostaf, don't you need Dutch courage before joining in on WW then - you're a braver man than me.

jo anne, Mick has put a video of the carved wooden fish on the Forum, but maybe the answer to the location was posted before anyone viewed it.

Thanks, Ayrefield - I've just seen the video due to your mention of it:

Amberswood Totem Pole

Jo Anne, I find the best way to combat such nerves, is to imagine everybody else is in the nak, not just me.

Try it, it works.

I used to swim in the greenwater when i was a kid.We also used to wade in sammys floods for duck eggs and have a fry up on the bank

Dostaf, the coinciding 16:27 posts are making me laugh - and I haven't even been drinking really.

Do you go there at all nowadays, Sonlyme? I don't think the wildlife were too keen on me today - I disturbed a number of ducks when I went a bit too near the water to take a photo.

I'd better wear the ceremonial uniform of a Dakiri Witchman in future.

One army boot, and a station master's hat.

Tie your lace

May Explanation: Listen @ 6:18

Apologies for bringing thread into disrepute.

I hope you haven't missed Mache's good advice, Dostaf - tie your lace(s).

'Lace' (Singular)

Another notreet

No lace on a welly so at least he doesn't have to worry about not tying the knot reet.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Be careful not to say BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! to a goose at Amberswood, Dostaf - you might put your foot in it.

Hence the wellies. (Mucky sods!)

Just been thinking about those chainsaw sculptors. I think the very small saws they use must be purpose made.

ie I can't think why, other than for art, the manufacturers would make them.

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Dostaf, don't you need Dutch courage before joining in on WW then - you're a braver man than me."

Is there something you're not telling us jo anne?

Novelty item?

I was speaking figuratively, Hieronymous - I am female.

Chainsaw accident?

That's not my totem pole at Amberswood if that's what you're thinking, Dostaf.

Cue the 'tip off joke'.

If it's a cheeky joke I won't be able to tell it, Dostaf - I'd flounder like a fish out of water.

Can you spot the tip of my dog's tail?

HAHAHA.

I think the joke was originally about a crazed man, on the rampage, with a bacon slicer.

'Inspector Knacker of Scotland Yard recieved a tip off but is expected to make a full recovery and return to work next week.'

i saw a deer fawn curled up in the grass over there yesterday

flounders would flounder out of water

Mick's posted a few photos of the area on WW Forum.

We haven't been lucky enough to see deer there as yet, Staffbullterrier, but we'll keep looking.

Very true, Mache - a flounder is only really in its element when it can go with the flow under water.

Typical flat comment

joanne
after todays and tomorrows rain, check out the puddles that are drying out for footprints,you will then know where they visit, and will visit again, you then know where to be aware for them
i often remove the prints so peeps don,t go hunting them

Thanks, Staffbullterrier, I'll do that.

Yes, Mache - a flounder is a flat fish, as is a plaice.

There's a place for every fish (though every fish isn't a plaice. )

And there's a lace for every boot, though every boot hasn't a lace.

BBC North West Tonight - @BBCNWT

Today: we're live at Ince Marshes near Wigan reporting on latest on shale gas find below Manchester-Liverpool M62 corridor.

The company iGas says there could be around 1.2trillion cubic metres of shale gas below Manchester Liverpool M62 corridor.

Where is/are 'Ince Marshes'?

Chester Chronicle?

Just seen this thread,it is over the Moss as we called it,there was open cast mining on the P latt Bridge side

Would you believe I've lived in Lower Ince for over 15 years, Eilz, yet I've only lately begun to explore the area. The recent improvement of existing paths and creation of new ones too have made it great for walking & cycling and we see horse riders occasionally too.

We had to watch for all the courting couples,you learned a lot you always saw 1 or 2.Wonder if anyone on W.W. went there,and would admit it.

May be you walk the dog passed the Daisy Bank Cottages now and then Jo Anne......

I have walked past Junction Terrace many times, Lizzie, and often played on the nearby grass with my children when they were younger.

Just found out about this upcoming Fun Day due to a @WiganCouncil tweet:



www.friendsofamberswood.co.uk

Dustaf where do you get em I'm still tittering about the Inspector, bring em on.

It's the Family Fun Day tomorrow.

Not one to pee on a parade, but those apostrophes are naughty.

Never mind that, Dostaf - get your priorities right. Even pedants must take care and watch out for the frogs.

Yes indeed, Jo Anne.

I've had a couple of accidents in the dim light over the years.

I saw multitudes of them on the paths a few weeks ago - so tiny that at first glance I thought they were small insects. I did my best, but I can't be certain I didn't tread on any.

A few older ones have had lucky escapes, hopefully, Jo Anne.

I think they are quite malleable and can fit under stones etc.

First thought is 'dog egg'.

I'd rather it be a dog egg than accidentally kill a frog/toad.

JAINIST!

What's a Jain?

sweeper man in India

Cover your head during these warm spells, you notreet!.

Is that another way of saying, "Get knotted!"

Interesting