Parcevall Hall & Gardens (North Yorkshire)

 Parcevall Hall and gardens can be found just outside the village of Appletreewick in the Yorkshire Dales

 Blue Poppies growing along side the stream

 Rhododendrons

 Part of the woodland estate

 Bluebells at their best

 The small artificial lake

 The waterfall flowing from the lake

 The first view of Parcevall Hall (not open to the public)

The view from the lawns in front of the hall

Helvellyn

Look down in Striding Edge with Red Tarn on the left

The view from the summit of Helvellyn - Swirrel Edge (left) Ullswater lake

and Striding Edge (right)

 Striding Edge from near the summit

Swirrell Edge with Ullswater and Red Tarn

 

 Our newest photographer ( a selfie)

 His well-deserved reward!

'Right to Life' Walk

An 8-mile 'Right to Life' walk was held on Bank Holiday Monday.  Ninety-six walkers took part in the circular walk from Clitheroe, taking in the River Ribble.

 

 Lord David Alton gave a welcome to the assembled walkers on the car park of Ss. Michael & John's church, Clitheroe.

 Jim Dobbin MP addresses the walkers before they set off

 Leaving Clitheroe and heading for the river

Entering Brungerley Park

 

The two-mile refreshment stop

 Fly fishing on the River Ribble

 More views of the Ribble Way

 At the viewpoint overlooking the river on they way back into Clitheroe

A welcome cup of tea and a sandwich in the parish centre back in Clitheroe

Sedgwick & Hincaster (South Cumbria)

 The Howgills from above Sedgwick

Looking through the arch of the Sedgwick skew aqueduct

Looking back to the lakeland fells

 An unusual footpath marker!

 Part of the 'watered' section of the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal near Stainforth

 Another stretch of the canal

 The disused Hincaster Tunnel

 An unusual direction sign

 The River Kent at Sedgwick

Sedgwick Hall

The Importance Walking - No 5

I have to walk early in the morning,
before my brain figures out what I'm doing...

Runcorn & Norton Priory

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Looking towards the Wirrall from Runcorn Hill

 Norton Priory Museum and the 14th centuary statue of St. Christopher, which can be overlaid with light projections telling the story of the priory. (See the following pictures and more about it by clicking here.)

 Part of the original under-croft of the priory ruins

 A stained-glass window of St. Christopher

 A section of the ruins

 The Laburnum Passage in the extensive gardens

More views of the gardens....