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Dist:0.4km<br/>From the road near Standish Cote
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.8km<br/>With its own Windfarm on Harlock Hill
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.8km<br/>In the heart of Furness near Kirby which has been renamed 'Lake District Peninsulas' by some barmy beaurocrat a fortune has been spent on large browm road signs pointing the way to this new republic as you venture down the A590.
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.9km<br/>A few sheep graze on this rough and rank grass.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km<br/>The grazing land has been infested by moles. Moles live in loose, easily diggable soil throughout Britain, from sea level to about 3000ft, but there are no moles in Ireland. They do not colonise poor mountain soil or acid, sandy soil because these contain few earthworms. Moles belong to the order of mammals called insectivores, and are related to hedgehogs. Molehills spoil lawns and sports grounds and reduce the value of pasture. They may also damage blades of cutting machines. In addition, moles rob the soil of earthworms. Farmers and gardeners are therefore their chief enemies. Other enemies include owls, foxes, dogs and cats. The mole's name is possibly a shortened form of 'mouldiwarp', a names still used in northern England, which is derived from Old English 'molde', meaning earth and 'werpen', meaning to throw.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Morecambe Bay in the distance
©Michael Graham
Dist:1.1km south<br/>Looking in the direction of Holebiggerah through a big hole in the wall
©Michael Graham
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>Near Ulverston. The sign explains that this is a community wind farm and generates enough electricity for 1300 homes it is owned by locals. This is in contrast to the strong feelings against windfarm developments in other nearby areas.
©Michael Graham
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>281m summit at south-west end of Bank House Moor
©Chris Upson
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>A view of the three turbines on the eastern side of the hill from the road between Harlock and Horrace. They stand in beautiful pastoral countryside but in the photographer's opinion have a beauty of their own. Bank House Moor and the TV mast are in the background.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>The three turbines on the eastern side of the hill as viewed from the road junction immediately west of Horrace. Three at Hare Slack Hill can also be seen just overtopping the skyline.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>Showing all but one of the wind farm's turbines. Another is just visible at the nearby wind farm on Hare Slack Hill. This is the view from the road junction just below Horrace. The road to Marton is behind the wall.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>
©David Long
Dist:1.4km south<br/>A K6 type telephone box near the centre of the village. In 1935, the Post Office commissioned a new kiosk from Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to celebrate the Jubilee of King George V. The K6 Jubilee Kiosk, as it is known, was similar to the K2 box, being made of cast iron and painted red but was 25% lighter in weight. By the end of the 1930s there were 20,000 K6 telephone boxes in use all over the UK.
©Trish Steel
Dist:1.5km northeast<br/>Towering above woodland at Devil's Bridge is one of the five turbines on this hill. Viewed from the road above Pennington Reservoir. The TV mast on Bank House Moor can be seen below the leftmost blade.
©Andrew Smith

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