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3rd of the 4 panopticons in the Burnley countryside, I didn't really like the look of the colour fields one, so this was my last. This one overlooks the very stunning Wycoller country park.

There was still frost on the ground, and it was a stunning place to be, with very distant views over Pendle and the surrounding area, I have never been to Lancashire before and was thoroughly impressed with the landscape.

However as with all the locations I attempted to shoot this weekend, I had to revise my plans for how to shoot the location due to people staying in the shot! Now I am pretty patient and tolerant, I am happy to wait til people have looked, enjoyed and wandered off in their own time, knowing that a view is not just for me, before I take my shot.

But seeing my tripod set up and then sitting down to have a picnic in front of my camera? not quite so patient in that instance. So I had to move and go for the longer shot of this one.

It appears there is supposed to be a large ball in the middle of this structure, but it looks as though it has potentially been pinched?
Still, many people have a metal ball in their photo, I have a family eating marks and spencers pasta salad in mine, vive la difference!

The singing ringing tree, one of the panopticon sculptures in the Burnley area.

This was one of very few I was able to capture in this location, as a lovely chap decided to settle himself down on the sculpture for a funny smelling rollup! We decided not to hang about.

HaloThe Halo is an artwork set on the expended landfill site (or top 'o' slate) overlooking the town of Haslingden in Rossendale, positioned to be clearly visible from the M66 and A56 approach to Lancashire. It is located at grid reference SD791236. The Halo was the fourth and final Panopticon to be constructed in Lancashire and was launched in September 2007.

The Halo is an 18m-diameter steel lattice structure supported on a tripod five metres above the ground. The core is open at the top, framing views of the sky. It is lit after dark using low-energy LEDs powered by an adjacent wind turbine and glows a sky-blue colour, giving the effect of hovering above the town. It was designed by John Kennedy of LandLab.

New years resolution was to visit more photo locations this year, and this location has been on the cards for a while.. So the boys and I went to visit. Admittedly I did sell it to the youngest as we were going to visit a real UFO, so they were rather excited about the trip.

As we were driving there, the sky was really flat and boring, and when we got up to the halo itself it started changing into a variety of colours, I was rather excited. I do love a nice pink sky.

A pleasant day out, but my word its rather high up there for a girl from the fens.

Haslingden Halo
The Halo is an artwork set on the expended landfill site (or top 'o' slate) overlooking the town of Haslingden in Rossendale, positioned to be clearly visible from the M66 and A56 approach to Lancashire. It is located at grid reference SD791236. The Halo was the fourth and final Panopticon to be constructed in Lancashire and was launched in September 2007.

The Halo is an 18m-diameter steel lattice structure supported on a tripod five metres above the ground. The core is open at the top, framing views of the sky. It is lit after dark using low-energy LEDs powered by an adjacent wind turbine and glows a sky-blue colour, giving the effect of hovering above the town. It was designed by John Kennedy of LandLab.

Having seen this cottage on Google images one day, I set about trying to find out where it was, and thanks to a very helpful Flickr member he was able to direct me to the location. Many thanks to him, I am very grateful!

Well, it had been way too long since I had been out and about with my camera, I had been waiting for the right kind of weather and today the forecast looked ideal! I wanted unsettled with lots of cloud and storm light, and as I was driving there I was getting more and more excited as it seemed perfect.

The cottage itself is adorable! very creepy indeed though and you can really let your imagination run wild there, which mine did, especially when I found an open door and couldn't resist a nosey inside it. The wind banging on the other door made my life flash before my eyes and I swear underneath all the hair dye my hair has gone completely white with fright!

(note to anyone wanting to shoot the cottage, it is only accessible over private land so you do need to get permission first)