Late afternoon sunshine lights the mud cliffs at Filey on the Yorkshire coast
Category: Photography
Just photos – no particular theme
Whitby pier
Bright autumn sunshine on the north pier at Whitby harbour
Anstruther Curlew
This chap was pottering about on the sand at Anstruther, Fife, a lone curlew amongst dozens of gulls
Stormy water
A bulk carrier is anchored in the Forth, seen from the southern shore near Gullane
Anstruther shore
Dog walkers on the beach at Anstruther, Fife
Long Mynd in October
We’re into the darkest four months – there’s little sunshine in the deep valleys of the Long Mynd, but it’s great on the top, given a decent day – and this was a decent day. In fact it was much better than that – bright (and directional) sunshine, clear air, a cool breeze – what more could one ask? The night’s rain was rushing down the valley below the Light Spout waterfall, but the paths on top were generally good – just the odd soggy corner…
I walked to the highest point of the Long Mynd, at Pole Bank, then headed back along the ridge south of Townbrook Valley to descend on easy grassy slopes. A bank of cloud had been sitting stubbornly over the Mynd for the last half-hour or so, clearing (inevitably) as I dropped into the shade of the hills.
Beyond Shropshire…
…lies Wales: Radnor Forest provides a 2000′ horizon in the south-westward view from Shropshire’s Long Mynd. Yes, it’s that time of year again.
It was very pleasant this afternoon – bright and breezy, with great views in all directions. A full set of photos will appear in a day or two…
Aston Manor at Aldridge
Three years ago, we visited the Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, at the former tram depot in the shadow of the better-known football ground. Just over a year later, the museum had to close, and the search for new premises had begun. Earlier this year, the museum reopened in Aldridge – and today would be a “Running Day”, when the preserved buses would take to the road and allow visitors to “remember what buses used to be like”. The weather looked decidedly showery – not a day for a walk. We decided to take a ride instead. We had a choice of four routes – and could have enjoyed them all. A ride to Chasewater Heaths station in a 1960 Routemaster was quite sufficient; we had the impression that most visitors (and there were plenty of them, judging from the parked cars) were riding everything on offer.
Aston Manor Road Transport Museum
Our previous visit
Norbury Junction
A walk along the towpath of the Shropshire Union canal from Norbury Junction. Norbury is not far from Newport, Shropshire – but the walk is entirely in Staffordshire. It’s easy going along the canal bank, though it’s muddy in places. We left the canal at the second bridge, whence a public footpath connects with a very quiet lane (I suspect it would have been easier to walk a few yards further and leave the canal at the old railway bridge. Perhaps another time). For the last mile or so, we followed a track around the north side of Shelmore Wood – it’s even quieter here . The best walks end where refreshments are available…
Nuts and naked ladies
…and hips, and berries, and sloes, and crab apples, and other seasonal things (autumn crocuses are also known as naked ladies, apparently, as they come up without any leaves). A walk on a warm and sunny autumn afternoon – the last, I suspect, for a while.
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