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Reflections on Wilton Terrace

A glass fronted building on Wilton Terrace is reflected in the waters of the canal in Dublin earlier this month. I thought it might be the Canadian Embassy, but Google Maps shows it’s a slightly different building.

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#Geograph Picture of the Day from #GreaterManchester, nine days ago #POTD #photography #Walkden #Manchester #footpath #walking #wintertrees
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Walkden (Low Level) railway station site,
Opened in 1875 by the London & North Western Railway on the line from Eccles to Bolton (Great Moor St), this station closed in 1954, and was later demolished.
View northwest towards Little Hulton and Bolton. The former railway track has become a footpath. No trace of the station apparently remains.

Continued thread

Bare trees in thick moss on our way to the hill. The area is Derroura woods, from Irish "Doire Abhra". Doire = woods, but I'm not sure about "abhra" – it's a form of "fabhra", which means eyelash or eyebrow. But "fabhra cnoic" = brow of hill, so maybe it refers to the crest of land overlooking the lake