photographs: people, places & things
Woodpecker – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]
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Red squirrels picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland and some time spent in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute. We stayed in a pretty isolated cottage nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. We had stayed there back in September […]
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Visit Scotland – Argyll and Bute This blog post follows a visit to Scotland and the Cowal peninsular in Argyll and Bute. It wasn’t so long ago that I posted here after a stay in Scotland last year in Argyll and Bute (see this link for September post) We enjoyed ourselves so much and found […]
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Reddish Vale Country Park – January We took another very decent walk earlier in the week down to one of local haunts – Reddish Vale Country Park. All in all we walked about six miles or so on what was a pretty typical January day – so pretty cold but lovely and bright. The park […]
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Reddish Vale – a December walk Reddish Vale Country Park – a December walk. There’s never a bad time of year to have a wander around Reddish Vale county park and a crisp December morning was no exception. I was there for around 9:30am or so and was a little surprised at how quiet it […]
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Another wander alongside the river It’s been a little difficult to find time to get and walk this week – other commitments and events have had to take priority but I din manage a decent walk on another cold day. There wasn’t a great deal go but there are a few pictures from my walk […]
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Fresh and crisp winter walking in the Tame Valley It’s never too cold really to get out for a walk, and theres a lot to be said for getting out when the air is cold and crisp. Fortunately there have been a few mornings in the last week that were ideal for a morning walk. […]
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A surprise visit from a sparrowhawk In all the time we have lived where we do, we only recall a single previous visit from a sparrowhawk and that was actually earlier this year (see this post from the summer). So you can imagine that it was something of a surprise when my wife spotted a […]
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December walking at Lyme Park A cold but bright day is always good enough for a visit to Lyme Park – the splendid National Trust property – just a few miles from Manchester and Stockport. This is simply a picture post and mainly of the red deer –Â no words are needed for this visit […]
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