Silverdale and Keele January 2016		The burning wood from Pepper Street	On Keele Bank
Selfie
	Kidsgrove by bus	The Kidsgrove Tunnel	The Scotia Valley Way
	One of several new culverts under roads
arrival in Burslem	Burslem Park		About five miles, with anotherfrom the bus stop to home
From Stoke to the Harecastle Tunnel & then Tunstall January 2016	"Another Gift" opposite the Kings Hall, Stoke		Stoke, St Peter's
	Stoke: the former junction with the Newcastle Canal	Etruria restored bottle kilns	Etruria: looking south
The junction ...	with the Caldon Canal, left	The Wedgwood round house	The defaced sign for the former Burslem junction
The Middleport Pottery	The modern Steelite pottery	Lunch at Westport Lake
Arrival at the Harecastle Tunnels	The original Brindley bore; long disused	The Telford bore	The fanhouse for the tunnel
Looking south towards Stoke	Climbing up to the "Golden Flame" llandscaping not yet complete		The many messages embedded in the statue
Tunstall	The Town Square
The Loop Line Ccobridge to Tunstall January 2016	Moorcroft Pottery	Towards Burslem	Burslem Station
The Burslem Greenway	The smokebox from a North Staffordshire Loco	The Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall	The Tunstall Shard
		The Scotia Valley Greenway	Wheels from a North Staffordshire Loco
	Distance add a mile extra for the bus stop to & from home	Trentham Gardens to Stoke along the Trent and Mersey Canal February 2016	The Sutherland Mausoleum Trentham
	The Longton Brook Greenway	At the end of the Trentham branch of the NS Railway
The Sideway Development	Rail and Canal	The Britannia Stadium
The Incinerator		Whieldon Road	Four and a half miles
Trent & Mersey Canal Stone to Trentham Gardens	Stone	The Canal at the Star Inn
	The Old Workhouse	The former Joules Brewery	The Stone Locks
Barlaston	The Wedgewood Factory	Trentham Lock the City Boundary
Caldon Canal Etruria to Stockton Brook	The Industrial Museum		Bottle Kilns
Lift Bridge; now automated	Bridge 20	Lunch at the Engine Lock
A further automated bridge	The Stoke City Boundary	Approaching Stockton Brook	2007 sculpture
The end today, and the way on to Leek and Froghall			Back by bus to the Festival Park The Wedgewood House
The Junction Caldon Canal to the left	The bridge back to the car	The extra bit	and the extra distance
Caldon Canal Stockton Brook to Leek March 2016	Stockton Brook	The junction for the Leek branch (right)	Bridge 35 on the Caldon
	From bridge 1 on the Leek branch	Hollinhay Wood	The Leek Tunnel
The South entrance	View through the North entrance	Just over 6 miles
Caldon Canal from the Leek Branch to Cheddleton	Bridge No. 1, Leek Branch	Bridge No. 35, Caldon Canal	The Aqueduct carrying the Leek Branch over the Cauldon Canal
	The Cheddleton Flint Mill The North Mill	The South Mill	Under the road
Bridge near Cheddleton Station
Cauldon Canal: Cheddleton to Froghall March 2016	Froghall Station; start by bus; finish on foot	Cheddleton Flint Mill; start on foot	Cheddleton, Station Bridge
	Churnet Valley Railway
not actually for lunch!		The Black Lion, Consall Forge	Cherry Eye Bridge
Froghall Tunnel	entrance	the other end	through to the lime basin
The Basin			Froghall, Ipstones and Foxt, March 2016
Froghall Basin	False turn across the canal	Cherry Eye Bridge to turn off to Ipstones
	Foxt Church St Mark the Evangelist
Crossing one of several streams			Tramway bridge over the path
The Froghall Limestone Tramway
Macclesfield Forest 2016	From Nessit Hill	Shining Tor	Wildboarclough
Forest Chapel	Shutlingsloe	Sutton Common mast	Tegg's Nose
Brimstone Butterfly	Trentabank Reservoir
Gradbach to Three Shire Heads May 2016	Gradbach		Lambing time
	Shutlingsloe	The Dane	Three Shire Heads
	lunch
			Gradbach Methodist Chapel
			Apedale and the Steam Gala May 2016
	Excursion train	Busy scene
			Bluebell time
	Macclesfield Forest and Tegg's Nose May 2016	White Campion	Bluebells
Forest Chapel		Charity Lane	Shutlingsloe
Bluebells in the sun	Tegg's Nose
Up Saddler's Way		Pansies	Earl's Hill, Pontesbury June 2016
Earl's Hill	The summit
The May is out.	The lowest point
Pink Campion	After struggling along the non-existent path!	Stiperstones & the Shrophire Hills shuttle June 2016	Bridges
Opposite the pub	The Shuttle bus Bridges to Snailbeach	Orchid
Climbing above Snailbeach	One of the mine chimneys
Bavaria. A walk along the Ostersee and a boat on the Starnberger See July 2016	Iffeldorf (blurred!)	Between islands on the Ostersee
The Herzogstand from the Ostersee		Setting off from Seeshaupt on the Starnberger See	Seeshaupt Kirche
On the boat	After arrival in Tutzing	Rodney's Pillar, Briedden Hills July 2016	In the car park
	Fishing Pool	The Pillar	Middleton Hill
A heavy shower		Steeper way down	Win Hill Outing from Buxton July 2016
Bamford Edge	Ladybower Reservoir from Thornhill Carry	Looking South	Bradwell Cement Works
The ascent to Win Hill		The summit
Mam Tor to the West	Ladybower to the North	Looking back at the summit	Lose Hill and Mam Tor
Final glimpse	Walking with shoulder troubles	Ladybower
	Solomon's Temple, Buxton July 2016		Lime worker
The Temple	Looking North towards Win Hill	The Opera House & Pavillion Gardens	Axe Edge
		Shutlingsloe from Trentabank in Macclesfield Forest August 2016	Shutlingsloe
The summit		Sutton Common and the Cheshire Plain	Toot Hill in Macclesfield Forest
Shining Tor (on the right)	The Macclesfield Forest reservoirs from Buxtor's Hill	Looking back at Shuttingsloe	Meadow Brown Butterfly
Moel Famau August 2016	Lunch by the reservoir
	On to Offa's Dyke path
Gorse and heather	The summit	Offa's Dyke Pat
	arriving at the Jubilee Tower	Eighty one next week
The descent	View from the car park; Offa's Dyke Path along the ridge; Moel Famau to the left		Nessit Hill, Macclesfield Forest, with Sarah & Kevin August 2016
Pat 81st Birthday walk on Nessit Hill	with Sarah & Kevin	Shutlingsloe	Forest Chapell decorated for the rush bearing service
			The last lap
Macclesfield Forest September 2016	Ridgegate reservoir and Tegg's Nose from Nessit Hill	Shutlingsloe from Toot Hill
The Stiperstones October 2016	The view to the West	Manstone Rock	The Devil's Chair
Earl Hill
Alstonefield, Hall and Mill Dale	Alstonefield Church	Stanshope	Hall Dale
	Pickering Tor	Ilam Rock
Narrow Dale, Gypsy Bank and Wolfscote Dale	Up Narrow Dale	A Belted Galloway Bull
		The start of the Gypsy Bank descent	Looking South
	Looking North with the sun out	Descent of Gypsy Bank
Dipper on the Dove
Wolfscote Dale
The Long Mynd with Jana & Franz Slemr October 2016	Jack Mytton Way to the ridge Photo: Franz Slemr	Photo: Franz Slemr	The ridge road Photo: Franz Slemr
Photo: Franz Slemr	with Jana & Franz Photo: Franz Slemr	Caer Caradoc Photo: Franz Slemr	Townbrook Valley Photo: Franz Slemr
Photo: Franz Slemr	Photo: Franz Slemr	St Mary's Church, Church Stretton Photo: Franz Slemr	Cannock Chase December 2016
Katyn Memorial	The Chase	The Stepping Stones	Lunch
Some of the Christmas Walks, 2016	Silverdale, Keele & the Uni.	Excercise on the Lyme Parkway
Canaletto Jigsaw		Funghi on Sneyd Avenue
	Round the Block	Uni, Keele & Silverdale

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