photography, walking, traveling … and a bit of baking
It’s not always about the wildlife I’ve posted before about the wildlife along the River Tame and the Peak Forest Canal, you can see those blogs here and here. Whilst taking pictures of the wildlife is always my intention when I go on my walks, sometimes it’s nice to concentrate on the scenery. Changing seasons […]
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Snowy Days When I got my camera in May 2020 I couldn’t wait for the snow so I could take pictures of robins with their beautiful red breast against the white of the snow. The snow arrived in December so I wrapped up warm and set out with my camera to see what I could […]
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Doing what robins do There are lots of beautiful things to see in nature and the sight and sounds of the robin are up there with the best. On a recent walk along the local stretch of the River Tame I heard, then spotted, a robin singing in a tree. I watched him as he […]
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I’ve always been a keen walker and when we went into lockdown in March last year it was more important than ever to get out in the fresh air for some exercise. My husband has been walking along the local stretch of the River Tame and Peak Forest canal regularly and was taking some fabulous […]
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About the Canal The Ashton Canal was built in 1792 to supply coal from Oldham and Ashton-under-Lyne to Manchester. If you were to walk from where the canal begins at Portland Basin, Ashton-under-Lyne to where it ends at the Ducie Street Junction in Manchester you would have walked around six miles. It links to three […]
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