{"id":4533,"date":"2013-12-17T19:46:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2013-12-17T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:54:05","slug":"rattling-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=4533","title":{"rendered":"Rattling around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">An eery quiet at Rattlechain lagoon now as the works of 2013 become a fading memory. Following a freedom of information request, it can now be seen that the purpose of these works had more about them than the site owners were letting on- as we had said all along. Analysis of this coming soon. &#8220;Rattlechain Limited&#8221;- I&#8217;m still laughing out loud at the idea of a multinational setting up some dodgy <a title=\"The flight of the Rhodia phoenix\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_company\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;phoenix company&#8221;<\/a> that could go bump to remove the licence by default, but there again it wouldn&#8217;t be the first time. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BUSY, BUSY BUSY at the moment on a number of &#8220;missing links&#8221; in the rattlechain wheel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some interesting visitors at the lagoon during the week. A party of cormorants- the fishermen hate them, I love em. A prehistoric looking creature that flash like dirty old men opening their raincoats to dry out their wings in the sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2590003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4544 aligncenter\" alt=\"H2590003\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2590003.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2590002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4545\" alt=\"H2590002\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2590002.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not any fish there lads!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another pair of rare passage migrants appeared on the canal today. They too appeared to be eagerly looking for quarry, or perhaps &#8220;pumped quarry water&#8221;. Alas the rattlechain pier was not turned on, so the buckets were filled with plain old cut water by the looks of it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4546\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2620001.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4546\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4546\" alt=\"H2620001\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2620001.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stop cock<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131217_1218591.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4548\" alt=\"20131217_121859(1)\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131217_1218591.jpg\" width=\"607\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or were they there for milking? Love the latex gloves! I hope they didn&#8217;t get lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2630003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4549\" alt=\"H2630003\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2630003.jpg\" width=\"613\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And they weren&#8217;t the only ones taking samples today.\u00a0Russell the seagull and a crow were also doing it on the causeway path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2630005.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4550\" alt=\"H2630005\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2630005.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131217_1226542.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4551\" alt=\"20131217_122654(2)\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131217_1226542.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4552\" style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131217_1226541.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4552\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4552\" alt=\"20131217_122654(1)\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131217_1226541.jpg\" width=\"593\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;I&#8217;m taking this to an accredited laboratory.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2600002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4553\" alt=\"H2600002\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2600002.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The old pumphouse is now an empty shell. The scene reminds me of a Yeats poem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0He hears <\/strong><strong>the cry of th<\/strong><strong>e sedge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2620003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4554\" alt=\"H2620003\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/H2620003.jpg\" width=\"552\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wander by the edge<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Of this desolate lake<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Where wind cries in the sedge:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Until the axle break<br \/>\nThat keeps the stars in their round,<br \/>\nAnd hands hurl in the deep<br \/>\nThe banners of East and West,<br \/>\nAnd the girdle of light is unbound,<br \/>\nYour breast will not lie by the breast<br \/>\nOf your beloved in sleep.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">WB Yeats<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An eery quiet at Rattlechain lagoon now as the works of 2013 become a fading memory. 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