Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Staffordshire

Deep in the Dove Valley south of Alstonefield where Lode Lane & The Pinch meet the sun finds it difficult to penetrate and the frost lingers all day. HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

The Bridge Inn on the Hanley to Newcastle road alongside the Trent & Mersey canal in Etruria. It has long gone together with the famous Wedgwood factory that stood at the rear. HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

A post-Christmas walk in the Peak District took us to Hulme End and the disused trackbed of the narrow gauge Leek & Manifold Railway. Instead of the expected fog & mist we got brilliant sunshine. The L&MVLR was converted into a footpath and road in 1937 a few years after the closure of the railway. HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

Wild garlic carpeting the woodland bank of the River Manifold. The gate and fence are on the trackbed of the former Leek & Manifold Light Railway. HFF & have a great weekend.

A scene that has changed out of recognition in the last 50 years! The Trent & Mersey Canal meandered through Shelton Bar steelworks and many a splendid industrial vista could be seen from the tow path. The gas holder, cables, pipework and scrap piles cannot hide the impressive Wolstanton church on the skyline.

Last weekend we did a 7 mile Bank Holiday walk around the Manifold Valley & passed New Hall in the village of Waterfall as we climbed up out of the Hamps valley. This was a short detour off our planned route to have a beer at the Red Lion in the village. From "Staffordshire Past Track": The village of Waterfall is situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands, north-west of the town of Ashbourne. It is a very typical Moorland village with its buildings built of stone. The place name is a descriptive one and comes from the fact that the River Hamps falls into a subterranean watercourse between the village of Waterfall and Winkhill. HHF from the Peak District and have a great weekend.

A snowy Peak District landscape looking east from the Buxton-Leek road to Hollinsclough Moor and Longnor. The mini-Matterhorn in the centre is Chrome Hill a Lower Carboniferous limestone reef knoll. HFF and a great & safe weekend.

A trip to The George at Alstonefield for lunch.

Mean & Moody.