Walks 2016


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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