Woodland at Oxlow Rake
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Woodland at Oxlow Rake
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe Taken: 13 Sep 2011
The characteristic humps and bumps of former lead mine surface workings can be seen here. I'd been taking shelter under the trees from a sudden gale which had encroached from the south west turning the sky near black. According to the meteorologists, this weather was a remnant of Hurricane Katia.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.315801
Longitude
-1.816236