Haworth

21st April 2016 - The 200th Anniversary of Charlotte Bronte

The start of a walk from Haworth to Top Withens and return by Stanbury

The Bronte Museum in Haworth

The Parsonage where the family lived

Walking down into the village

Part of the main street through the village

Looking down the main street.
Today was also the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen
(Hence the bunting!)

Another view of the main street

The parish church (The parsonage is just off the picture to the left)

Bronte Bridge - on the way to Top Withens

Looking back from Top Withens towards Haworth

A Circuit of Roeburndale from Wray in Lune Valley

Starting point from the memorial garden to the Wray flooding of the River Roeburn  

Climbing out of Wray

Gaining height and looking to the Barbon fells on the north side of the Lune valley

Above and to the west of Roeburndale  

with Ward Stone on the horizon

Descending to cross the river Roeburn at the head of the valley 

Lunch at the bridge crossing the river 

Ward Stone again on the horizon now from the east side of  Roeburndale

Afternoon break crossing the Goodber beck

Returning to Wray past their Wray Forest School 

(A national initiative for pre-school children )

The Roaches

The Roaches are a prominent rocky ridge on the Cheshire side of the Peak District National Park

Setting off from Wincle village by the River Dane

The River Dane with Staffordshire left bank 

and Cheshire right bank

Baa Baa Black Sheep.....

The appropriately named Hangingstone Farm

The first destination - Lud's Church - then The Roaches

Lud's Church is actually an impressive chasm 

on the side of The Roaches

The less fit start from a car park half way up!

Looking west to the Cheshire Plain with 'The Cloud' (the distant hill) and Congleton beneath it

Some of the rocky outcrops on the ridge

Shutingsloe conical hill on the distant right

Jodrell Bank radio telescope

Looking south along the ridge to Tittesworth reservoir

Back to the car by the River Dane

Cliviger Gorge

The infant River Calder near Cliviger at the start of the walk

Looking back down the path that climbs out of the gorge

Pendle Hill  with a dusting of snow comes into view

Joining the Limersgate trade route over Thieveley Pike

Following that route away from the trig point (449m)

A distance marker on the old trade route

Looking down the upper Irwell valley with Bacup in the distance

The wind farm on Heald Moor

Dropping back down into the gorge

The village of Porstmouth comes into view

Zooming in on Porstmouth

Now up on the north side of the gorge looking back across to Thieveley Pike

Coal Clough wind farm all snow now melted in the warm spring sunshine.