Monday and Tuesday…
Coalbrookdale:
Blists Hill:
Ironbridge:
Caer Caradoc:
Author: geoffspages
The Duke
Re-opening to Cauldon Lowe – 71000 “Duke of Gloucester” lays a smokescreen near Ipstones, with the first public train.
For more photos and the full(ish) story visit “Cauldon Lowe reopens” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries
Stiperstones
A bright but very cold day walking the Stiperstones ridge. There’s snow on the Welsh mountains…
Crowsnest Dingle
Stiperstones silhouettes
Black Mountain view
Snow on the Berwyns
Rough grazing
Red kite
I’ll take the low and winding road
Spotlight on Stiperstones village
My route:
Pen y Gwely
A pleasant, if somewhat muddy, walk in the Welsh border country hills between Oswestry and the Ceiriog valley.
Gyrn Moelfre
Apparently, Gyrn Moelfre is featured in the film “The Englishman who went up a Hill but came down a Mountain”
View to Foel Rhiwlas
View with larches
Spotlight
The Ceiriog valley
There’s a light dusting of snow on the Berwyns, just visible left of centre
Ironbridge and Blists Hill
Nice autumnal light and colours in and around the Ironbridge gorge.
Foxfield Autumn Steam Gala
Just published to Geoff’s Rail Diaries – the illustrated account of Sunday’s superb day out. Visit “Foxfield Autumn Gala“.
Foxfield
“The Autumn Steam Gala”: Sunday’s weather looked a better prospect than Saturday’s – and so it proved, the kind of lighting that makes for a touch of drama.
More will follow in a “Rail Diaries” page…
Cardingmill Round
We parked in the Cardingmill Valley, Church Stretton – and immediately left, on foot, heading via Cwmdale to the Batch Valley. Long Batch takes us to the top of the Mynd – then via the Boiling Well (almost) and back down the Townbrook Valley, cutting across the foot of the Burway to return to Cardingmill.
The Lawley
Batch Valley – towards the bottom
Batch Valley – View to Long Batch
Looking back on Long Batch
Sunlight on the ridges
Mynd Pool
Mynd view
Caer Caradoc
View to the Wrekin
Hawthorn
Caer Caradoc (again)
Townbrook valley
Cardingmill – sunlight on The Pike
The Route:
Croome
A National Trust property near Worcester. The park was Capability Brown’s first landscape design, and Croome Court’s most recent occupants were the Hare Krishnas.
South Mynd
Another fine, sunny day – just a bit too hazy for the views, but great weather for a walk on the southern Long Mynd. Start at Priors Holt (Malcolm Saville’s “Witchend”), follow forestry tracks to the top of the Mynd, then turn southwards to Plowden, and contour back via Church Moor.
Hen Batch
In the forest
Out of the forest
Lunch beside the pool
Handless
South Mynd sheep
Hazy day
Plowden
Mushroom with a view
Another fine specimen
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