Walk to the Roaches, far side....6.

A local.

    

 

Rockhall cottage, built into the rocks.

 

Walk to the Roaches, far side....5.

View across the field.

Birthday time!

  

Track to hotel.

 

Walk to the Roaches, far side....4.

Entrance to the tearooms.

 

Today's walk.."I hate shopping."

This dog summed up his and my feelings about shopping today.

  

Walk to the Roaches, far side....3.

Local scarecrow.

  

Foxgloves.

  

Part of the Roaches from the road.

 

Today's walk....Polish soldiers.

On the edge of the campsite, the remains of a Polish soldiers billet from world war II and beyond.

Walk to the Roaches, far side....2.

Village waterfalls.

 

Spotted in a factory window as I passed.

  

Walk to the Roaches, far side.

My destination.

  

Flower baskets in the village I passed through.

  

Village cat, not too pleased to see me!

 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....24.

Final shots from Cwmorthin today.

Overflow from the small reservoir.

   

Looking down on the new bridge.

 

Today's walk...Teddy.

Went to Ashbourne today and came across this guy in an antique shop. He said he likes to pose in an effort to help sell the chair.

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....23.

Buildings next to barracks.

 

Weir on the edge of the lake.

  

The small reservoir is overflowing, slow shutter.

 

Today's walk......Blackshaw Moor Caravan club site.

A tribute to the Polish soldiers.

Information plaque.

   

Keystone.

Information plaque.

   

Site layout.

"Old faithful" with her new go faster stripe.

   

Right in the background, the "Roaches", a walk for me at some stage durng the week.

  

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....22.

Away today for a week, wifi will be available!

Looking upstream from the slate bridge.

  

Downstream view.

  

Track to the barracks.

     

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....21.

House ruins.

 

Slate quarry.

 

Today's walk.....baby woody. Update!!

I'm not an expert but I think this is a baby woodpecker. Really dull and wet again today so this was shot at 300mm and 800asa.

I have now been informed this is more likely to be a Chaffinch, I did say I'm no ornithologist, I give them my apologies.
 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....20.

Looking over the lake.

  

Ruins of the barracks.

  

Once someones home.

 

Today's walk.....the flower dies and...

...gives way for new fruit! Another dull morning here in North Wales at the moment.

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....19.

View from the top of the incline.

  

Cloud base is dropping.

  

Looking over the waste slate.

 

Today's walk.....felled.

The tree has finally been felled. HDR edit.

 

All that remains.

 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....18.

Looking up the valley. The low cloud is still hanging about.

Waste levels stretching out into the lake.

 

The old dressing sheds in the distance.

  

The stream is just a trickle.