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Diary 2012 – Week 06

I took Brett, Molly and Sam for a gentle 2-1/2hr stroll this afternoon, starting from near Rivington Hall Barn and going up into the Terraced Gardens.

Diary 2012 – Week 04

I took the dogs for a 2hr walk on the east side of Winter Hill this afternoon and on the way managed to get a couple of pictures when the sun struggled through the clouds.

Present Opening Mayhem

Every year I go to a friends house for Christmas dinner, and every year they buy presents for my dogs. Here’s this year’s present opening ceremony and the ensuing fun.

We had our first snowfall of the winter today, so I took the dogs out for what would be Molly’s first experience of such conditions. Having parked the car not far from Rivington Hall we spent the afternoon wandering through woods and across fields.

Diary 2011 – Week 48

In spite of occasional flurries of very cold hail, the weather wasn’t too bad today, so I took Brett, Molly and Sam for a walk on Winter Hill.

Our Molly

There is a new member of our household today, Molly is a 1yr old female Border Collie. Her previous owner are unable to keep her any more and a dog’s home is the worst possible place for a collie, so via a mutual friend I have agreed to taker her in.

Diary 2011 – Week 47

Once again the cloudy sky meant another afternoon of looking in vain for a good landscape photo opportunity. So I decided I would take a picture of a bare tree with the grey sky behind then, when I got back home spend some time having a bit of fun changing the sky to see what came up.

Diary 2011 – Week 45

I was walking across the moors of Winter Hill when I came upon the cairns on top of Two Lads Hill. They reminded me of a story by the late Arthur C Clarke, “The Sentinel” that the film “2001: Space Odessy” was based on.

Diary 2011 – Week 44

I had two and a half hours of strolling across Smithills Moor with my two dogs Brett and Sam this afternoon. We set off from the car park on Winter Hill and strolled via Holdens Farm and Gilligants Farm before taking the old Coal Pit Road onto the moor.

Autumn Images of 2011

This is a short selection of pictures that I took during my walks in September and October that didn’t make it into any of my posts but which nevertheless I thought you might like to see.

Afternoon Stroll from Garden to Clough

The weather looked like it would be kind to me today (ie: not rain) so I decided to take a stroll through the Terraced Gardens at Rivington then return via a descent through Tigers Clough.

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