Two of a kind

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A pair of venerable rowing boats on the River Nidd at Knares borough, North Yorkshire, their glowing, varnished wood starting to show the effects of use and weather.

QUOTO
"A lot of people go through life like they are rowing a boat. They look at where they have been rather than where they are going."
Anonymous

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photograph (c) T. Boughen

Beach tractors

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PHOTO
Old tractors are used in the Ribble estuary at Lytham, Lancashire for catching shrimps and for launching small boats. I caught this vehicle and its distant companion against a threatening sky.

QUOTO
"The winkle ship sank and the shrimp ship swam."
Anonymous, a Tongue Twister

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photograph (c) T. Boughen

Neon bar

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PHOTO
On a pier at Blackpool, Lancashire, not a pub but a bar. So, no hand-painted sign illustrating the name of the establishment, UK-style, but a glowing neon tube, US-style.

QUOTO
"A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says, "A beer please, and one for the road."
Anonymous

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photograph (c) T. Boughen

Simon

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I met Simon as I walked on a public footpath through a farmyard on the Bowland Fells. The sound as I opened a gate to walk up the hillside brought him to his stable door. How do I know his name? It's engraved on a metal sign above his head!

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"You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead!"
Anonymous

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photograph (c) T. Boughen