📍: Old Bank Bridge
ℹ️: towpath bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.6218845559649&mlon=-1.88302018256181#map=17/53.6218845559649/-1.88302018256181
📸: Photo by It's No Game on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/29057345@N04/37839583801

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #westyorkshire #slaithwaite #slawit #lock23e #lock #huddersfield #yorkshire #huddersfieldnarrowcanal

📍: Weir
ℹ️: weir
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.6108909968517&mlon=-1.91185452511822#map=17/53.6108909968517/-1.91185452511822
📸: Photo by touring_fishman on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/74849357@N00/36083073225

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #july #2017 #walks #walking #huddersfieldnarrowcanal #huddersfield #norrow #westslaithwaite #slaithwaite #west

Norky's rambles | Once at the heart of the Yorkshire wool industry, Slaithwaite (Slawit) has recently been voted the best place to live in the North | Peter Norcliffe

#Yorkshire #Slaithwaite #Huddersfield #Bylines
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/norkys-rambles-slawit-slaithwaite-the-best-place-to-live-in-the-north/

Four more fruit trees planted now! One more apple and our first three pear trees. We put them in a new spot and the ground there turned out to be much nicer (and flatter) so I think they might do well. #gardening #PearTrees #AppleTrees #slaithwaite

Enjoyed our first #Moonraking lantern parade since moving to #Slaithwaite - was fab.

There must have been over 100 lanterns - all water themed -- we made a crab 😁

(He's called Wesley Snips and lost the rest of his legs in a tragic (but delicious) hang-gliding accident -- he accidentally snipped the bar.)

Great to see so many people in the village, and supporting all the local businesses.

Despite terrible weather, loads turned out for the #moonraking festival in #slaithwaite and the atmosphere was great

Moonraking festival in the rain - Slaithwaite #moonraking #rain. #slaithwaite #Yorkshire

This short film (though actually an advert) was filmed on our drive last year! That's our gate he's leaning over! That's our rain! It's not our house or kitchen though - the magic of films eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeYkzjm6Isk

#slaithwaite #huddersfield

Walked the #ColneValley Circular route - on the hills around #Golcar #Marsden #Slaithwaite & #Linthwaite to the west of #Huddersfield.

I walked it clockwise last summer (and most of the partial walks we do on it are that way for some reason) so we went anticlockwise today. 22.5km/14miles. The views are maybe better clockwise but the hills felt a bit easier.

We stopped in for a drink at the pub towards the last stretch and were rewarded for our behaviour by a fantastic sunset to take us home 😍

Went on a lovely walk with our neighbour today - over #Slaithwaite and #PoleMoor to Cupwith Reservoir and back via Cop Hill. It was all so beautiful draped in white, and the sunset was amazing. Lots of bird spotting and chatting to random sheep, dogs and horses.

We even saw an elephant! (In the clouds.) (Last pic. I'm not the only one who can see it, right?)

#ColneValley #Yorkshire #walking

Walkers are Welcome Town - Golcar & Slaithwaite

Golcar and Slaithwaite are two mill towns located in the Colne Valley to the west of Huddersfield.
The area has a rich industrial heritage and a wide range of valley, moorland and canalside walks

https://walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-towns-e-k/waw/213

#WalkersAreWelcome #Golcar #Slaithwaite #Yorkshire #ColneValley #Huddersfield #Heritgage #Walking

Walked along the #Huddersfield Narrow Canal from #Slaithwaite then joined the Colne Valley Circular at #Marsden for the walk back towards #Golcar - a 9mile loop with a few good climbs. Lovely day for it - wet towards Cupwith but not as outright boggy as I'd feared. Also met a good selection of dogs.

#walking #hiking #Yorkshire

So there we are. An interesting walk from just outside #Slaithwaite to #Huddersfield.

(Typing that hashtag so many times has introduced me to the #Huddersfieldislovely hashtag - it really is!!)

My phone battery is about to go so I'll upload more details later but that was a lot of fun to do - I hope you enjoyed it even a fraction as much as I did. Now to buy towels (still yawn)!

Hey, would you like to come on a walk with me?

It's 2 years today since we moved to #Slaithwaite (a village in the Pennines) and every time I have to go into #Huddersfield, the nearest town, for boring reasons, I walk in to make the trip more interesting. It's 6-8miles and I pick a different route each time to explore the local area more.

Today, I'm going to buy towels (yawn) so let's make the route a good one! It'll be a mix of rural, suburban & urban 😀

#walking #hiking #flâneuse #flaneur

Slaithwaite looked particularly beautiful in the fog this morning. #slaithwaite #huddersfield #photography #yorkshire

There's a lot of lovely cycling in West Yorkshire... but occasionally I discover a gem on my own doorstep. Bank Gate in Marsden is only 200m long, but steep and mossy. "No Traffic": Cyclists: Welcome to Yorkshire. #cycling #NoTraffic #RuralRoads #CyclingUK #SMBMS #Marsden #Slaithwaite #Slawit

There's a lot of lovely cycling in West Yorkshire... but occasionally I discover a gem on my own doorstep. Bank Gate in Marsden is only 200m long, but steep and mossy. "No Traffic": Cyclists: Welcome to Yorkshire. #cycling #NoTraffic #RuralRoads #CyclingUK #SMBMS #Marsden #Slaithwaite #Slawit

Jake Fletcher. One moment playing a stadium of 12,000... the next a pub in Slaithwaite to 20 people... playing requests! Live music. Local pub. #SMBMS #Slaithwaite #Slawit

Jake Fletcher. One moment playing a stadium of 12,000... the next a pub in Slaithwaite to 20 people... playing requests! Live music. Local pub. #SMBMS #Slaithwaite #Slawit

@Silvergoatish @southpenninespark beside the canal: Darkwood Coffee roasting, Zapato and Empire Breweries, two awarding winning bakeries: Rogers, Marsden and Handmade, Slawit... Green Valley Grocer, Zero Waste Shop, so many cafes... Arty Explorers... and I'm sat in the Shoulder of Mutton right now waiting for a live music night with Jake Fletcher (session musician with The Specials). In all this, I get to be the Vicar. #SMBMS #Slaithwaite #Marsden woooooo!