Tag Archives: Peak District

Independence, risk and narrow escapes.

Posted on November 7, 2013 by BarryH

I was brought up in an area of Salford near Manchester described in a book by Robert Roberts called ‘The Classic Slum’, an appellation coined for it in the mid 19th Century by Friedrich Engels who had interests in cotton … Continue reading →

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Brecon Beacons: waterfalls and pleasures revisited.

Posted on August 16, 2013 by BarryH

For over two weeks now I’ve been non-stop busy in the garden.  The physically most demanding job has been cutting hedges because some of them are 15-20 feet high.  That means erecting, dismantling (English is sometimes very strange, why not … Continue reading →

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Getting the grey out of my brain: Kinder Plateau, trespass and a lot of history

Posted on July 18, 2012 by BarryH

After climbing Cadair Idris in Snowdonia on Friday, I stayed with my daughter and her husband in the Manchester area and, with a better-than-expected weather forecast, on Saturday I headed for the Peak District. I was brought up in Salford … Continue reading →

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