The Steak House at Gee Cross Fete

One of the many places to buy food from at Gee Cross Fete.

For more photos from Gee X fete visit Gee Cross Fete 2014.

A contribution to Blue Monday.

Black and white shadows on Clarendon Place

This Saturday morning was rather cloudy and cool but around lunch time the sun came out casting shadows and I took a quick photograph on which I've subsequently done a bit of work.

You can see the original photograph on Geograph.

It is now around eight in the evening as I'm writing this. The sun is still shining and it is 25 degrees on my window sill.

I'm off to Llandudno for a week in the morning and hoping to touch in with Geoff who runs Llandundo Daily Photo.

I've got posts scheduled for the week and Bill Nicholls of Spud's Daily Photo will be keeping a cautious eye on things in my absence.

Depending on the availability of wifi I might just look in using my tablet from time to time.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Shadow Shot Sunday.

Helix aspersa

The common European Brown Garden Snail. The Helix aspersa is an air-breathing snail, which has a single lung. It has a brownish soft body, which is usually covered with slimy mucus. They have yellow or cream-coloured shells with brown spiral stripes. The garden snail has a flat muscular organ called a foot that helps it move with a gliding motion helped by the release of a mucus to reduce friction with the rough surface. They are extremely slow as their fastest speed is only 1.3 centimetres per second.

A contribution to
Saturday Critters;
Camera Critters.

Stockport Road, Hattersley

The A560 at Hattersley from the junction with Ashworth Lane. The council demolished all the houses on the east side of Stockport in the mid-noughties. However one owner resisted all offers to purchase and remains. Wildflowers grow on the former garden of the adjacent boarded-up house.

A contribution to
Skywatch Friday;
Floral Fridays.

Nursery Road

Nursery Road leads to D&G Nursery - that's a place that sells garden plants not the sort that minds children.

Over the fence on the left is the M67 motorway.

On the right is a bridge over the Peak Forest Canal.

A contribution to
signs, signs;
Good Fences.

ABC Wednesday: Y is for Your Friendly Local

"Your Friendly Local" it says on the sign above the Jolly Carter.

Well I can't vouch for the veracity of the statement as I don't personally frequent pubs. It has certainly changed hands several times in the past and has had its fair share of "trouble" but it always looks lively when we are passing on Saturday lunchtimes.

In the 1960s the pub hosted the first Italian soccer club to play in the Manchester leagues - see this BBC News archive page.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

Celebrating Summer: The Beer Tent at Gee Cross Fete

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Visit other contributions to the Celebrating Summer theme at City Daily Photo

Also a contribution to
Ruby Tuesday;
Our World Tuesday;