![](thumb_IMG_8030_10_Apedale.jpg) Apedale, January 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8030_11.jpg) towards the South |
![](thumb_IMG_8030_12.jpg) Energy generators |
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![](thumb_IMG_8189t_Nymphenburg.jpg) Nymphenburg Gardens, Munich March 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8190.jpg) The Badenburg |
![](thumb_IMG_8191.jpg) The Monopteros |
![](thumb_IMG_8194.jpg) Barnacle Geese |
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![](thumb_IMG_8199.jpg) Grey-Lag Goose |
![](thumb_IMG_8200.jpg) The Palace |
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![](thumb_IMG_8203.jpg) Along the Schlosskanal |
![](thumb_IMG_8204.jpg) A Goosander duck ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8208.jpg) ... with its mate |
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![](thumb_IMG_8214t_Cannock_Chase.jpg) Cannock Chase March 2014 Pat's first walk after Shingles |
![](thumb_IMG_8215.jpg) Start at the Katyn Memorial |
![](thumb_IMG_8216.jpg) The Chase |
![](thumb_IMG_8218.jpg) at the trig point |
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![](thumb_IMG_8229t_Macclesfield.jpg) Macclesfield Forest April 2014 |
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![](thumb_IMG_8234.jpg) The heronry |
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![](thumb_IMG_8236.jpg) Grebe |
![](thumb_IMG_8237a_9.jpg) The Nice Nosh |
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![](thumb_IMG_8239t_Newborough_Warren.jpg) Newborough Warren Angelsey April 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8240.jpg) Rest in the forest |
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![](thumb_IMG_8243.jpg) The Lleyn Peninsular |
![](thumb_IMG_8244.jpg) Llandwyn Island ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8244_50.jpg) ... inaccessible at high tide |
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![](thumb_IMG_8253.jpg) changing weather |
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![](thumb_IMG_8258.jpg) blackthorn |
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![](thumb_IMG_8260.jpg) Gorse |
![](thumb_IMG_8283t_South_Downs_Way.jpg) The South Downs Way April 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8284.jpg) The Meon |
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![](thumb_IMG_8286.jpg) Corhampton Forest |
![](thumb_IMG_8287.jpg) Pheasant |
![](thumb_IMG_8288.jpg) on Wayfarer's Walk |
![](thumb_IMG_8290.jpg) on Beacon Hill |
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![](thumb_IMG_8387t_Bradgate_Park.jpg) Bradgate Park near Cropston with Paul and Rosalind May 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8388.jpg) Bradgate Church |
![](thumb_IMG_8391.jpg) The War Memorial |
![](thumb_IMG_8392.jpg) Old John Tower |
![](thumb_IMG_8394.jpg) Paul and Rosalind ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8395.jpg) ... and Pat Ratcliffe power station with plume to the left of Paul |
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![](thumb_IMG_8398.jpg) with Paul |
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![](thumb_IMG_8402.jpg) War Memorial and Old John Tower |
![](thumb_IMG_8403.jpg) watching a model aeroplane enthusiast |
![](thumb_IMG_8404.jpg) The plane (blurred) |
![](thumb_IMG_8406.jpg) An aged Red Deer |
![](thumb_IMG_8407_12.jpg) Bradgate House |
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![](thumb_IMG_8410.jpg) The Chapel |
![](thumb_IMG_8410_14.jpg) Sir Henry Grey and his wife 1st Earl of Stamford |
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![](thumb_IMG_8418.jpg) A Fallow Stag |
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![](thumb_IMG_8422_010t_Rudyard.jpg) Rudyard Lake May 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_011.jpg) The Sailing Club |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_012.jpg) Rhododendron |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_013.jpg) from the South |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_014.jpg) King Arthur Rudyard Lake Railway |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_015.jpg) Pendragon, en route for Rudyard |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_016.jpg) King Arthur returning to Rudyard |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_017.jpg) Pendragon arriving at Hunter's Wood |
![](thumb_IMG_8422_018.jpg) Running round the train. |
![](thumb_IMG_8768t_Pontesbury.jpg) Earls Hill, Pontesbury June 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8769.jpg) On the summit |
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![](thumb_IMG_8772.jpg) Heath Bedstraw |
![](thumb_IMG_8773.jpg) Misty day on the ridge |
![](thumb_IMG_8774.jpg) Earl's Hill |
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![](thumb_IMG_8872t_Stiperstones.jpg) The Stiperstones and Snailbeach Mine July 2014 |
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![](thumb_IMG_8874.jpg) up through the woods |
![](thumb_IMG_8876.jpg) The smelter chimney ... |
![](thumb_IMG_8877.jpg) ...and from higher up |
![](thumb_IMG_8878.jpg) The Breiden Hills on a wonderfully clear day |
![](thumb_IMG_8883.jpg) The Devil's Chair |
![](thumb_IMG_8885.jpg) Visiting the lead mine |
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![](thumb_IMG_8888.jpg) The walk in entrance |
![](thumb_IMG_8889.jpg) The personal tour |
![](thumb_IMG_8892.jpg) The rescue wagon to take us back through a very low tunnel |
![](thumb_IMG_8893.jpg) Out into the air |
![](thumb_IMG_8894.jpg) The restored shaft hoist |
![](thumb_IMG_8895.jpg) The restored railway engine shed |
![](thumb_IMG_8896.jpg) Final view |
![](thumb_IMG_8896t_Caer_Caradoc.jpg) Caer Caradoc July 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_8897.jpg) from the Cardington lane |
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![](thumb_IMG_8900.jpg) from Willstone Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_8901.jpg) Hope Bowdler Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_8902.jpg) on Caer Caradoc |
![](thumb_IMG_8903.jpg) waifs & strays? |
![](thumb_IMG_8904.jpg) The Cave of Caractacus |
![](thumb_IMG_8905.jpg) Caractacus emerging? |
![](thumb_IMG_8909.jpg) Caterpillar |
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![](thumb_IMG_9361t_Lathkill_Dale.jpg) Lathkill Dale September 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9362.jpg) "selfies" on a gloomy day |
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![](thumb_IMG_9368.jpg) Descending beyond Meadow Grange |
![](thumb_IMG_9371.jpg) In Low Wood |
![](thumb_IMG_9372.jpg) Toiling up from Cales Dale |
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![](thumb_IMG_9375.jpg) Bolbitius vitellinus |
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![](thumb_IMG_9377.jpg) Brightening a little at the end of the day |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_010t_Bradford_Dale.jpg) Bradford & Lathkill Dales September 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_013.jpg) Bradford Dale above Youlgreave |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_015.jpg) Middleton Church St Michael & All Angels |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_017.jpg) the site of Middleton Castle |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_021.jpg) Lomberdale Hall |
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![](thumb_IMG_9380_033.jpg) Lathkill Lodge |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_041.jpg) Lathkill Dale |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_043.jpg) Geese on the Bradford (unidentified) |
![](thumb_IMG_9380_049.jpg) below Youlgreave |
![](thumb_IMG_9380t_Alstonefield.jpg) Alstonefield & the Dove Two walks in September |
![](thumb_IMG_9381.jpg) The Church from the south |
![](thumb_IMG_9382.jpg) Wetton Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_9383.jpg) Grange farm, Stanhope |
![](thumb_IMG_9384.jpg) Hall Dale |
![](thumb_IMG_9386.jpg) The Dove |
![](thumb_IMG_9387.jpg) Ilam Rock |
![](thumb_IMG_9389.jpg) Pickering Tor |
![](thumb_IMG_9390.jpg) Dove Holes |
![](thumb_IMG_9392.jpg) on the Stepping Stones Bridge |
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![](thumb_IMG_9395.jpg) Alstonefield Church |
![](thumb_IMG_9397.jpg) Exhibition and sale |
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![](thumb_IMG_9400.jpg) Carved box pews |
![](thumb_IMG_9402.jpg) Hall Farm |
![](thumb_IMG_9403.jpg) The following week harvesting the air flow! |
![](thumb_IMG_9405.jpg) approching Narrowdale Hill |
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![](thumb_IMG_9407.jpg) Narrowdale Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_9408.jpg) in Wolfscote Dale |
![](thumb_IMG_9410.jpg) over the Dove |
![](thumb_IMG_9411.jpg) Dovedale looking north from above Milldale |
![](thumb_IMG_9412.jpg) Alstonefield Church from the south-east |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_012t_Munich.jpg) Munich, October 2014 Three walks |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_014.jpg) The pulsating fountain; Gasteig |
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![](thumb_IMG_9417_019.jpg) Englischer Garten Finish of the Frauenlauf |
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![](thumb_IMG_9417_032.jpg) The Monopterus |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_033.jpg) The Englischer Garten and the Munich skyline |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_035.jpg) The skyline with the Frauenkirche and the Theatinerkirche |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_039.jpg) Egyptian Geese |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_043.jpg) The Theatinerkirche being renovated |
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![](thumb_IMG_9417_053.jpg) Along the Isar |
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![](thumb_IMG_9417_057.jpg) Opera: Simon Boccanegra |
![](thumb_IMG_9417_058.jpg) Opera: Schweigsamer Frau |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_010t_Narrow_Dale.jpg) Narrow, Mill and Wolfscote Dales October 2014 First outing with the Samsung Phone Camera |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_011.jpg) Narrow Dale: a misty start
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_015.jpg) emerging from the mist |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_029.jpg) Cow with calf |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_031.jpg) towards Alstonefield |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_033.jpg) more mist |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_037.jpg) Narrowdale Hill |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_041.jpg) Alstonefield Church |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_061.jpg) lunch selfie with front camera |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_066.jpg) Milldale Methodist Church |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_071.jpg) in Wolfscotedale |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_104t_Castern_Hall.jpg) Ilam, Castern Hall, Hall and Dove Dales October 2014 Second outing with the Samsung Phone Camera |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_105.jpg) Ilam Hall |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_107.jpg) Thorpe Cloud from the Italian Garden |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_109.jpg) Ilam Church |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_117.jpg) Castern Hall |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_125.jpg) Beeston Tor (with the zoom) |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_127.jpg) Stanshope |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_129.jpg) Hall Dale |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_135.jpg) A new trick with the new Phone Camera |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_137.jpg) The Dove |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_139.jpg) A new trick at Ilam Rock with the new Phone Camera |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_143.jpg) The Dove below the stepping stones |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_149.jpg) Thorpe Cloud and Dove Dale |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_159_Llandudno.jpg) Llandudno October 2914 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_160_185.jpg) The Pier |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_171.jpg) Doughnut thief Herring Gull |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_175.jpg) Great Orme Head |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_179.jpg) The Little Orme |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_180_165.jpg) The Sea Front |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_181.jpg) The Pier |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_189.jpg) The Tram ascending the Great Orme |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_193.jpg) The Coast to the West |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_380t_Cannock.jpg) Cannock Chase November 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_381.jpg) At the 199m Trig. Point |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_384.jpg) The Stepping Stones |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_386.jpg) At the 194m Trig. Point |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_388.jpg) At the "Findling" - the Glacial Boulder |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_392.jpg) The Katyn Memorial |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_462t_Cannock_again.jpg) Cannock Chase again! 30th November 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_463.jpg) Fungus |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_467.jpg) The Stepping Stones |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_473.jpg) The Findling (Glacial Boulder) |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_480t_Rudyard.jpg) Rudyard Lake December 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_481.jpg) Cold start from Rushton Spencer |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_485.jpg) Frozen shadows at Great Hough |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_487.jpg) Shutlingsloe |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_491.jpg) Sutton Common Telecom. Mast |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_497.jpg) Birch Trees Farm |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_507.jpg) Rudyard Lake |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_509.jpg) Rudyard Lady on maintenance duty |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_513.jpg) Frances with a track maintenance train |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_782t_Apedale.jpg) Apedale, 22nd December |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_786t_Keele.jpg) Siverdale and Keele Hall 24th December |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_790.jpg) Keele Church |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_792.jpg) Keele Hall in winter sunshine |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_796.jpg) Lunch on the terrace |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_798.jpg) The view, North East, from Keele Bank |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_800.jpg) North |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_806_camera.jpg) The New Moon with the camera |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_809t_Christmas_Day.jpg) Apedale 25th December 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_810.jpg) Stormy weather to the South ... |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_812.jpg) ... and the East |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_816.jpg) Wintry showers |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_818.jpg) The Monument |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_820.jpg) Selfie! |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_824.jpg) Opening presents |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_830.jpg) somewhat ... |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_832.jpg) ... overwhelmed |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_835t_Penkhull_Stoke.jpg) Pekhull, Stoke, Etruria and Newcastle 26th December |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_836.jpg) Penkhull Church |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_844.jpg) Plaque to Sir Oliver Lodge |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_848.jpg) The Library in Stoke |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_852.jpg) In the White Star Pub |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_856.jpg) "Another Gift", Liz Lemon, The Kingsway, Stoke |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_858.jpg) St Peter's Minster, Stoke |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_864.jpg) Along the Trent and Mersey Canal to Etruria |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_866.jpg) Preserved Bottle Kilns |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_870.jpg) Sculpture, Etruria |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_900t_Butterton.jpg) Butterton, Seabridge and Clayton 28th December 2014 |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_901.jpg) The Motorway, from the A53 |
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![](thumb_IMG_9420_929.jpg) Lunch in the bus shelter |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_931.jpg) Frozen fields from Butterton Lane |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_933.jpg) Climb from the motorway foot bridge |
![](thumb_IMG_9420_935.jpg) Butterton from Rowley Wood |
Image: Canon Powershot 210 IS (from October:Samsung Galaxy S5 Phone Camera); web reduction with Photothumb