Not sure if these two lovers have a table booked? But with the commuter traffic. It could be dispatched duck on the menu.

A hazy warm 14°c afternoon up on the moors. Lots of wlkers enjoying the spring sunshine. But you can always find a quiet place in the West Pennines.Despite having a couple of million people in the surrounding towns and cities. #nature #cycling #Pennines #hiking

Remembering those who perished on this day in 1958, when a flight carrying Manchester United players, staff and journalists crashed shortly after takeoff in Munich, West Germany. 23 of the 44 people on board lost their lives. The 'Busby Babes' were an exciting young team decimated on that day.

This is middle aged man heaven. Pork n Black Pudding sausage roll in flaky pastry. Accompanied with Theakston’s Old Perculier from a wooden barrel. Slate grey skies and a damp 4°c .The perfect antidote,coupled with a log burner in the pub. #realale #craftbeer #food #beer .

I don’t do Christmas. But a bit of brass doing carols and a steam train. Make it almost tolerable. #Christmas #steam

A grim dark December day. But feeling a little giddy. Theakstons Old Perculier in a wooden cask is settling in the cellar of my local. At 5.6% I really should get the shopping done before I partake. #realale #craftbeer #brewing #beer

Me and the dog enjoying a post hike warm up in the boozer. And myself topping up on carbs. 🎶🎶🎵I am a wage slave on Monday. But I am a free man on Sunday. #hiking #beer #dogs

In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace. He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah. Nobody is defending him. He's a TOTAL disgrace. In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president. Insane.

A late start to the hike. But a gorgeous sunset before leaving the moors. #hiking #photography #Lancashire #nature

I recall some social media,tabloid nonsense about this phenomenon a few years ago. My last few rambles have been on moorland around 900m. This jelly like substance has popped up here and there. A water sodden dead puff ball appears to be the most plausible . #fungi #mushrooms #hiking #nature

The blessing and the financial curse of your local boozer being a micro brewery. Irwell Works Brewery. Unicorn Milk Stout left to finish in a oak Rum barrel. #craftbeer #brewing #realale

My teatime pint 🍺 , delayed in the most agreeable fashion. The magnificent beast. Was left with the footbridge too urbanism.Or the threat of me in dusty overhauls. I backed off, leaving an escape route. You don’tneed to be rich to be happy #nature #deer #wildlife #ale

Pendle Hill (so good they named it thrice)?”Pen”from the Britonic for hill. “dle” from the old English hyll,meaning,well hill.And of course modern English “hill”. #hiking #Lancashire #Nature #history #language #fungi

All my posts appear to be post Hike/bikeride, or teatime pint. A teatime pint one this. Built in Manchester in 1863 and still putting a shift in on my local heritage railway.How many Tesla will be running in 163yrs? #history #steam #transport #engineering

What a glorious Autumn morning.The mist in the Irwell valley slowly clearing. #landscape #hiking #photography

Another athlete takes to the golden grid. Each one eager to be crowned the official World Black Pudding throwing champion.The target Yorkshire puddings are a little damp today. Low scores predicted.Ramsbottom Lancashire #food #sillybuggers #travel

A late start for a walk and in changeable weather.Starting at a bronze age burial site.On to an 18th century woollen mill.Still got a few more miles to go. So a pint in Old Elizabeths😁(for those none Northern English).200yrs of serving ale. #hiking #history

I understand fungi can grow quickly. Maybe I missed a day but this appeared almost over night.My fading balcony display enlivened. Not sure of the type . Anyone know? #fungi #mushrooms

When on a walk or a bike ride. Sometimes the path is chosen for you. Reclaimed flags crossing a Pennine peat bog. A ribbon unfurled across otherwise sub aquatic environment .😁 #nature #hikeing #cycling #mtb #landscape

Today’s leg stretcher. Pen-Y-Ghent. Looking a fair treck from the village. But a near perfect day for a walk. #hiking

Top Mill(built 1870)Shuttleworth Lancashire. One hundred and odd years ago. Machines hammered out fabrics and broke human bodies. The site was an abandoned Clough for decades. During the pandemic the locals reclaimed the narrow valley as a community park. #nature #hiking #photography

Far too hot for hiking for my delicate Northern European constitution. The E-bike is out. A point on the moors where the boundaries of four towns meet. Marked with a boundary stone. Rawtenstall,Bacup,Ramsbottom and Whitworth meet on Hailstorm ridge.l

Bull Hill ,view of the Peel monument,Manchester skyline.With the Peak District hills in the background. After warmer climes it’s good to be walking under clouded skies at a pleasant 13°c #hiking #photography #landscape #Manchester

The mountains of Albania are quite beautiful. Striking blue damsel flys dart across the clear ice cold water of the springs Muzine ,Finiq municipality. #nature #hiking #travel #Albania

Hardly a hike,only 8km.But a walk that takes thousands of years. Butrint national park Albania. Shaded paths reveal amazing ruins from ancient Greek-Rome-Phoenician-Ottoman empires. #hiking #archeology #travel

Swapped the damp Northern English hills for the beautiful Greek Island of Corfu.l can take ploughing on through wind ,snow and endless rain.How do you hikers from warmer climates do it?😥 #hiking #sunset #photography

June 1761. The full facts of this tragedy are lost in time and shrouded in folklore.Memorial to Ellen Strange,her murdered body was found at this spot on Holcombe Moor Lancashire.Last seen arguing with her husband in a nearby ale house.She never made it across the moors to her sisters farm. #hiking

You may have walked upon a little piece of this unfashionable corner of the Pennines (and my kitchen floor) without realising it. Haslingden flag stone graces Trafalgar Square many miles south in London. Nature is slowly healing this scar the quarry men long gone. #hiking #nature #landscapes

Working today.But still managed a stroll. I sometimes wish I was a poet and not an engineer. The warm sun of a late spring evening.Contrasting with the overgrown shaded forgotten graves.Expressing this is beyond my artistic reach.But so many thoughts of death,rebirth and how I need another pint.

Restless legs.North Yorkshire last Sunday.Lancashire yesterday and today it’s Derbyshire. It’s a blessing living near the Pennines. Derwent Edge today and along Ladybower(where the Dam Busters practiced their raids on the Ruhr valley)Nice bit of bouldering on the weathered stone. #hiking

Local hike today.West Pennines, Holcombe Moor looking towards Winter Hill(not living up its name on this glorious day).No route planned.But I will surely end up at a pub. #hiking #nature

Today’s hike.A short trip over the boarder into North Yorkshire. And unlike my previous visit, no fog. Ingalborough a lovely walk along deep eroded limestone valleys and past the entrance to the U.K’s largest natural cavern Gaping Gill . #hiking

A Panopticon Known as the “Singing Ringing Tree” Lancashire England. Commanding views of the West Pennines and the three peaks of North Yorkshire.As the moorland wind blows haunting almost chant like notes play. #hiking #sculpture #art #music

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After a long day you arrive home and find a new book and a new (to me) author.An apt view and reading chair for delving in.My one window other than the loft where I can see the Pennines. Thanks Tom Cox. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

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Up above a clough in the West Pennines.A well dedicated to the Lancashire dialect poet Edwin Waugh. "Has th’ boggarts taen houd o’ my dad?" No he’s called for a pint lad after his hike. #hiking #poetry

One of the many old water driven woollen mills dotting the Pennines.Cheesden Lumb Mill Lancashire built 1786.Before Cotton n Coal was king.It was wool n water.#hiking #history #Engineering

First time walk up Yorkshires county top.And the cloud didn’t lift until the decent. Though Ribble Head viaduct is impressive no matter the weather.Five men died building this in the 1850’s #hiking

Too old unskilled and fragile for all that RedBull out there stuff. But an early spring day in the Pennines is still fun.