Smithills Waterfall
Having some wet weather recently so just walking around our home area to stretch the legs and those of the dog. This is the ornamental waterfall in Smithills Hall, which … Continue reading
Cown Edge from Broadbottom
It must say something about my sense of humour, or perhaps my medical condition, but any name including a “Bottom” always gets a personal snigger. It’s also one of my … Continue reading
Solomons Temple
A walk with friends and dogs over Buxton Country Park at the back of their house. The muddy track through the wood took us up to the top of the … Continue reading
Tockholes
It was a bright sunny day, but the wind whipping in from the east made it extra chilly on the tops. Although the plan was to walk across to … Continue reading
Tramway to Burnt Edge
A cold wind blew across Winter Hill, a hard edge to the wind. A thin layer of snow lay in some exposed hollows, but mostly it was mud along the … Continue reading
Deer on West Pennine Moors
A regular walk from our house is up through Barrow Bridge onto Scout Road. Yesterday we enjoyed the clear afternoon, well wrapped up for the bracing icy wind. The keen … Continue reading
Finishers Arms and Pool Place
On the way up to Doffcocker Lodge, our local nature reserve, the walk takes the dog and I through an old part of this side of Bolton. This is Pool … Continue reading
Torra Barn
A stretch of old track joining Turton Tower with the Bolton to Blackburn road contours around the hillside above Wayoh Reservoir and Chapeltown. Heading up the hill a tarmac track … Continue reading
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