This week's Sky Watch is looking across the Tame Valley in Mossley, just over the hill from Ashton. I was fascinated by the colours ...

Today's photo shows traces of at least seven vapour trails in the same area of sky. (If you check the larger view you will see a sma...

(Click photo for larger version. Press Back button to return here.) After the windy weather of a few days ago, this tree has been comple...

(Click photo for larger version. Press Back button to return here.) "H" is for "Heather on the Hill" and today's ...

(Click photo for larger version. Press Back button to return here.) A view over the upland hamlet of Broadcarr, on the border between Ash...

Yet another double-bill of snow photos! Today's photos were taken on Hartshead Pike. Six inches of snow did not stop people from making ...

The recent rainy period couldn't be allowed to pass without more damp photos appearing here! Today's image looks along Argyle Street...

Another photo today from the walk over Hobson Moor shown in previous weeks. The ground becomes rougher as the path climbs nearer the sum...

Today's photo was taken on the same walk as the photo that appeared here two weeks ago . The tree in the centre of the photo is near th...

Oakwood Mill is on the edge of the village of Millbrook, between Stalybridge and Mossley, and about 4 miles from Ashton. The mill, which ...

A short bus ride from Ashton under Lyne will take you to Mottram Road cutting, from where there are many field paths and lanes running alon...

The view from Platform 2 of Stalybridge Station on a wet weekend is not the most welcoming or inspiring. The platform overlooks an area o...

This is the view looking eastwards towards the Pennine moorland just before dawn on a winter's morning. I didn't have to wake up ear...

Some brand new gates have appeared at the entrance to Mossley Park on Old Brow this last week. They are painted in the green and gold of the...

A rewarding walk for those who do not mind a few small hills is along the ancient road that runs around the hillside below the moors between...

O little town of Mossley (twinned with Hem ) How still we see thee lie. Above thy deep and streamless valley The incoming flights to Manche...

Waterloo Street is off Kings Road, Hurst, rather than in the area called Waterloo. No doubt gets its name from the same battle but the house...

Time to get out on the hills again! Following the popularity of the moorland views seen in February, I thought I would share this photo look...

Looking down on Dovestones Reservoir, Greenfield, from Slack Head Brow, close to Alphin Pike. This is a bit further west along the hill from...

By request - a photo of the moorland above Dovestones Reservoir, Greenfield. This scene is a mere half dozen miles from Ashton but is so dif...