'Dinge die mit "I" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag The River Irwell begins with an I. Here it is seen last Autumn, just before entering Manchester city centre.

'Dinge die mit "I" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag The River Irwell begins with I. Here it is seen from the Salford side, looking towards Salford Quays as sunset approaches

'Topfgucker' #FotoVorschlag Moxie in a plant pot!

'Pfade und Wege' #FotoVorschlag A desire path through thick woodland on the banks of the River Medlock on the Beswick side in the Lower Medlock Valley aka Ancoats Vale below Lime Kiln Lane

'Nah dran' #FotoVorschlag A close-up of Patchakuti squinting as I turned on the flash when he was sitting on my lap, whilst I watched a film in low light.

'Koffein' #FotoVorschlag Coffee is on the way!

'Herbst (Typisch)' #FotoVorschlag Leaves covering the steps to the grassland above Clayton Vale which was once a golfcourse.

'Farbe: Schwarz-Weiss' #FotoVorschlag Keine sw-Bilder! Patchakuti, my newest rescue cat here showing his belly is black and white but this photo is not. He also has his paws in the air like he just does not care!

'Dinge mit Gesicht' #FotoVorschlag A face in the twin culverts under an arch that drains Lymm Lower Dam into Slitten Brook

'CO2-Emission' #FotoVorschlag Cows are producers of CO2.

'Bad (Badezimmer? Schlecht?)' #FotoVorschlag My newest rescue cat Patchakuti in the bath

'Abgeknickt' #FotoVorschlag A bent bough on the path up to Harrock Hill, Lancashire.

'Dinge die mit "R" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag The River Medlock in its terracotta Accrington brick channel as it flows through Philips Park and Philips Park Cemetery in East Manchester. The river was put into its brick channel after the great flood of 1872.

FotoVorschlag 'Schaufenster' #FotoVorschlag Lots of tiny guitars in a shop front display in Liverpool

'Dinge die mit "D" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag Danger begins with D! On the road to Sunderland Point, Lancashire, which is liable to tidal flooding.

'Gespiegelt' #FotoVorschlag Reflections in the Castlefield basin which was lower than I had ever seen it, presumably following the huge breach in the Bridgewater Canal near Dunham Massey.

'Fortbewegungsmittel' #FotoVorschlag Train carriages of the East Lancs Railway at Burrs Country Park Station, Bury.

Forgot I did another comic about the NT thing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk two years ago. I loathe all the culture wars stuff we have to wade through nowadays but I can't say it hasn't given us all something to write about. That's part of the problem of course

'Dem Boden ganz nah' #FotoVorschlag This toad, seen in the Sankey Valley, Cheshire, is close to the ground!

'Federleicht' #FotoVorschlag A Cinnabar moth on a Field Scabious flower in meadows near Sizergh Castle, Kendal, Cumbria.

'Bäume' #FotoVorschlag

'Dinge die mit "A" beginnen oder so aussehen ... ' #FotoVorschlag A strut for the conveyor belt that carried coal from Millbrook railway sidings to Hartshead Power Station, a coal-fired power station situated at Heyrod, Greater Manchester, which closed in 1979, looks like an "A"

'Rote Blumen oder Blätter' #FotoVorschlag Red leaves on a shrub at RHS Bridgewater

'Perspektivwechsel' #FotoVorschlag

'Metall' #FotoVorschlag Looking at the skyscrapers of Manc-hatten through Castlefield Viaduct

Im Museum' #FotoVorschlag (Bitte keine zeitgenössische Kunst.) Part of the machinery found at the Lancashire Coalmining Museum at Asley Green Colliery, Greater Manchester, by the Bridgewater Canal

Poetry post box on Ilkley Moor

'4 Elemente - 4 Fotos' #FotoVorschlag

'Farbe: Blau' #FotoVorschlag Blue skies behind interesting walls at Sunderland Point, Lancashire

'Dinge die mit "H" beginnen ...' #FotoVorschlag Smithhalls Hall just north of Bolton. Hall begins with H!

'Das Spiel von Licht und Dunkel in der Natur' #FotoVorschlag Light and dark play on a path through Priory Woods in Sale, Greater Manchester.

'Dinge die mit "O" beginnen .... ' #FotoVorschlag Ogden Reservoir a reservoir in the Piethorne Valley begins with O. It is close to Milnrow and Newhey in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester. #rochdale #ogdenreservoir #piethornevalley

'Bauerngarten' #FotoVorschlag Blue Iris flowers in the cottage garden border at RHS Bridgewater

'Etwas das leuchtet' #FotoVorschlag. Railway bridge over the River Irwell glowing in the twilight

“I have nothing to say. And I am saying it. That's poetry.” ― John Wain

'Dinge die mit "M" beginnen .... ' #FotoVorschlag My queen cat, Moxie's name begins with M!

'Führende Linien' #FotoVorschlag Moss on the viaduct, which carried the now defunct Clifton, Accrington and Colne line over the Irwell into and out of Radcliffe, and which now holds the Outwood Trail walking and cycling route. The lines of the fences on the bridge stretch into the distance.

'Leuchtreklame' #FotoVorschlag Graham Duff reading from his book "Foreground Music", which I bought, before Wire played at the Band on the Wall in January 2020 just before lockdown ended such events. Later spent most of the gig stood next to him.

'Oben und unten' #FotoVorschlag Looking up the stairs at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.

'Rathäuser' #FotoVorschlag Barry Council Office and Library (Welsh: Swyddfa a Llyfrgell y Cyngor Barri)

'Schnappschuss aus Bus oder Bahn' #FotoVorschlag The view from the train at Ustaoset which is 990 metres above sea level as seen on the train from Oslo to Bergen.

'Verrückte Natur' #FotoVorschlag A huge burl on a tree in the Eden Valley near Long Meg.

'Urbex / Lost Place' #FotoVorschlag Inside a ruined, lost farmhouse at Brinscall, Lancashire.

'Schattenspiel' #FotoVorschlag Shadow play on the paths down Urmston Meadows

'Radweg' #FotoVorschlag This bridleway leading out from the Cheesden valley above Heywood, Greater Manchester is a fun cycle path. The cooling joy of a pool under a waterfall awaits nearby on hot days!

'In die Luft geschaut' #FotoVorschlag A railway coal store high above us near Beddgelert.

'Dellen und Beulen' #FotoVorschlag Bumpy decorative pavement made of pebbles at Lytham, Lancashire.

'Bänke' #FotoVorschlag Patchcuti curled up asleep in the garden.