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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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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Doing what herons do I posted here about the herons that I often see on my walks along the Peak Forest canal. There are two or three regulars and they can be seen flying along the canal, standing observing, or, as you can see in the pics below, fishing. A busy few weeks Although I […]
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Peak Forest canal walk Another day and another walk along the Peak Forest canal. The canal is 14.8 miles long and runs from Portland Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne to Bugsworth Basin in Buxworth, Whaley Bridge in the High Peak. Flying Herons on the Peak Forest canal A constant visitor to the canal is the grey heron. […]
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