tarboat's photos

Many years ago as a teenager I used to come here to use a rope swing suspended from the sycamore in the centre of this image. Today the branch that we used has been sawn off and the stream has moved away from the place we used to fall in the water. It's still a magical place but somehow not what I remember. Never go back is probably the best advice.

The May blossom was looking fine as I wandered through the woods of my youth.

Waiting for the rain to stop was this female Club-tailed Dragonfly at Aldford on the River Dee in Cheshire.

This cement works near Mold, North Wales, has recently commissioned this new kiln which has replaced three existing kilns on the site. Kiln 4 total cost £63 million, is 65 metres long with a 95 metre preheater tower that feeds in raw materials. Alternative fuels to be used at Padeswood include Cemfuel, which is processed from the residue of recycled waste solvents, and Profuel, which comprises paper and plastic wastes. In the future, vehicle tyres will also be used as an alternative fuel.

The last remaining headgear of the North Wales coal industry is preserved at Bersham near Wrexham.

The Salt Union saltworks at Weston Point, Runcorn, viewed along the remains of the Runcorn and Weston Canal.

Combined heat and power station operated by Eon at the Winnington chemical works of Brunner Mond.

Bridge at the entrance to the end basin of the Bugsworth Basins on the Peak Forest Canal in Derbyshire. Limestone was transferred to boats from the Peak Forest Tramway at this point.

April in this ancient semi-natural clough woodland in Cheshire, UK.

A single tree stands behind this lonely barn in the White Peak near Youlgreave.

Part of the Castner Kellner works of Ineos Chlor at Runcorn, UK. Mersey estuary behind. Caustic soda and chlorine are two of the main products of this plant.

The Manchester Ship Canal and Ince Marshes lie behind the chemical works at Runcorn, UK.

Ventilator on the roof of Pring's Wireworks at Elworth, Cheshire, UK.

King's Chair Wood, Delamere Forest, Cheshire, UK.

Looking north from the edge of Nettleford Wood in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, UK.

A bank of pines in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, UK.

This man was typical of many people that were passing by in a residential area of Yaojie. Life here is hard and dirty with the main industries being coal mining and cement production. The people, however, are wonderfully friendly and optimistic.

45407 on the first Westbound run of Mid Cheshire Rail day after picking up passengers at Ashley Station.