![](thumb_2018_01_024t_Doctors.jpg) Walk to pickup prescription from the Doctor's |
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![](thumb_2018_01_054t_Apedale.jpg) Cold walk round Apedale with lunch at the museum |
![](thumb_2018_01_055.jpg) The mining monument |
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![](thumb_2018_01_194t_Wildboarclough.jpg) Wildboarclough and Cumberland Brook, January 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_01_195.jpg) Ascending Cumberland Brook |
![](thumb_2018_01_197.jpg) With Shutlingsloe |
![](thumb_2018_01_201.jpg) The top of Cumberrland Brook |
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![](thumb_2018_02_010t_Nessit%20Hill.jpg) Macclesfield Forest: Nessit Hill to Forest Chapel February 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_02_011.jpg) Trentabank Reservoir |
![](thumb_2018_02_012.jpg) Tegg's Nose |
![](thumb_2018_02_014.jpg) Forest Chapel & Shining Tor |
![](thumb_2018_02_017.jpg) On Nessit Hill |
![](thumb_2018_02_025.jpg) Shutlingsloe |
![](thumb_2018_02_027.jpg) Shining Tor in the sunshine |
![](thumb_2018_02_029.jpg) Forest Chapel |
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![](thumb_2018_02_049.jpg) Probably about 7.5 km |
![](thumb_2018_02_084t_Toot_Hill.jpg) Toot Hill & Forest Chapel February 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_02_085.jpg) Icy puddles |
![](thumb_2018_02_089.jpg) The Leather Smithy |
![](thumb_2018_02_091.jpg) Nessit Hill over the Ridgegate Reservoir |
![](thumb_2018_02_095.jpg) Tegg's Nose |
![](thumb_2018_02_097.jpg) Up towards Toot Hill |
![](thumb_2018_02_099.jpg) Woods, worhty of Gabrielle Munter |
![](thumb_2018_02_101.jpg) The deciduous section, reminiscent of the Alps |
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![](thumb_2018_02_105.jpg) Shutlingsloe |
![](thumb_2018_02_107.jpg) Near the top |
![](thumb_2018_02_109.jpg) Forest Chapel; ideal for lunch out of the wind in the porch |
![](thumb_2018_02_111.jpg) The steep, icy road down |
![](thumb_2018_02_113.jpg) Actually about 10 km. |
![](thumb_2018_03_011t_Macclesfield_Forest_Wind.jpg) Macclesfield Forest after the strong winds March 1992 |
![](thumb_2018_03_017.jpg) Up to the Standing Stone |
![](thumb_2018_03_019.jpg) Shining Tor |
![](thumb_2018_03_021.jpg) The Cat & Fiddle |
![](thumb_2018_03_023.jpg) The first wind damage, encountered and circumvented |
![](thumb_2018_03_025.jpg) The major damage: more than 100 m. to get round on a steep slope with difficulty |
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![](thumb_2018_04_010t_Cannock_Chase.jpg) Cannock Chase April 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_04_011.jpg) Sherbrook River |
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![](thumb_2018_04_025.jpg) The route |
![](thumb_2018_04_044t_Silverdale.jpg) Silverdale and Keele April 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_04_045.jpg) The Church and the Greenway |
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![](thumb_2018_04_069.jpg) Quarry Bank, Keele |
![](thumb_2018_04_073.jpg) The route |
![](thumb_2018_04_190.jpg) Apedale (half route map only) |
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![](thumb_2018_05_338t_Apedale.jpg) Apedale, May 2018 |
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![](thumb_2018_05_343.jpg) Bluebells |
![](thumb_2018_05_345.jpg) The thermal ventilating shaft |
![](thumb_2018_05_347.jpg) Nearly home! |
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![](thumb_2018_05_350t_Shining_Tor.jpg) Shining Tor with the new SCR May 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_05_351.jpg) Rachel Bright and Partner |
![](thumb_2018_05_355.jpg) The SCR group with Chris Wain on the left |
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![](thumb_2018_05_357.jpg) On Cat's Tor |
![](thumb_2018_05_361.jpg) Shutlingsloe |
![](thumb_2018_05_363.jpg) On Shining Tor |
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![](thumb_2018_05_371.jpg) Decending to Errwood |
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![](thumb_2018_05_381.jpg) Near Errwood |
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![](thumb_2018_05_393.jpg) Cat's Tor and Shining Tor from Errwood |
![](thumb_2018_06_122t_Apedale.jpg) Apedale, June 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_06_127.jpg) The observatory on the top |
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![](thumb_2018_06_500t_Apedale_Rebecca.jpg) Apedale with Rebecca June 2018 |
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![](thumb_2018_06_600t_Stone_to_Trentham.jpg) Stone to Trentham on the Trent & Mersey Canal June 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_06_601.jpg) Stone: the Canal marker |
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![](thumb_2018_06_605.jpg) Meaford lock |
![](thumb_2018_06_607.jpg) Comma Butterfly |
![](thumb_2018_06_623.jpg) Heron |
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![](thumb_2018_06_627.jpg) Bridge 100 |
![](thumb_2018_06_629.jpg) Barlaston Swans |
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![](thumb_2018_06_633.jpg) Alpaca |
![](thumb_2018_06_635.jpg) The Wedgwood Factory |
![](thumb_2018_06_637.jpg) Trentham Lock, Stoke-on-Trent |
![](thumb_2018_06_639.jpg) The Longton Brook Greenway |
![](thumb_2018_06_647.jpg) The Route |
![](thumb_2018_07_050t_Buxton.jpg) Buxton July 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_07_051.jpg) Well dressings; The well itself |
![](thumb_2018_07_057.jpg) The Town display |
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![](thumb_2018_07_069.jpg) Walk over the golf course to the Goyt Valley |
![](thumb_2018_07_071.jpg) The entry to the Burbage Tunnel Cromford & High Peak Railway |
![](thumb_2018_07_077.jpg) The walk |
![](thumb_2018_07_079.jpg) Rapid climb to Solomon's Temple, Buxton |
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![](thumb_2018_07_093.jpg) The railway in the park |
![](thumb_2018_08_040t_Stiperstones.jpg) The Stiperstones August 2018 |
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![](thumb_2018_08_045.jpg) Corndon Hill |
![](thumb_2018_08_047.jpg) Manstone Rock, the summit |
![](thumb_2018_08_049.jpg) Scramble start |
![](thumb_2018_08_065.jpg) On the top |
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![](thumb_2018_08_073.jpg) Descending |
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![](thumb_2018_08_085.jpg) The Devil's Chair and other Outcrops on the Stiperstones |
![](thumb_2018_08_097.jpg) The route |
![](thumb_2018_08_114t_Delamere_Forest.jpg) Delamere Forest with Nigel Bird August 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_08_115.jpg) Meeting Nigel's train at the station |
![](thumb_2018_08_117.jpg) The Sandstone Trail through part of the forest |
![](thumb_2018_08_119.jpg) Picnc lunch with Nigel |
![](thumb_2018_08_123.jpg) Selfie of all three |
![](thumb_2018_08_125.jpg) Pale Heights |
![](thumb_2018_08_131.jpg) The route - further than we intended! |
![](thumb_2018_08_390t_Cannock_Chase.jpg) Cannock Chase August 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_08_391.jpg) The German War Cemetery |
![](thumb_2018_08_393.jpg) Climbing up from the Sherwood Brook |
![](thumb_2018_08_395.jpg) On the Chase |
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![](thumb_2018_08_411.jpg) The Route |
![](thumb_2018_09_010t_Caer_Caradoc.jpg) Caer Caradoc Peter only September 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_09_011.jpg) Church Stretton Railway Station |
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![](thumb_2018_09_017.jpg) The Bottom Track |
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![](thumb_2018_09_021.jpg) Willstone Hill |
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![](thumb_2018_09_025.jpg) Nearing the top |
![](thumb_2018_09_027.jpg) Sheep in the shade |
![](thumb_2018_09_029.jpg) The Lawley |
![](thumb_2018_09_031.jpg) Seventy Years since my first ascent! taken by a passer by |
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![](thumb_2018_09_043.jpg) Three fingers rocks |
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![](thumb_2018_09_172t_Abdon_%20Burf.jpg) Abdon Burf on the Brown Clee Hills September 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_09_179.jpg) The start |
![](thumb_2018_09_181.jpg) The summit from the Village Hall car park |
![](thumb_2018_09_183.jpg) Red Indian Seat outside the Village Hall |
![](thumb_2018_09_184.jpg) The unusual library |
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![](thumb_2018_09_189.jpg) Toilng up |
![](thumb_2018_09_191.jpg) Caer Caradoc in the distance |
![](thumb_2018_09_193.jpg) The summit |
![](thumb_2018_09_195.jpg) Fungus |
![](thumb_2018_09_199.jpg) Clee Burf and Titterstone Clee Hill |
![](thumb_2018_09_201.jpg) Fifty years since our first visit! |
![](thumb_2018_09_203.jpg) The summit |
![](thumb_2018_09_205.jpg) Fungi |
![](thumb_2018_09_209.jpg) The route |
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![](thumb_2018_09_411t_Wrekin.jpg) The Wrekin September 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_09_413.jpg) Toiling up to west ridge |
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![](thumb_2018_09_419.jpg) Caer Caradoc |
![](thumb_2018_09_421.jpg) The Brown Clee Hills |
![](thumb_2018_09_423.jpg) The summit |
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![](thumb_2018_09_439.jpg) Descending |
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![](thumb_2018_11_184t_Walks_Lunch.jpg) Walks to and from lunch and round Apedale December 2018 |
![](thumb_2018_11_185.jpg) Rainbow on the way to lunch |
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![](thumb_2018_12_015.jpg) The Apedale memorial |
![](thumb_2018_12_050t_Peter's_Birthday.jpg) Apedale and Peter's 84th birthday |
![](thumb_2018_12_051.jpg) The Cake |
![](thumb_2018_12_053.jpg) Christmas Cactus |
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![](thumb_2018_12_067.jpg) Potraits in Apedale |
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