Shnai, Turbines and a Man Made Lake

We had the girls again today. In order to try and stimulate their brains in an educative way we took them to visit the wind turbines up and close. I'll jump to the conclusive reaction now, "That was a bit boring wasn't it?", with such activities like throwing stones into puddles being more favourable. However, I did get lots of photographic pleasure from getting Shnai to stand in front of a “Danger of Death” sign adorning the entrance of a wind turbine whilst doing a double thumbs up.

So to make up for such a boring visit Kerry took us all to Hollingworth Lake. “Jesus, if you were bored at the Wind Turbines you’ll be shitting yourself for fun at Hollingworth Lake”, I thought to myself. Hollingworth Lake is interminable, obviously man-made, albeit 200 years ago, it still has a bleakness that you would expect to find with a new lake. Often crowded, the 2½ mile path around the lake is scattered with faeces (I presume dog!) and offers no beautiful views of the surrounding areas, indeed there are no beautiful views, the surrounding areas look like industrial waste land, the moors are sodden and trees can’t be grown. The motorway is in earshot and the lake is over-looked by Blackstone Edge. “Blackstone Edge”, Jesus, I mean if it was called “Black Mountain” that would be impressive, or even “Black Hill”, but it ain’t, it’s an edge, and I’m not too sure what it is an edge to, the motorway?

Any road!