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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 15th, 1998 7


Farmers asked to help reduce pollution risk


THE Environment Agency is urging fanners to take care with their slurry stores in a bid to min­


imise the risk of pollution to rivers and streams. . ; This year's late summer rain has seen slurry stores,


start to fill earlier than usual and in order to rid them-, selves of the excess build-up, some farmers have already started spreading slurry.


The agency warns that it is not the best time for slurry . I I S i ;p<i


Great depth to their photographs


THE all-colour back page of an international magazine features several pictures by Ribblesdale Camera Club chairman Mr Ken Geddes, of Clitheroe. "Underground Photographer"


uses more pictures inside, as well as a front cover of the winch meet at Gaping Ghyll, all taken by Mr Geddes. I t is the first time the work of an


prizes for his pictures, never forgets the sometimes harder-to-capture utilitarian aspect of underground


exploration. "Refilling a carbide lamp"


individual photographer has been used so extensively in one issue of the magazine. Many enthusiasts use their cam­


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eras down in the depths and go for beautiful scenes, such as another contributor, Richard Rushton, whose view of Gaping Ghyll is on the right. Mr Geddes, who has won many


towards the bottom left and "John Knowles", th ird from the top, reflect this. The pictures in between show a flooded mine shaft and some rough and ready electri­ cal resistors based on brine in aban­ doned Welsh mines. ' Top left is a much- admired view


of the railway tunnel at Littlebor- ough and next to i t Mr Geddes shows flair for natural subjects with some mine fungus, again in a


Welsh mine. O "Presenting your pictures to a


wider audience" by Mr Geddes - see page 4.


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spreading, as most of the nutrients are liable to be washed away, reducing the fertiliser value of the slurry and, despite the dilution, the material still presents a high risk of pollution. • Farmers are asked to follow the MAFF Code of Good Agricultural Practice and remember that the "non-spread­


ing distances" of 10m from a watercourse and 50m from a bore hole or spring are minimum.


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Insight into lifestyle of Icelandic bird for town’s naturalists


;itle "In search of imi" promised an ing evening ahead Jordon Yates gave th illustrated lec- i Clitheroe Natu- i t their first winter


g. rates explained that


rd is Icelandic for iat northern diver, the rarest birds to • in Scotland, and bred only in a tiny north-west Iceland, said th a t i t had three journeys to d, in 1991, '93 and achieve his main


- a picture of a him- chick. Permission be obtained from


dandic authorities, ng the police, to go ie breeding area to


;raph. ■ he way, the natural- tographed scenes of >eauty - journeying


between Reykjavik, the capital, and the north-west fjords. On his final visit to Ice­


land, after days of mist, he took pictures of the beauti­ fully-patterned black and white feathers of the him- brimi. On his very last day, a black chick was enticed on to the water after only 24 hours out of the shell while its sibling was only just attempting to emerge "This was a unique


sight, which the audience was privileged to share," said a member. Chairman Brian Jones


thanked the speaker fora "fantastic evening". The next winter lecture


will' be a t Clitheroe Library on October 22nd a t 7-30 p.m., when Mr Trevor Pierce's subject will be "The Heyday of Natur­ al History".


Spirits and champagne stolen


jq l ICE inquiries are being made into the theft of pirits and champagne from Threshers off-licence, King Street, Clitheroe. Bottles have been disappearing over a >eriod of time, to the value so far of £174.


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