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| | | Lancashire Constabulary choose diesel Mitsubishi Outlander | | 2008-03-19 19:20:37 | | The Lancashire Constabulary has ordered four Mitsubishi Outlanders powered by the 2.2 liter diesel engine option for their "rural patrol" vehicles. According to Chris Malkin, Fleet & Transport Manager from Lancashire Constabulary, the Outlander won out due to its "high mpg with low carbon emissions, a reduced environmental impact and low running costs." Malkin also mentioned the Outlander's solid safety scores and high level of standard equipment as reasons that it was chosen. We're not sure what vehicles were replaced, but we can be sure that the emissions were reduced in the switch. Each year, emissions standards get tougher so the air is cleaner as older fleets are replaced with new vehicles. [Source: Car Pages] | | By: Auto News: Car Reviews, Car News, Car Shows | | |
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| Relaxing Sea Fishing at Rossall, Lancashire | | 2006-12-24 10:31:00 | | Last night we had a quick trip up to Rossall near Fleetwood, Lancashire to see if we could snare a few fish before Christmas and to get away from the mayhem that seems to arrive at this time every year.The weather was by no means ideal and when we got there the sea was flat calm with a mist rolling in. It's always a bit strange being on a beach during the night but with hardly a ripple on the sea and visibility down to 100 meters it was a little odd, but damn it was good to be out sea fishing after so long.Hi-tide was about 1 o'clock so we fished from about 10.30pm through to 2.00am.Bites were a little slow in coming to me during the run up to high water but Wendy was getting plenty of interest in her lug worm baits but just couldn't connect with any fish. Then as high water arrived she started landing a few Whiting then proceeded to show me how it's done by catching 2 at once.It was another of those sessions where I was out fished by Wendy, 6 fish to 3 although I did manage a Flounder as well as 2 of the smallest Whiting I've ever caught. I'm beginning to get used to it but it didn't matter and all too soon 2 o'clock came and it was time to pack up.Another great session sea angling on the Lancashire coast and just what we needed, a bit of peace and quite, the sound of the sea gently lapping against the promenade and a few fish - fantastic!Tags: beach fishing, fleetwood, flounder, rossall point, sea fishing, whiting | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
| | First Cod of the Season, Fleetwood, Lancashire | | 2006-11-19 11:43:00 | | After checking out the weather we decided on joining some of the guys from Blackpool and Layton Angling Society (BLAS) on Blackpool North Wall to fish in a competition. On arriving (after driving through some sleet!) the choice was made to move the match to a more sheltered venue at Fleetwood, known as the Cadet Base, where the Sea Cadets have a building as the wind and hence the surf was too fierce.The match was started at 8pm and scheduled to finish at 11.30pm. Wendy and I had been looking forward to the first Cod sea fishing session of the season and on my third cast I managed to snare a plump little codling of 1lb 12oz (42cm long), using a big lugworm as bait.The weather stayed fine for most of the evening except for a very heavy hailstorm halfway through the session. I was the only one to catch a Codling but a few large Whiting came out as well as a small Rockling.The top rod of the evening was Dave who was managing to pull in Whiting 2 at a time towards to end of the match using big chunks of Mackeral as bait.The top bait for us was Blow Lug as we were primarily after Cod but we experimented with using Mussels as well which seemed to catch Wendy a few fish. It's difficult to know if this was due to the Mussels or not so we'll keep trying until we figure it out. The top bait for the night and the match was fresh Mackeral.To catch the first Codling of the season during the first Codling session was great and it's currently being prepared and cooked for tea - fantastic!Tags: beach fishing, cod, fleetwood, lancashire, lugworm, mackerel, mussel, sea fishing, whiting | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
| | A Riot of Swans at Martin Mere, Lancashire | | 2006-10-30 14:21:00 | | The tides were not suitable for sea fishing at any of our favorite marks last weekend so after a lazy Saturday we woke on Sunday to glorious sunshine. After having a quick look at the days weather forecast we decided to brave the crowds and go and give the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust reserve of Martin Mere a visit.This is where last months BBC programme, Autumn Watch was broadcast from and as it's only a short journey from our front door after packing a flask, some snacks, binoculars, new camera and a good bird book we set off and arrived at about 11am.Even though it is only a few miles away we've only been here a couple of times and pulling into the car park we remembered why, it was packed! We quickly entered and made our way as far from the crowds as possible.Martin Mere consists of 2 main areas; the ornamental wildfowl section which is all fenced off and contains many different birds from around the world and the 'meres' which is where the main action is.Every year tens of thousands of wildfowl use this area as their wintering grounds and the reserve is well know for the huge numbers of Pink-footed Geese and Whooper Swans that can be seen from the hides.Even though we are still in Autumn the numbers of wildfowl is still impressive and as the colder months approach these number will steadily increase.On our walk from hide to hide we managed to see all the usual suspects that are listed on the Martin Mere website but the most spectacular thing about this reserve is the sheer quantity of birds.They were everywhere. From the smallest wading birds such as Ruff, tiny Teal and Widgeon, massive flocks of Lapwing through to the hundred plus Whooper Swans and the thousands of Pink-footed geese. It's impossible not to be moved by such sights.We managed to coincide one of our hide visits to a feeding session where grain is put out for visiting Whooper Swans.It was hard to believe that these were completely wild birds that only a few days ago were in Iceland. As the gi | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
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| Autumn Beach Recce - Rossall, Lancashire | | 2006-10-23 17:30:00 | | After the rather unproductive sea fishing session at Crosby on Saturday night we decided to be a bit more pro-active in our search for winter fishing locations and journeyed up to the Rossall Beach area of our coastline, near Fleetwood, Lancashire.This area fishes very well in the middle of winter when the tides are high and the wind blowing off the sea. In previous years we've had many Whiting and the odd Codling (Cod of less than 5lbs) from many areas along this stretch of the coastline, caught mainly on local Black Lugworm.The beach is bisected with many groynes which help keep the sand in place but pose a few problems for anglers. When the tide is high these structures are almost invisible and you can easily get your lines tangled round them.More importantly, the sand build up creates a bank which constantly shifts depending on the tides and weather and to be in with a chance of a good fish you need to know where the gaps are in these sand banks and where any deeper gullies can be found.Thankfully there are a lot of sea fishing matches in this area and the local clubs have 'pegs' or areas marked in bright yellow so that the match anglers know where to fish from as these areas are drawn randomly for each angler before the start of the match.This can help the pleasure angler as well as once you find a good area all you need do is find the nearest number to help you remember where you caught that prize Cod.We took a lot of photos of likely looking places, as well as the nearest numbers so that we could identify where the images were taken and build up a map of areas to try.We walked up to Rossall Point where there is a patch of rough ground covered in small mussels and tube-worms. On closer inspection it was clear that there were many types of wading birds present feeding in this area as it was uncovered by the receding tide.This was a sure sign of food items being present and on a medium to high tides we think this area will fish very well using black lugworm w | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
| | West Lancashire Yatch Club 24 Hour Race | | 2006-09-10 21:55:00 | | Yesterday I had a bit of free time on my hands and after finding out during last week that one of my cousins was sailing in the West Lancashire Yatch Club's 40th 24 hour race I decided to go and have a look at the start of the event on Marine Lake, Southport.My cousin and her husband both sail for Ogston Sailing Club and each of them were doing a couple of 2 hour shifts throughout the race. Ogston had 3 boats competing this year consisting of masters (over 40's), fast and everything else crews, all in Enterprise class boats.The event was very well attended and the weather was fantastic. The wind coming across the lake made some good speeds possible and it was not unusual to see the small boats plane across the water - especially the GP14 class as pictured here which was able to take a spinnaker (the light blue sail) to catch even more wind.It was good to have a little insider knowledge into the 'mechanics' of sailing and after a while I began to realise that I had underestimated th | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
| | Wycoller, East Lancashire - A sunday afternoon wal... | | 2006-08-28 21:19:00 | | It's been a long time since we went for a walk and we both needed to get out of the house for a breath of fresh air. We elected to go to Wycoller, after I'd seen the photographs of it on the 'Images of Lancashire' blog by Paul Brookfield (see below).Wycoller and the surrounding area is designated a country park and no cars are allowed in the village except for residents and disabled visitors although there is ample car parking on the road from Trawden.As we didn't have anywhere we needed to be in a a hurry, we ambled through this beautiful unspoiled village, stopping at every bridge, house, stream or even tree for a closer look. The first photograph (don't forget that you can click on the images to see an enlargement) is of one of seven bridges crossing Wycoller Beck and is of the Packhorse bridge and adjacent ford.This next image is of Wycoller Hall, thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. Much of the stone has been ta | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
| | Walking Along the River Douglas, Lancashire | | 2006-08-22 23:47:00 | | After saying in my last post that the weather was a bit grotty, last Sunday afternoon the sun came out so I went for a walk down to the boatyard and along the banks of the River Douglas.I've been walking along this stretch of our local river since I was a child (a long time ago) and my father used to keep his boat on a fixed mooring in a creek off the river - I remember going out in the middle of the night fishing off Blackpool and not being able to come back until the tide came back in.After getting to the boatyard I turned left and walked along the top of the embankment that keeps the flood tide out of the fields.This tree stump has been here almost as long as I can remember. The tide floods the area I was stood on during spring tides so it must weigh a good few tones not to have been washed out to sea.Continuing on, the river bends to the left and heads almost in a straight line until it joins the River Ribble which then meets the sea at Lytham.I didn't walk that far although it i | | By: Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK | | |
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