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Powerboat Racing 'Run what you brung' series of races with 300hp formula 1 single seat racing catamarans down to 70hp two seat ski boats - typically 10 at a time. Starting at 1.30pm in Buccleuch Dock along Town Quay so will easily be visible from outside Morrison's or from Michelson bridge - spectators are allowed into the pits at their own risk.
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[Show Page] cathy says: What a fantastic night shot of the lighthouse. I bet very few people have ever seen it like that.
[Show Page] colinc says: Yours truly visiting walney's latest shipwreck by the slag bank.
[Show Page] Hougenai says: It's a seeder. Sadly it was left there to rot! someone recently has attempted to haul it and further damaged it. Hougenai
[Show Page] Hougenai says: Cannada geese are now officially classed as vermin. Since they have appeared on N Walney they have badly effected the native biota. Aggressive behaviour has reduced the number and range of other species. Grazing of areas of emergent vegetation has resulted in an almost total loss of the nationally scarce Equisetum variegatum (variegated horsetail). They should, by rights, be erradicated! Hougenai
[Show Page] Hougenai says: The amphibians present on N Walney are;Common Frog, Common toad, Natterjack toad and Palmate newt. Reptiles;only Common lizard is native. Slow worms have been illegally introduced during 2007 Hougenai
[Show Page] Hougenai says: The sand and gravel pits you show in your photo's are almost exclusively post 1964. Hougenai
[Show Page] Hougenai says: Not so! The shingle communities represented are quite limited in both type and extent. They are still relatively rare and important. They are also under threat as damage by 4x4's continues. Portland spurge is actually a plant more familiar in the grey dunes, it seems to prefer some stability. It's cousin sea spurge is much more at home on the shingle/yellow dune. Hougenai
[Show Page] Hougenai says: HI Colin, I've tried to comment via your feedback form with no joy, so will go through the pages and comment. North walney is an sssi in it's own right and has the further designation of NNR National Nature Reserve. It is part of the Duddon estuary SPA and RAMSAR site, which is in turn part of the Morecambe Bay SAC. The natterjack population is not and has never been 'one of the largest iin the uk'. I've been involved with them particularly for about20 years or so during which time the population range and number have declined dramatically. In the 80's low hundred occupied pools from the tip site N wards. Now Low tens survive only in the very northernmost pools of the series. Yours Hougenai
[Show Page] colinc says: The three frigates which are currently hanging out in Ramsden dock. Rumour has it that they've been returned by the original customer and that they're up for sale.

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This Way For Christmas (listen) Christmas

If you haven't overdosed on christmas music yet click this! 123 non-stop christmas songs from artists as diverse as Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Vienna Boys Choir.

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22nd Dec 2007 365m 0s 123 tracks 0 to 192kbits EasyOnTheEars

The Book of Love Part 1: (listen) Love Songs

In part 1 of The Book of Love we take a look at the initial yearning to have somebody to love, the uncertainty of whether that love will be returned, and the physical aspects of mutual attraction.

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16th Aug 2007 2h 15m 28s 42 tracks 96kbits LoveStory

Abbey FM 107.3 local radio (listen) Local Interest

Bill Clark of Abbey FM interviews the walneyisle.co.uk webmaster, presented by freddy.

This programme is © Bill Clark of Abbey FM local radio.

18th Oct 2006 9m 30s 1 tracks 48kbits freddy

Meet The Ranger (listen) Rock And Roll

An interview with The Ranger himself - the world's premier leotard-free rock and roll super hero.

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See TheRanger.net for more info, or SoundClick.com to purchace the CD.

13th May 2006 59m 16s 22 tracks 32 to 96kbits EasyOnTheEars

A WalneyDog Presentation: 56k modem demo videos (listen) Video

A series of short videos from WalneyDog Productions:
Besides the Sea, An Afternoon on Earnse, The Foal, No wind - No Problem & The BBC.
Broadband versions of these videos are available to logged-in Friends of Walney.

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17th Jul 2006 16m 14s 5 tracks 45kbits WalneyDog

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