Northern Eye 10 - Thomond on Thursday with his choice of Guardian pictures from England's better half

Postwoman Laura Craig delivers letters and parcels on her round at Earby in Lancashire
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

And one of the perils she faces on her round.
Photograph: Chrisopher Thomond for the Guardian

Carolyn Radford, chief executive of Mansfield Town FC who reached the FA Cup third round before Liverpool ended their run
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Miners at the Winsford rock salt mine in Cheshire where Salt Union runs the UK's oldest mine, supplying road-gritting salt to local councils all year round
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

The vast mine, which has 180 miles of underground roadway, also houses documents for companies, public authorities and the British Library
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Lanterns strung outside Manchester town hall to welcome in the Chinese year of the snake
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

National Trust rangers at Formby Point on the Merseyside coast planting the first of 6000 recycled Christmas trees on the sand dunes to counteract erosion and the loss of sand and marram grass
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

The dramatic landscape on the fells above Ulpha, the gateway to Eskdale which was one of the areas in the firing line for aborted proposals to bury nuclear waste in Cumbria
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Late afternoon sunshine illuminates the glories of Eskdale
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Seascale, in the shadow of the Sellafield nuclear complex on the Cumbrian coast
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

The little prom at Seascale, still a modest favourite for quiet holidays with a beach
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

The recycling centre at Seascale run by Copeland council, which voted in favour of an underground nuclear waste dump but was vetoed by Cumbria county council
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

The funeral of a rabbi at Broughton in Salford
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian