Onecote and Grindon New Year 2012	Oakamoor New Year's Day	Retreat from the rain!	Oakamoor again 2nd January 2012
	along the Hamps		protection from the low sun!
Grindon Church			The 1947 air crash memorial
	descent into Oakamoor
Shugborough and Cannock Chase January 2012	Shugborough Park	Shugborough tunnel	Shugborough Hall
	the Trent Bridge	The confluence of the Trent and the Sow	Trent and Mersey Canal
Cannock Chase the Stepping Stones		Waterhouses, Waterfall and the Hamps February 2012	Waterhouses Silver Jubilee memorial
Leek and Manifold Valley Goods Shed		The Hamps	across the fields to Waterfall
A Pinfold		St James and St Bartholomew Waterfall
a perched lunch spot		an idyllic side valley	The former track of the Leek and Manifold ...
... in the Hamps valley	Waterhouses, Calton and the Hamps February 2012	The goods shed, Leek & Manifold	St Mary's, Calton
	Snowdrops in profusion	Calton Village Hall
A new house with the owner/builder	Sheep on Mere Hill ...	... following the feeder	distant Grindon
The Manifold Valley	Beeston Tor	confluence of the Hamps and Manifold	The Cauldon cement works from the Hamps Valley
Apedale February 2012			in the frost and snow
	Cannock Chase and Shugborough March 2012		Deer
frog		by the Canal	Stoke to London Express
Shugborough	Crossing the Trent
Shugborough Park	The Great Orme, Llandudno March 2012	The Little Orme from the Haulfre Gardens	Wood Anenomes
Conwy Bay at low tide		The summit buildings
Cheddar Gorge March 2012	on the Mendip Way		Looking West
Brent Knoll		Mendip scenery	The Gorge
	Goats	Glastonbury	down into the Gorge
	Ilam and the Manifold April 2012	Ilam Hall	Ilam Church
	Wood Anenomies (morning)		Wood Anenomies (afternoon)
	The Manifold Valley	Lambing time
		Caston Hall (from the hill opposite)
	Beeston Tor		Ruins of Throwley Hall and the farm from the opposite hill
	Throwley Hall		Re-crossing the manifold
The Battle Stone		Ilam again; walk in the opposite direction April 2012	across the Manifold
	The Manifold Valley	approaching Beeston Tor	Primroses and violets
		Beeston Tor	The stepping stones across the Manifold
Confluence of the Hamps and the Manifold	Peak District silhouette	Wild Garlic
Caldon Low cement works	Rambler's Retreat, Alton and Oakamoor May 2012	Start at Lord's Bridge	Alton Station in the Churnet Valley
Alton: the Roundhouse Prison		Alton Castle	from Toothill
Churnet Valley from Toothill			crossing the Dimming brook
Dimmingsdale Wood		Oakamoor Tunnel	Oakamoor station
Macclesfield Forst and Walker Barn May 2012	Start at the visitor centre catering van, The Nice Nosh	Sutton Mast	Jodrell Bank
Tegg's Nose and Ridegate Reservoir from Nessit Hill	Shining Tor and Forest Chapel from Nessit Hill	Forest Chapel from Nessit Hill	Toot Hill from Nessit Hill
Shutlingsloe from Nessit Hill	Forest Chapel	The Chapel	up Charity Lane
Shutlingsloe from Charity Lane	on Toot Hill		Tegg's Nose from Warrilow Head
Walker Barn	in Tegg's Nose Wood		Bottoms Reservoir
Great Crested Grebe		his mate on the nest
Back to oatcakes at the Nice Nosh	Shutlingsloe June 2012	Shutlingsloe
Crag Hall, Wildboarclough	The summit		the other side
a murky farewell	Cannock Chase June 2012	Marquis Drive	top of Haywood Slade
The Stepping Stones	The Sherbrook Valley		The Katyn Memorial
		Shugborough July 2012	The neo classical arch
The house	the stables	Little Haywood Tower of St Mary's Church
The Monsal Trail July 2012	Bakewell	appraoching Great Longstone station	Thornbridge Hall
	Great Mullein	Headstone Tunnel
looking back at Monsal Head	Upperdale farm	Cressbrook Mill	Cressbrook tunnel
Litton tunnel		Litton Mill	orchids
Miller's Dale	The Wrekin August 2012	Ironbridge Power Station	The Brown Clee Hill before the rain
			sheltering from the rain
	resourceful family	Stiperstones September 2012	on the Devil's Chair
Snailbeach Lead Mine Chimney			Pontesbury Hill
The Wrekin	An absent footpath!	Earl's Hill, Pontesbury September 2012	Earl's Hill
	Is that the Wrekin?		The Stiperstones
Caer Caradoc	Pontesbury	Crossing the Habberly Brook	Longdon Manor
from Oaks Wood	Speckled Wood
Caer Caradoc & Hope Bowdler Hill October 2012	Caer Caradoc from Hope Bowdler	The Lawley	The Lawley and the Wrekin
The Brown Clee Hills from the summit of Caer Caradoc	Church Stretton	The Lawley and the Wrekin
Hope Bowdler Hill	The Long Mynd	Willstone Hill	down to the valley
Caer Caradoc from the summit of Hope Bowdler	The Wrekin	various funghi
	Brook Cottage, Cardington		St James Church Cardington
Shugborough and Cannock Chase October 2012	with the camera in the new phone	Shugborough Park with the new phone
Turkey displaying with the new phone			his mate unimpressed with the new phone
The Hall with the new phone	Flooded fields with the new phone	crossing the swollen Trent with the new phone
Cwm Idwal October 2012 with the camera in the new phone	Y Garn	Llyn Idwal and the Devil's Kitchen	Pen-Yr-Ol-Wen
Tryfan and Llyn Idwal	Pen-Yr-Ol-Wen and Llyn Idwal		Devil's Kitchen
Pen-Yr-Ol-Wen and Llyn Idwal	Idwal Cottage	SCR Walk: Balwin's Gate to Acton and Whitmore	Baldwin's Gate, before
	Acton, Staffordshire October 2012		Weslyan Church being converted
	After
Earl's Hill Pontesford October 2012	Climbing Earl's Hill
	The Wrekin	Breidden Hills	Stiperstones
Caer Caradoc	Pontesbury	Autumn Fungus
		Caer Caradoc
	Earl's Hill	Tegg's Nose & Macclesfield Forest, November 2012	Tegg's Nose from Macclesfield Forest
reflection in Ridgegate Reservoir	Ridgegate Reservoir		Jodrell Bank in the sun
Shutlingsloe	Sutton Common Mast	The Quarry	Macclesfield Forest our route
Tegg's Nose from the entrance to Macclesfield Forest		Shining Tor	The Cat & Fiddle from Charity Lane
Forest Chapel	Katyn Memorial & Cannock Chase November 2012	The Katyn Memorial	on the Heart of England Way
Marquis Drive Trig. Point	The Stepping Stones - flooded
The Glacial Boulder ...	... and adjacent Trig. Point	Macclesfield Forest December 2012
Toiling up Buxtor's Hill	Toot Hill	Shutlingsloe	Forest Chapel
in the forest on Toot Hill		Tegg's Nose in the frost	Tittesworth Reservoir December 2012
	The Roaches	Gulls on the ice
The Dam wall		The water intake
The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw Rocks	Avon Gorge December 2012	Near the bridge, Clifton
The Clifton Suspension Bridge	The Avon	in the Gorge	nearing Pill
	The M5 viaduct from Pill	Macclesfield Forest (twice) December 2012	Boxing Day Tegg's Nose
on the Tegg's Nose trail			Climbing upto the forest
A decorated tree	Forest Chapel	Nativity scene
December 30th Shutlingsloe from the Hanging Gate Ridge	Sutton Common mast from the Hanging Gate Ridge	Tegg's Nose from Nessit Hill	Shining Tor from Nessit Hill
Macclesfield Forest (Toot Hill)	Shutlingsloe with a darkening sky

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