Walks 2011

Also in 2011: Events, Garden, Walks, Visits, Paul, Stephen, and Michael.    Holidays


Hanchurch Woods
January 2011

Jetta portrait


warmer but still iced puddles

Virgin train at Stapleford

Macclesfield Forest & Tegg's Nose
January 2011

Forest Chapel

Shutlingsloe from Charity Lane

Cat & Fiddle from Charity Lane


Tegg's Nose from the upper forest

interesting pigs



lunch

Shutlingsloe from Tegg's nose


Ridgegate Resevoir and Shutlingsloe from Tegg's Nose

Shutlingsloe at sunset from near the Hanging Gate

Sutton Common Mast

The Wrekin
February 2010


propping up the summit

mapping with the phone!

Llandudno & Angelsey
March 2011

Llandudno Pier


Malltraeth Sands
from Llandwyn Island

Newborough Warren and Snowdonia from Llandwyn Island

on Llandwyn Island



Church remains


Lighthouse and cottages
Llandwyn Island


The Glyders & Y Garn

Snowdon

Loggerheads
with the SCR
March 2011

Lord Audley's Memorial Cross

The SCR group


Oakley House

The Devil's Ring and Fingers

Surely not the Owner...

...in Residence?

Cannock Chase
May 2011

Communications Mast

lunch

near Brockton

German Military Cemetery


Commenwealth Cemetery

Stiperstones & Snail Beach Lead Mine
June 2011

Grazing ponies


The Wrekin

towards Shrewsbury & home


Crowsnest Dingle

Snail Beach Lead Mine


Engine House


Winding Gear

drift entrance


Corndon Hill

The Devil's Chair

happily, not the devil!



Kinder Scout
June 2011

Early start from Bowden Bridge

Mount Famine
from Tunstead Clough Farm

The Mediaeval Cross

Kinder Low
self portrait on the summit

Kinder River

Top of the downfall

Kinder reservoir
the mist beginning to lift

Kinder Downfall

The fall blown back up by the wind

The Kinder ridge

The reservoir

Kinder Downfall
from the reservoir

Kinder Low

Canada geese

The empty reservoir

Ruabon Mountain
July 2011

Cyrn-y-Bran
from Ruabon Mountain

sharing tha path


Descent ...

...to...

...Offa's Dyke Path



on top again


Pont Cysyllte Aqueduct
from afar

Brown Clee Hill
July 2011

Abdon Burf (the summit)
from the Fort


Titterstone Clee Hill

lunch

from the Five Springs


The Fort
from the Shropshire Way

loose ponies


Silverdale Heritage Walk
September 2011

Silverdale tunnel

Festival of Britain sign

Terry O'Neil ...

leading the group

Hayling Wood

Speckled Wood


Small Tortoiseshell


Macclesfield Forest
September 2011

Tegg's Nose

again, from the Hanging Gate

Jodrell Bank Telescope
from Hanging Gate

Shutlingsloe
from above Hanging Gate

The Roaches

Sutton Common mast

Shutlingsloe summit

looking back up

Box Hill
October 2011
en route to Albania!

near Saloman's Memorial


Broadwood Folly

Fredley Manor

Juniper Hall

Black sheep


Shutlingsloe, Piggford Moor and Hanging Gate from Macclesfield Forest
October 2011

Macclesfield Forest

Shutlingsloe



Macclesfield Forest from the summit

Sutton Common Mast

Shining Tor

The Cat & Fiddle

Tegg's Nose

More black sheep


Tegg's Nose from Hanging Gate

Fungi


Rocester & the Dove Valley
November 2011

St Michael's, Rocester


All that's left of the Roman Fort and the Abbey

The Dove Bridge

The Dove

Abbotsholme School


November sunshine

towards Uttoxeter

Similar to 1958!


Eaton Dovedale House

Disconnected Electricity



Towards sunset


Wildboarclough and Three Shires Head
November 2011

Clough Brook

Shutlingsloe from the Cumberland Brook

Aproaching Three Shires Head




Shutlingsloe from Cuthorne Hill

Wildboarclough Church


Rudyard Lake
December 2011

from the North

Winkle Minn and Sutton Common

Cliff Park

Rudyard from the South

An engine, returning from the Santa Special


Santa, returning by boat from his rendevous with the special


Onecote and the Hamps
December 2011

The Hamps

on Golden Hill

approaching Black Brook Farm

crossing the Hamps



Mixon Grange

St Luke's, Onecote


Oakamoor and Alton
Christmas Eve 2011

Oakamoor, old lime kilns

The Churnet

in Ouzal Dale


The Flag Tower, Alton Towers

Alton Castle

Toothill Rock



Alton Castle

Alton, the Lockup

St Peter's Alton

Alton Castle ...

... medieval walls

Down again on the Churnet for lunch


Alton Station


pheasant

Oakamoor Station

The Churnet,in spate under Oakamoor bridge

The Mermaid and the Hamps
Boxing Day, 2011

the spectacular view from the Mermaid

Feltysitch farm


The Mermaid from close to the source of the Hamps


The Hamps outh of New York (farm)!

Mixon Grange

crossing the Hamps (with new rucksack)


Upper Elkstone

Whitmore Road & Keele University
28/12/2011


Keele Hall

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