During my two-week ‘stay-cation’ last month I had a day out which, for once, didn’t include Poppie. Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t have left her behind but I was going to somewhere I couldn’t take her (that’s for a future post) however as soon as I got home, and with the sun getting low in the sky, I took her for a walk on Smithills moor to hopefully catch one or two sunset shots.
It was a very clear early evening and once I’d parked at the side of the lane near the Trespass Stone I took a shot of the view over to Manchester before setting off up the path heading towards the lower slopes of Winter Hill; not wanting to go too far my destination was Dean Mills reservoir, less than a 15-minute walk from where I’d left the van.
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Well it was worth the wait, you got some beautiful photos. I can’t remember the last day out we had without Archie, it does seem funny if we’re out without him, I’m so used to him being with us whenever we go anywhere.
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The photos actually came out better than I expected, my own particular favourites are the first two. When I was with my partner we made a point of keeping Sundays for whichever dogs we had at the time and we would always go to a beach or somewhere in the country where we could have a good walk, they could spend some time off-lead, and we could have coffee and cake or a meal somewhere. I’ve stuck to that ever since (unless it’s raining!) with local walks during the week and somewhere ‘special’ at weekends so it felt really odd not having Poppie with me.
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I’ve never actually been over that side of the moor. Really should make the effort to get a different perspective of Winter Hill
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In previous years I’ve been up to the mast from the Belmont side and the Horwich side but never from the Smithills side so that could be one for next summer. On a clear day the views from Dean Mills are quite far reaching – for me it’s not that far from home and it’s quite easy to get to.
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I’ve never seen Manchester from that perspective before. The sunset photographs are beautiful. X
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Thanks Jules. You can see for miles from up there on a clear day, even as far as the airport and Jodrell Bank if you know where to look. The photos came out better than I expected so I was more than happy 🙂
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I was thinking the light rather beautiful, till it turned chill, Eunice, but it was certainly worth it for the lovely sunset shots. 🙂 🙂
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It had been sunny and warm all day while I was out so I was surprised at how chilly it was up there. Definitely worth it for the shots though and I wasn’t far from home so I soon got warmed up once I got back 🙂
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Lovely sunset, and beautiful autumn colours too.
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I saw a spectacular sunset on the way back from Southport just a few days earlier but there was nowhere I could stop to take photos 😦 I was hoping this one would be similar, it wasn’t but it was good enough and the shots I got came out okay and I didn’t feel as guilty for not taking Poppie out with me earlier 🙂
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Dear Autumn (insert slight sarcasm) when as soon as the sun goes down it’s more than a little cold – unless you take today where it never seems to have warmed up!
Despite your sunset not being “spectacular” you still have some lovely photos, and any walk where you don’t get rained on is a result at this time of year! 💦 ☔️
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I really only like autumn for the glorious colours it produces, other than that I just wish I could hibernate from October to April. I think September saw the last of the really decent weather, with the exception of an odd day here and there it’s rained most of the time since early October. I’d been at the coast this particular day in September and it had still been warm and sunny t-shirt weather so I was surprised that it had gone so chilly up on the moors 😦
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