Sluice Gate Crank

                                                                            Meanderings with Liz
 

Spike

                                                 Now on Volume 6 of the Corona Diaries...
 

Lockdown Diary Volume 6

Brockholes Missing Letters

A kingfisher flew under the packhorse bridge...can you work out the name on the padlocked door?

 

West Nab, Standedge and Pule Hill

Ground rock hard, ice and snow made for a couple of wonderful walks in the New Year

 

Hygge in South Crosland

New Year's Eve. Snow on the ground, blankets, hot water bottles, a glowing fire melting snow not providing much heat... the Hygge experience minus friends, a bar and a  Hygge Tent (absent from St George's Square , Huddersfield this year). It was a cold,clear, still night with many stars. We stayed out for nearly 4 hours. And yes, it was cold!

 

King Alfred's Cakes?

Christmas Fungus

 

Turkeytail Magdale & Healey House Honesty

As seen on Boxing Day walk

 

Christmas Card Podium

 The top 3 cards this year featured animals, with surprise sightings of a festive sloth, tiger and ostriches. In 2nd  place were Christmas words and in 3rd were cards featuring buildings in snowy scenes, including Huddersfield's neo-classical railway station. I was delighted to receive more wonderful homemade cards this year, with a surprising surge in nativity scenes, trees and cards with a transport theme.This year's losers were Father Christmas, robins and snowmen, all down on last year. The colour scheme was notably muted, with less red, green or shiny cards. There was even a card with a Covid theme.....in the shape of a train ticket, it was from a mask company we'd all given custom to..... 

News of the Stews 2020

For those who didn't get a snail mail version, here's our very highly edited year....