Photo-a-Day  (Sunday, 6th July, 2025)

I see you didn’t whistle and clap your hands Dennis. I don’t think horsey wants to be interrupted whilst he’s nibbling in the grass.
But what a great expanse of rich pasture land. You can see for miles around.

Dennis The Committments ……..Try a Little Tenderness…….great group. A bonny horse with 2 white socks.

Dennis has the horse only got three legs or have I had too many Irish coffees.

Where is it....Haigh or Aspull?
I assume one of those Dennis.
Some stunning views across to Shevington/Parbold looking at the beautiful landscapes.

But where is it Dennis.
I'll guess, looking towards Rivington, but absolutely stunning views.

"2025 an' ah favver ah've bin pooin' rag bone mon's cart....ah'll be givin' donkey stones eawt in a bit!"
Never mind, lad....us p-a-d lot think you're gorgeous! Good 'un, Dennis !

May i ask please where is it? it is a lovely picture.

A great view Dennis.....the horse is lovely too & so is your comment !

This photo was taken in Aspull.The houses are in Blackrod and the hills behind are around Rivington.

Rivington of course

Beautiful countryside - the coat must help to keep the flies away. Lovely photograph Dennis. Thank you.

Beautiful photo ! Always great pics from Dennis and fabulous views.

There just a tiny space where horsey is balancing on two back legs like a ballerina…don’t stop having the Irish coffees though. ( I make my own sometimes,)

I think it’s making its way home from an all night equine Pyjama Party at Rivington Barn.
It looks like Aspull to me with Rivington in the background.

Looks like Blackrod, around Little Scotland area. Great seens.

I can only see one front leg Dennis .

I like Blackrod I’ll be going on Wednesday morning with Blackrod Art Group to board a coach for Holmfirth. There’s an Art Exhibition on there. Should be good.

Good advertising Veronica.
I thought it was around Blackrod towards Rivy.

I have ancestors in my maternal line from Blackrod - Little Scotland - they were called Moor in the very early 1800’s. Some of them ‘emigrated’ to UpHolland and then ended up in Regent St off Greenough St. I’ve always wondered why it was called ‘ Little Scotland’ perhaps because folk from Scotland may have come there. I may have a bit of Scottish in my blood ..who knows. I do love Scotland though!

I wish I was going to Holmfirth Wednesday but Colin’s photo on Thursday was more appropriate for us for Wednesday,that’s a fence post that looks like the horses other front leg correct me if I’m wrong.

Hope you enjoy the art exhibition, Veronica. We went to Holmfirth last year and walked up the hill to Upperthong , which is above Holmfirth, to see Compo and Cleggy's graves, (from Last of the Summer Wine). It was very steep! When my daughter was a young girl, she and I used to go to Bolton on a bus from Wigan that passed through Blackrod and it was a very pleasant ride. There are such lovely places within a short distance of Wigan.

Dennis was it taken in Toddington!

Great photo Dennis, with a superb background.
Veronica, it was the Lindsay's who named the area Little Scotland, I remember when first going through the area also seeing a place signposted Aberdeen. When having some work done, we were sent a couple of bricklayers who lived around there, they said the signs 'Little Scotland' and 'Aberdeen' are always getting stolen.

Here's a couple of links to information of the area:

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/50405

* "By virtue of the title of Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall, the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres sat in the House of Lords until the passage of the Peerage Act 1963".
Apparently, his very attractive herd of cows was mentioned by Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances,
I didn't know that, see the Wiki link. *
*From here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Crawford#:~:text=By%20virtue%20of%20the%20title%20of