Pan in the Woods

and other pictures - click to enlarge

out for a walk, this uprooted tree remindedd me so much of the god Pan, even from the back. If you want to find it, take the Pendle Wayfarer bus to Barley, start to walk up the hill towards Downham, but take the first path on the right - just at the bend of the road. It looks like a narrow dirt road, there is a footpath sign but it seems to be pointing across the fields. However the way is along the road.  Keep going. There is only one problematic bit - when you come to a T-junction and there is no way of 

knowing whether to go left or right, go right. Look for a stile and signpost on your right as you go up an incline. The path goes up through forests. You will find Pan to the left, near an old wall running at right angles to the path.

This looks like a fairy gate into a fairy wood. I love the soft colours. You willl need to click it to see it clearly. The second picture shows the view loooking back at the gate - the light is better this way, but I like the first picture best. No special effects (except for being a magic witch) were used.

A misty view of Pendle, and on the same day, sheep against a sunset.  I waited for ages, willing the things to move against the setting sun, but they wouldnt.  However, I think it turned out rather well.  Better than expected, as someone once said about a girl I  knew . . .