photographs: people, places & things
We have been walking the Peak Forest canal a few times in recent weeks, it really is a delightful place for a wander, whether thats spending time down at Buxworth Basin, the basin at Whaley Bridge or heading in the opposite direction towards Marple and past the pretty marina with a variety of brightly decorated […]
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Close to Buxworth Basin, which itself is close to Whaley Bridge is The Peak Forest Tramway Trail. The Tramway was used to connect the limestone quarries at Dove Holes to the Buxworth canal basin for ongoing transportation of the products from the quarries. Ambling along the trail makes for a decent walk (of around six […]
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More glorious weather helped make for a very decent wander down the Peak Forest canal to Buxworth Basin and then onto the Basin at Whaley Bridge Pictures from the walk in the gallery below. Clicking on anyone should open a scrolable galery
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Plenty more outdoor time and walking in July and which included a very enjoyable visit to Ingleton Waterfalls near to Carnforth – its a decent walk of about five miles and really is worth the effort of going. There’s some local pictures in the gallery below, but the majority are from our trip to the […]
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Some more pictures from out and about in June – these were mainly at Arnside in the Morecambe Bay area. Clicking any picture should open a scrolable gallery
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A collection of photographs taken in June – canal walks, river walks and reservoirs. There really is such a lot of wildlife and colour and although it’s all pretty ordinary and everyday type scenes, it’s not difficult to find pleasure and beauty in what so often is so close to home.
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Theres pictures of horses but not of foals, in all honesty it was a complete lack of inspiration led to the title for this Blog post. Some pictures in the gallery below
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Some pictures taken in mid June along a small part of the Peak Forrest canal. It really doesnt seem to make any difference what time of year or what time of day you take a walk that way there is always something to see – yesterdays duckings were an unexpected and welcome site.
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Lymm Dam in Cheshire and is easily accesible from surrounding towns and the motorway network. It’s located between Warrington and Altrincham and has a history that dates back to its construction in 1824. The dam was built during the construction of the road that is now known as the A56. There is plenty more information […]
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We took a walk along part of the Longdendale Trail which runs for around 6.5 miles on the old Woodhead railway line. The Woodhead line used to connect Manchester and Sheffield and amongst other things was notable for the three mile tunnels through the hills, which at the time of construction was the longest in […]
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