Riley Green

This is the final picture in the March series of problem sunsets.

All in all, Riley Green is as likely to get a sunset as anywhere else in Lancashire, for a photograph though, it boils down to whether the Mayor finds the camera in time.

This picture was taken on the Riley Green community funded brand new Lumix TZ70, the new camera is even easier to point and click than the last one.

The picture was taken through the window of the Mayor’s Parlour on the 21st of March.

 

Murphy’s Law isn’t it? After the recent Mayoral debacle over sunsets yesterday evening, the sun shone for the first time in a week or two! Under strict instructions, the Mayor’s DIY man, before he finished for the day, pointed and clicked the Lumix LX5 in roughly the right direction and took the above picture, then he departed.
The Mayor is beyond perfectionism and was not very pleased at all. Grabbing the camera he was heard muttering “if you want a job doing properly, do it yourself”, and thus he took the picture below. He told his wife later that trees and sunsets can be anywhere, but that his picture reveals all, and that even though the sun may well be 92,000,000 miles away, the sign is definitely in Riley Green, thus proving his point once again…….

Since the Mayor ordered the Sunrise snapshot last week, he’s been demanding a Sunset picture to complement it. However, Mayor or no Mayor the DIY man can only do sunsets when there’s a setting sun. These last few days in Riley Green have been starved of sunshine. Also working from sunrise to sunset is too much for this unpaid lackey. A minimal sun did appear yesterday evening & the DIY camera man did his best. The Mayor was neither happy nor understanding, and has instructed that better pictures must appear very soon.

In time for Spring Eternal 2015 our worshipful, crowd funded, Riley Green Mayor, has been food sampling in the gourmet establishments within easy reach of his parlour. Wearing his regalia seen in picture, he expects to qualify for bargains. His expectations are consistently and regularly dashed, but his hopes do spring eternal……. His current favourite food is found at the links below, why not try them, you may be lucky enough to buy the Mayor a drink.

Royal Oak, Riley Green

The Boar’s Head

Vaio Tea Room

Oyster and Otter

His favourite at the Royal Oak is Ox Cheek, at the Boar’s Head he prefers Smoked Haddock Risotto, at the Vaio Tea Room he partakes of the Vintage Afternoon Tea, while at the O & O he usually surrenders to the Fish Pie. When wishing to switch off from his strenuous duties, the Mayor often takes his ever loving wife down to the Riley Green Marina and boards MV Romance for that special get-away-from-it-all evening. The food is special, the crew are superb and the whole ambience is beyond compare.

MV Romance

 

 

The Mayor had a scare last year when our village cricket ground was invaded by travellers. They decided to travel no more and occupied the area for several days. Lockable gates were eventually fitted and no further trouble was encountered. Until that is, a further Mayor scare this weekend. The Mayor of Riley Green was chauffeur driven in a Preston direction when he came upon what he thought was an Indian encampment! The chauffeur was beckoned to pull out the in-car Lumix LX5 camera and point and click in the direction of the encampment. The teepees in the pictures were massive and alarming. However all ended well and the Mayor gave them his full approval. They  turned out to be available for hire, and in this case were being used for a 21^st birthday party!

Anyone interested can hire the same and can get full details from:-

www.teepeetenthire.com/

 

 

 

 

 

At sunrise this morning the Mayor of Riley Green prodded his personal photographer into action. The Mayor declared that the official Riley Green Lumix LX5 camera, paid for by local crowd funding, should be used more often. The photographer duly pointed and clicked in the direction of Blackburn, then returned to his bed. He muttered mackerel sighs, as he fell back into a post dawn slumber.

If you’d like to see a proper picture of sunset at Riley Green go to link below:-

http://www.johnlenehan.com/blog/?attachment_id=70