Monday 1 February 2010

6 hour walk and only 12 miles!!! boo

well the first day of my week off work.
as i live halifax which is not the best place to live for birds or birding.i took my friend Geraldine on a long walk,which basically was from town to old mill then ploughcroft,catherine slack,shibden valley,hipperholme,norcliffe,southowram,bank top,beacon hill then back to halifax.it was only 12 miles i thought it would be more,its the fucking hills that fuck it up!

law hill school plaque


we found a collared dove injured/stunned at the roadside a friendly workman put the little fella out of harms way (i was hoping for a mourning dove when i saw it)



lunch at the new cafe in shibden park was very nice

scout hall


4 comments:

Ipin said...

love the new header photo Darrel! I bet it was a bit bracing up on't moors?

Warren Baker said...

You really have some great looking buildings up there Darrell, that scout hall has some great stone on it.

Brian Sumner . said...

Scout Hall in its day,when I was a lad, was known by locals as The House of a Thousand Windows.We used to try to bird the grounds but usually ended up getting chased off.

darrell j prest said...

ipin

its always bracing up there

warren

yes the town has rich history which amazingly can still be seen.

brian

'house of a thousand windows' love the name but it only has 365! kid birders eh always stringing ;)