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

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