More pics from my last visit to the NW Highlands. A walk on a trod on Rannoch Moor, from the A82, Loch Ba (1st pic panorama, please expand) over to meet the West Highland Way. #GoldenMemories 😊 #RannochMoor #LochBa 👌 #May2019

My last visit to the NW Highlands, a walk up the 'Devil's Staircase' on the West Highland Way, from top of Glencoe. In latter years I found that the best weather was invariably mid April to the end of May, with the added bonus that the 'wee beasties' weren't active.May 2019 FAO @brendar.bsky.social

2009, 12 months spent concentrating on the peaks of Snowdonia. Pics of a glorious late spring day, up via Cwm Bochlwyd and Y Cribin onto The Glyderau and return via Cwm Tryfan. It was a hot day, the combination of sweat, sun oil and insect repellent combined to form the 'essence of pleasure' 🥵👃😁

For lovers of pointy peaks, The Cuillin ridge as seen from the summit of Bla Bheinn, summer 2011. #IsleofSkye

Memories.2017. Highlighting Stickle Pike and Caw, 2 shapely fells that didn't make it into Wainwright's 7 guide books, but in his OL fells book. Beautiful archetypal @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social scenery, ideal for days when The Lakes are 'rammed' ample parking near the bridge at Ulpha #DuddonValley👌

There's another large moorland fire, somewhere near Scammonden and the M62, the smoke is engulfing Calderdale and Halifax and probably wafting over to S Bradford and Leeds.😐

Pic 1) Various 'equines' seen on my walks, mostly around home #HolmeValley Highlighting... Pic 2) 'Shergar' in profile 🤫🤐 Pic 3) Fell ponies near LB Airport, Yeadon Pic 4) 'Shergar' #InCognito near Old Glossop 🥸

Breaking News !!!!!! Mansfield Town's mascot comes to a sticky end 😱

I've had a new posh, slow close, wooden, toilet seat fitted. It came with a small add on toilet seat for a very young child, for which I have no use.... ..... however, on second thoughts, it makes a novelty picture frame 😃😁

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0... My eldest son and family live in Japan, just north of Tokyo. They felt the tremor from hundreds of Km away but they'll be ok as they aren't on the coast 🤞🤞🤞

Perfect evening light on Sunday. It would have been wonderful to be out on the hills. The western face of the church opposite home, illuminated 👌 #GoldenHour #HolmeValley

Napoleon was reputed to have said summat like "I don't want good generals, just lucky generals".... T'would appear Starmer is not the latter. Pic, past stunning crepuscular rays, above home. #HolmeValley Enjoy the weekend folks, get out and let nature restore your sanity 😊

"Friends, rogues, countrymen, lend me your feet".... More #SitClub pics please of the glorious places you sit 🥾 #NotMarkAntony #SitClubHQ Pic of past #SitClub #RamsdenClough💚 #Holmfirth #HolmeValley

Bravo Hungary 👏👏👏 #Magyar #HolmeValleyCloudage

Considering it was a very showery forecast for today, it's been sunny but breezy. Should have got out a little🙄 Maybe tomorrow.🙂☀️

I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/3449... My daughter in Law in Leeds, the wife of my youngest son, what a great team they are. Mum and Dad of my SEN beautiful grandson. Proud of them both☺️

My grandparents would have remembered where they were when WW1 broke out. My parents and moreso my Polish parents in law, would have remembered where they were when WW2 broke out. Will we remember where we were when WW3 broke broke out🤔 Pic #HolmfirthCloudage

I got to my 79th year in good health. Sunday,I was reading Paul Besley's S Pennines book. 3 things struck me. Andy Leader n me were mentioned in acknowledgements. Many will remember Andy n Paul from twitter Andy(@ madeininHolmfirth) has now got ME, Paul💪on the final stages of asbestosis. I'm lucky!

may you live in interesting times

With the news today that a ticket for the upcoming FIFA World cup final will cost over £8000. Here's a pic of my World Cup final ticket at Wembley in 1966, cost 10 shillings or in new money 50p !!!! #ShamelessFIFA

Over Easter 2017... Around the delightful small fell of High Rigg and Tewit Tarn. Smardale bridge and its viaduct. Have a good Easter all you outdoors folk. Enjoy the exhilaration of striding out on new routes. Never take forgranted the simple act of walking, cherish it. #Lakes #EdenValley

Been in touch with a friend I knew from Ramblers. Oliver. In the 'noughties' another Bill joined the group, much older than me...hence I became 'Young Bill' and he 'Old bill' we became good friends. I'd forgotten #YOBS* prefixing the hilarious adventures we had. *Young n Old Bill on tour #YOBS😂🤣🙄

The quiet, knobbly, delightful fells on the north side of Devoke Water are well worth exploration. With the added bonus of great views of the big fells surrounding Eskdale. Ideal for busy bank holidays when other areas are heaving. #Spring2017 @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social 'SW is best'👌

Woo Hoo !!! Car clock will be correct for the next 7 months. Happy BST to y'all Pic from Great Coum at the eastern end of Westmorland Borrowdale. Looking down on the M6 and WCML as they emerge from the northern end of the Lune gorge. A place where the Lake District and Yorks Dales NP's now kiss 😘😘

Rooting around the cupboards. On the evolution of the mobile phone, after literally a brick size in the 80's, we arrived at the flip phone about 15 years ago. Fitted in the palm of your hand, the ultimate, or so we thought... maybe it may have been better if that was it..but the Blackberry arrived.

Stiling around Farnley Tyas. Lockdown spring 2020 🌟 #HolmeValley

Around Ramsden Clough during the glorious spring weather of 'Lockdown One'...☀️☀️ #RamsdenClough #HolmeValley @peakdistrict.bsky.social

Spring 2020, 3 months of glorious weather. Crystal clear skies, no air traffic, minimal road traffic. Mother earth 🌍 was healing for a time. #LockdownOne #WessendenMoor @peakdistrict.bsky.social Pano pic, please click and expand.

👀😳🫢 #ICE !!

Most of the heavy rain forecast for here today seems to be passing north of Holmfirth at the moment 🤞

Around Ennerdale Water, March 10 years ago. Snow capped Pillar. @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social #HappyDays

Current commercial air traffic over Europe. This wouldn't have been so 100 years ago. #MeaCulpa 😶 #MotherEarth 🌍🌎🌏🌄

EK2682 from San Francisco to Dubai fr24.com/UAE2682/3ec9... Emirates still flying to Dubai, A380 from San Francisco just passed over home.

Next door neighbour's big bonsai, about 10 feet high👀 #ThickTrunkTuesday

'The Iron Mountain'... "On the Possibility and Desirability of Peace".... I recall reading this nearly 60 years ago... The more things change the more they stay the same ! Observation, my long term memory is in better 'fettle' than my short term memory nowadays 🙄

youtube.com/watch?v=PU3r... Deep Purple recorded 'Child in Time' in 1970, imo never been bettered. Volume up. 56 years later, put to this powerful AI video, so appropriate now. #War #ClimateCatastrophe #PeteHegseth US Secretaryof War.

March, 8 years ago, the little walked top end of the magnificent Abbey Brook Clough, with the remnants of the 'Beast from the East'.... @peakdistrict.bsky.social Ramsden Clough and Abbey Brook Clough are my 2 favourites in The Peak and still you can get them to yourself.👌

Happy Mother's Day to all you mums out there 💐💐💐💐 Mum, 1922-2010.💖 What changes see saw in her lifetime.

...and so it begins 💥💥💥

Atmospheric on the tops as blankets of low cloud slowly roll over Black Hill. #Winter2019 #IssuesRoad #HolmeValley @peakdistrict.bsky.social

26th February 2019, when we enjoyed several days of freak temperatures, up to 20c.☀️🌞 Pics around Alderman's Hill, Dovestones. @peakdistrict.bsky.social #HappyDays #Memories

A rare visit to the summit of the satellite peak of Roman Fell, firmly footed in the Warcop military firing range💥 July, 2017, when the red flags were lowered. 1)N to Murton Pike and Cross Fell. 2)S to Wild Boar fell. 3)Roman Fell. 4)The warnings #NPenninesAONB #Cumbria 😬 🫣I lived to tell the tale 😃

Turned out I'd reset language to Russian🙄 however with the help of Microsoft Co-pilot, I've managed to reset it to English and reset clock to BST. My application to rejoin MENSA is in😇 and my knowledge of the Russian language is......still minimal.🥴

Had a flat 🚗 battery, recharged fine 👍 Digi clock etc needed resetting, so tried to reset to BST I've managed to change the language to Croation or summat, so now I haven't got a clue what's going on 🙄🤪 Old clocks with knob to move hands far better Pics,Langdale 11 years ago, when I wasn't cursing.

Right now above home, snow lying over 1000ft, Black Hill and Holme Moss in the distance(Pic 1) will have a good covering. #HolmeValley @peakdistrict.bsky.social

Against all odds. Cloven stone. Moor Divock. @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social

Snow settling on lawn right now but road clear. However over the tops on A6024 Holme Moss and A635 'Isley road' conditions will be trickier.

Blimey, those wind gusts were fierce😬 It huffed and puffed until the walls fell down 🐷🐷🐷 Local Community Garden. #HolmeValley

Semper not tempur, 🙄 Losing it🤪

'Sic tempur tyrannis' 'Je suis Minnesota' 👊 Rays of resistance above home. #Crepuscular #HolmeValley