Walks 2014

Also in 2014: Events, Garden, Visits, Walks, Paul, Stephen, Michael, Peter's 80th Birthday, Holidays:Winter Skiing, Boating, Northumberland, Bayreuth


Apedale, January 2014

towards the South

Energy generators



Nymphenburg Gardens, Munich
March 2014

The Badenburg

The Monopteros

Barnacle Geese



Grey-Lag Goose

The Palace


Along the Schlosskanal

A Goosander duck ...

... with its mate



Cannock Chase
March 2014
Pat's first walk after Shingles

Start at the Katyn Memorial

The Chase

at the trig point


Macclesfield Forest
April 2014



The heronry


Grebe

The Nice Nosh


Newborough Warren
Angelsey
April 2014

Rest in the forest


The Lleyn Peninsular

Llandwyn Island ...

... inaccessible at high tide





changing weather



blackthorn


Gorse

The South Downs Way
April 2014

The Meon


Corhampton Forest

Pheasant

on Wayfarer's Walk

on Beacon Hill


Bradgate Park
near Cropston
with Paul and Rosalind
May 2014

Bradgate Church

The War Memorial

Old John Tower

Paul and Rosalind ...

... and Pat
Ratcliffe power station with plume to the left of Paul


with Paul


War Memorial and Old John Tower

watching a model aeroplane enthusiast

The plane (blurred)

An aged Red Deer

Bradgate House



The Chapel

Sir Henry Grey and his wife
1st Earl of Stamford



A Fallow Stag




Rudyard Lake
May 2014

The Sailing Club

Rhododendron

from the South

King Arthur
Rudyard Lake Railway

Pendragon, en route for Rudyard

King Arthur returning to Rudyard

Pendragon arriving at Hunter's Wood

Running round the train.

Earls Hill, Pontesbury
June 2014

On the summit


Heath Bedstraw

Misty day on the ridge

Earl's Hill


The Stiperstones and Snailbeach Mine
July 2014


up through the woods

The smelter chimney ...

...and from higher up

The Breiden Hills on a wonderfully clear day

The Devil's Chair

Visiting the lead mine


The walk in entrance

The personal tour

The rescue wagon to take us back through a very low tunnel

Out into the air

The restored shaft hoist

The restored railway engine shed

Final view

Caer Caradoc
July 2014

from the Cardington lane


from Willstone Hill

Hope Bowdler Hill

on Caer Caradoc

waifs & strays?

The Cave of Caractacus

Caractacus emerging?

Caterpillar



Lathkill Dale
September 2014

"selfies" on a gloomy day


Descending beyond Meadow Grange

In Low Wood

Toiling up from Cales Dale


Bolbitius vitellinus


Brightening a little at the end of the day

Bradford & Lathkill Dales
September 2014

Bradford Dale above Youlgreave

Middleton Church
St Michael & All Angels

the site of Middleton Castle

Lomberdale Hall



Lathkill Lodge

Lathkill Dale

Geese on the Bradford (unidentified)

below Youlgreave

Alstonefield & the Dove
Two walks in September

The Church from the south

Wetton Hill

Grange farm, Stanhope

Hall Dale

The Dove

Ilam Rock

Pickering Tor

Dove Holes

on the Stepping Stones Bridge



Alstonefield Church

Exhibition and sale


Carved box pews

Hall Farm

The following week
harvesting the air flow!

approching Narrowdale Hill


Narrowdale Hill

in Wolfscote Dale

over the Dove

Dovedale looking north from above Milldale

Alstonefield Church from the south-east

Munich, October 2014
Three walks

The pulsating fountain; Gasteig


Englischer Garten
Finish of the Frauenlauf



The Monopterus

The Englischer Garten and the Munich skyline

The skyline with the Frauenkirche and the Theatinerkirche

Egyptian Geese

The Theatinerkirche being renovated


Along the Isar


Opera: Simon Boccanegra

Opera: Schweigsamer Frau



Narrow, Mill and Wolfscote Dales
October 2014
First outing with the Samsung Phone Camera

Narrow Dale: a misty start


emerging from the mist




Cow with calf

towards Alstonefield

more mist

Narrowdale Hill

Alstonefield Church





lunch
selfie with front camera


Milldale Methodist Church


in Wolfscotedale

Ilam, Castern Hall, Hall and Dove Dales
October 2014
Second outing with the Samsung Phone Camera

Ilam Hall

Thorpe Cloud from the Italian Garden

Ilam Church


Castern Hall

Beeston Tor (with the zoom)

Stanshope

Hall Dale

A new trick with the new Phone Camera

The Dove

A new trick at Ilam Rock with the new Phone Camera

The Dove below the stepping stones

Thorpe Cloud and Dove Dale


Llandudno
October 2914

The Pier

Doughnut thief
Herring Gull


Great Orme Head

The Little Orme

The Sea Front

The Pier


The Tram ascending the Great Orme

The Coast to the West


Cannock Chase
November 2014

At the 199m Trig. Point


The Stepping Stones

At the 194m Trig. Point

At the "Findling" - the Glacial Boulder


The Katyn Memorial

Cannock Chase again!
30th November 2014

Fungus

The Stepping Stones


The Findling (Glacial Boulder)




Rudyard Lake
December 2014

Cold start from Rushton Spencer

Frozen shadows at Great Hough

Shutlingsloe

Sutton Common Telecom. Mast


Birch Trees Farm

Rudyard Lake

Rudyard Lady on maintenance duty


Frances with a track maintenance train


Apedale, 22nd December


Siverdale and Keele Hall
24th December

Keele Church

Keele Hall in winter sunshine


Lunch on the terrace

The view, North East, from Keele Bank

North

The New Moon
with the camera

Apedale
25th December 2014

Stormy weather to the South ...

... and the East

Wintry showers

The Monument

Selfie!

Opening presents

somewhat ...

... overwhelmed


Pekhull, Stoke, Etruria and Newcastle
26th December

Penkhull Church

Plaque to Sir Oliver Lodge

The Library in Stoke


In the White Star Pub

"Another Gift", Liz Lemon, The Kingsway, Stoke

St Peter's Minster, Stoke

Along the Trent and Mersey Canal to Etruria

Preserved Bottle Kilns

Sculpture, Etruria


Butterton, Seabridge and Clayton
28th December 2014

The Motorway, from the A53



Lunch in the bus shelter

Frozen fields from Butterton Lane

Climb from the motorway foot bridge

Butterton from Rowley Wood

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Image: Canon Powershot 210 IS (from October:Samsung Galaxy S5 Phone Camera); web reduction with Photothumb