A week along the river – walking in the Tame Valley

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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Autumn canal views

Autumn I don’t suppose there is a bad time of year to be wandering along the canal network. Although I love spring and summer it’s hard to beat autumn for the rich variety of colour that the season brings. Wandering along some of our local canals is testament to that. The pictures in the photo […]

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Peak Forest Canal walking

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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wandering around in august …

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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another local walk …

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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