photography, walking, traveling … and a bit of baking
Birds – a collection of pictures I’ve written before about the birds we see on our walks, click here to look at that earlier post. Here is another collection of the birds we’ve seen over the last few months. Picture gallery Clicking on any of the images below will open a picture gallery that you […]
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Always worth a visit I’ve posted before about Reddish Vale Country Park and you can see those earlier posts by clicking at the following links: here, here and here. You can see my husband’s posts here and here. If you have a couple of hours to spare and you fancy some fresh air and a […]
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Where to find Haughton Dale Nature Reserve Haughton Vale is a nature reserve near Haughton Green, Denton in Tameside. It runs along the river Tame and covers almost 23 acres. You can read more about it here. It’s a regular walk for myself and my husband and we walk anything from five to seven miles […]
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A wander around Daisy Nook Country Park The lockdown restrictions have meant that we have had to stay local for our walks and whilst we have some lovely stretches of the Peak Forrest Canal and the Tame Valley within easy walking distance, it’s nice to see some different scenery. Last week we made the short […]
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I’ve posted previously about my visits to Reddish Vale Country Park, you can see my blogs by clicking here. You can also see my husband’s posts on Reddish Vale here. We visited again this week and the pictures below are from this visit. We saw robins, great tits, a coal tit, ducks, swans, a jay, […]
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Reddish Vale Country Park Stockport I live about 4 miles from Reddish Vale, (you can read more about Reddish Vale here). It’s a lovely walk from home to the park, especially on a dry day. I’d heard that there have been a few sightings of a kingfisher on the river there and whilst I […]
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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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Nature at it’s best I wrote here recently about the birds that I see on my walks along the River Tame and the Peak Forest Canal. As the seasons have changed and the leaves on the trees have fallen, the birds have become easier to spot and the robins, in particular, are happy to pose […]
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