Monday, 6 February 2017

Swalesmoor Circular and Swalesmoor to Bradshaw

13:15 - 15:45

It was a bright and sunny morning up here with the mist visible, in the distance,  hanging over Halifax.
As the morning passed the mist slowly encroached, like a door-to-door salesman that no on wants to see.
Eventually the sun succumbed.

It was even worse in Shipley, where we had a shop to visit late morning. 
Here, after bright sunshine above Wilsden, we dropped down in thick fog and -1 degrees.

This aft. we parked at the swimming baths on Swalesmoor Road and did a circular walk down Hag Lane and back round.

Afterwards, Sue drove home and I decided to walk back to Bradshaw.

Walk:

I set of over Ringby Top, where the track is extremely muddy, at the end of the bridleway I crossed the road at the Queensbury border and went down Crooked Lane.

Some kind soul has mistaken this lovely cobbled lane for the Waste Disposal Depot , and, half way down, dropped all manner of stuff on it. 
A real eyesore and a great pity , as I think this lane is on the official Calderdale Way Path.

I followed the Calderdale Way above Holdsworth House and followed my nose home from there.

Birds:

Not a great birding day, even by my standards, today.

But with a few miles to walk I did not dawdle as much as I would have liked.
I did not do justice to Ringby Top and might try Ringby Top again, tomorrow, if the weather is ok.

Hag Lane area - I Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming and I calling.
4 Jay and 12 Redwing.

Ringby Top was very windy in places and a bit disappointing.
I did dawdle here a bit hoping for  Bunting of any variety.
There were '100's' of Corvids just 1 Meadow Pipit (struggling against the wind) a flock of Starling and plenty of Common Gulls taking the breeze.

Not a lot seen on the way home - 20 Redwing were in the fields by Holdsworth House, was about all.




Ogden Windfarm in the mist



Wilsden in the mist



Hag Lane


Looking over Halifax


Looking back to the Ski Slope - muddy - but a lot  worse to come




Stump Cross and Northowram







Soil Hill in the distance




I can see my house from here


Crooked Lane - a better bit of it.





Even the Robin of the day took some getting


Oats Royd Yellow Brick Road 


Looking back to Ringby Top from Oats Royd Area



2 comments:

  1. Nice walk John, you passed my house shame I didn't see ya, the muds a nightmare, its everywhere you go at the moment.

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  2. Enjoyed the walk - there is room on the path side to get out of the mud most of the way.

    John

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