Sunday 7th September – Addingham.
A few days away at Addingham and an enjoyable
saunter to pick blackberries by the river Wharf.
Birds:-
Grey Wagtail, Goosander, Mandarin Duck, Heron, Pheasant(s),
(Weasel) , Swallow, Pied Wagtail at Bolton Abbey with a very large whirlybird
parked on the Devonshire Arms Helipad
– I went across the fields to say hello your
Excellency, but funnily enough I didn’t know the chap.
Monday 8th September – Steeton to Addingham.
12:45 : Bus to Steeton and a hike from Steeton to
Addingham.
The weather changed from freezing to boiling in a couple of hours – I seemed to perspire a bit with me winter woollies on.
The walk starts at the Steeton river bridge over the River Aire
(or earlier if you get off the bus at the wrong place) and follows the Bradford Millennium
way signs to cross the Leeds/Liverpool canal. It soon rises with Holden Beck to
approach Ghyll Grange Farm where sheep, sheep dog and farmer all conspired to
put us on the wrong exit path from the farm. Fortunately we had the O.S. map and
took a slightly longer route to pass the doubler stones and onto Black Hill to
follow the long trail over Addingham High Moor to Ilkley.
Apart from the farmer and ‘er in doors , no other
humanoid seen ‘till Ilkley.
17.00 and a well earned pizza, bottle of plonk and
a treacle sponge pudding with lashings of custard, at the Wharf - Riverside Inn
at Ilkley, gave us some energy to continue on the river to Addingham.
Birds:-
Kestrel, Swallow, Goldfinch, Raven, C25 Meadow Pipit during the
day.
A size eight mushroom.
4 beautiful Red Grouse.
A Nun, well no not really, a different bird of prey another Kestrel being buzzed by a
corvid.
3 Jay and Juv. Moorhen on the ponds as we came off
the moor.
Tuesday 9th September
After a shopping trip to Skipton an early
afternoon stroll on the river at Addingham.
Birds:-
4 Heron, 3 Dipper, Pheasant, 4 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher (eating a tasty fish),.
BHG, Nuthatch calling but not spotted, 2 Moorhen.
Today's snooker term.
A size eight mushroom.
The other thing is a fungi I think.
(There is something amiss with these two statements)
Doubler stones
Walls - Walls everywhere, but not and ice cream to eat
Today's Post
A red Grouse - chuffed I actually got the pic.
LOOK OUT CHARGING ELEPHANT
A distant Kestrel
OUCH don't sit here!
Remember this:- B Bumble and the stingers
Anyone for a game of conkers?
Heron 1
Heron 2
Heron 3
Heron side of caution
A poor Kingfisher shot but my 1st one taken with a fish.
Well taken with a camera , but it looks like it was taken with a fish.
A good blog there John. Thats a fair trek, you must be as fit as a butchers dog.
ReplyDeletecheers Bri.
ReplyDeletecaught out by the hot weather - a tad fatigued at the end if the day.
john