photographs: people, places & things
Early morning walk in the Tame Valley Despite a reasonably heavy layer of frost and a pretty cold start to the day, there was a real feel of Spring in the air by the time I was home in the Tame Valley earlier this week. Of course it’s not officially spring until Saturday 20th March […]
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Post updated 01 March The Jackdaw You shouldn’t be at all surprised if you see the jackdaw – a lovely small black crow. With around 1.4 million pairs in the UK they could hardly be described as a rare bird, they really are quite common and you can pretty much expect to see them across […]
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Picture Post 3 – is there anybody who doesn’t love the woodpecker Picture post 3 – is there anybody who doesn’t love the woodpecker? I have posted before about the great spotted woodpecker and I wont repeat myself in this post. This post is really just a ‘picture post’ that I hope to update as […]
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A February walk in the Tame Valley – free access to fresh air There was a decent and welcome break last week from the bitterly cold weather of the week before. We certainly made the most of the change in weather last week and kicked our week off with a pleasant February walk in the […]
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Dunham Massey For the first time in ages we travelled a little bit futher than normal, and instead of our regular ‘lockdown’ walking route we took the car and visited the National Trust property at Dunham Massey. We were still being sensible of course and respecting the covid rules – our journey was just some […]
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The kingfisher I have heard of an old folk tradition in Britain that says if a dead kingfisher is hung by a thread from a post it will always have its beak pointing in the direction of the prevailing wind. Now I have to be honest and say that thankfully, not only have I not […]
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The redwing The redwing is a member of the ‘thrush family’ and is most likely to be seen in winter. It’s estimated that as many as around 8.5 million or so redwing will typically winter in the UK. Despite the numbers wintering here, there are actually very few breeding pairs in the UK – in […]
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Reddish Vale Country Park The last time I wrote about a trip to Reddish Vale was about six months ago – back in the summer of 2020. The contrast in the weather between the two visits couldn’t really have been greater. In August it was hot… on this visit it was below freezing. The bitterly […]
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A week along the river Another week of decent walking despite some dodgy and cold weather. I tend to take the view there is never really the wrong weather but there is sometimes the wrong gear. Despite this past week having been bitterly cold at times with biting easterly winds, a fair amount of rain, […]
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Winter walk I don’t think I will ever get bored of walking along any of my regular routes. Todays six mile stroll first along the Peak Forest canal and then down through a part of the Tame Valley was no different. Plenty to see Although a walk along the Peak Forest canal and in the […]
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