photographs: people, places & things
Back at Reddish Vale Country Park It is as the title says ‘back at Reddish Vale Country Park’. As I have recently posted about a couple of visits to Reddish Vale Country Park, this blog post is just a ‘picture post’. You can check out my most recent Reddish Vale post at this link and […]
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Visiting Reddish Vale country park In the last couple of weeks we have made the short journey from home to a local beauty spot – Reddish Vale Country Park. Despite Reddish Vale being described on the official web site as ‘spanning 161 hectares along the River Tame in the heart of Stockport’, it really isn’t […]
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Tame Valley walking I posted the other day about ambling along the Tame Valley, and this post is really pretty much of the same – if you missed the earlier post you can see it here. More of a catch up than anything else This is more a ‘picture catch up post’ than anything else […]
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Updated post Post updated 13 March – update includes new photo gallery, scroll down to Picture Gallery 2 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 […]
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Another lockdown day Another lockdown day and another decent walk along the River Tame, if you read my previous post (see this link) then you will know that I really do enjoy walking in the Tame Valley even if lockdown restrictions mean I walk there more than I might usually do. One of the places […]
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Another day another walk Like almost everybody else I’ll be glad when the current lockdown restrictions are eased and we can travel a little further afield. Although I am really looking forward to some sort of return to something that feels like normality and despite walking pretty much the same routes many many times before […]
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A hint of spring It’s still March and the days not surprisingly, can still be grey, damp and chilly but that aside there are plenty of unmistakable signs that spring is on the way. Walking along the Macclesfield canal with just a hint of spring in the air on each of the last couple of […]
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Getting closer to the action Ask any photographer do they want a lens that can get them closer to the action then it’s almost guaranteed they will say yes. At the same time as most photographers saying yes to the above question they will also be very aware of a number of reasons why despite […]
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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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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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