photographs: people, places & things
Walking the Tame Valley and Peak Forest canal – early summer picture post The series of images in the picture gallery below are a selection that were taken on a couple of walks between the last week in May and the third week in June. The pictures were taken alongside the river Tame in the […]
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Canal life along the Peak Forest canal I have posted pictures and words about the Peak Forest canal on many occasions, and the pictures in this blog post are from the stretch of the Peak Forest canal that is close to the basins at Bugsworth and Whaley Bridge. Our recent walk really did have a […]
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Heron watching There are in excess of 60 different recognized species of heron. Sometimes they are known as egrets or bitterns, but this is mainly because they are either mainly white of their plumes are more decorative. Wandering along our local stretch of the Peak Forest canal can be ideal for watching the herons and […]
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New places to walk. We recently walked along a stretch of the Macclesfield canal in Stockport. The stretch that we walked on is only about 25 minutes away by car from where we live, but despite its proximity its a stretch of canal that is unfamiliar to us. Our walk along the Macclesfield canal started […]
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Catching up. I’m just catching up with some blog posts that I had intended to post in the last week or two. Being busy with one or two other things has meant that it’s only now Im getting round to it. Seasonal changes. One of the benefits of taking a regular walk along familiar routes […]
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More wandering around walking along the river and canal and a few more general pictures. You can see other recent posts at these links: Sometimes it’s all about the squirrel A polecat, a ferret and Rodneys car Reddish Vale Country Park Broadbottom viaduct and the Pennine Trail; Swineshaw Reservoir; Peak Forest […]
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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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