Old Mill Lane

Old Mill Lane

Sunday 5 October 2014

Saddleworth

Having got a taste for the bleakness of Saddleworth Moor by visiting Diggle, Graham and I tacked our way there in a howling gale.
































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Dovestones reservoir looks very dramatic from above but was rather unexciting once we arrived at water level. The coniferous woods were lifeless at ground level with a thick carpet of needles.














































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After lunch at Kitty's Café in Uppermill we headed up to Standedge, where the A62 tips over in to Yorkshire. The sun came out and the moor looked grand.


































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