One of the things washed out of the Bar Brook in recent floods was this big lump of slag – It’s not very pretty and is quite heavy. It is quite useless as it would be no good as a … Continue reading
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In the last post I showed the flooding along the Bar Brook following the rapid snow melt. However it is only when you compare the before and after photos that you realise the volume of water that passed down this … Continue reading
A combination of melting snow, frozen ground and rain, meant that the Bar Brook was bound to be flooded today and so it proved. 2 years ago I added photos of the stream in flood but it was not as … Continue reading
I love this area of rough woodland, just off the Baslow to Sheffield road. There is always something to photograph whatever time of year. Last month it was the siskins and redpolls on the alder trees- The trees and scrub … Continue reading
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Time to think!
My usual journey to Big Moor takes me out through the village of Old Brampton, in the middle of which stands a grand old church. I guess few people travelling this way ever stop to look at the clock on … Continue reading
Recently I bumped into a chap and his son looking for the site of a crashed Wellington bomber from the 2nd World War. There is a book dating back to the 1970’s which specifies many of the sites in the … Continue reading
The west of Big Moor finishes with steep cliffs down to the valley below. These cliffs are the Edges. Big Moor itself finishes in White Edge which falls to a shelf which then falls to the valley below Froggatt Edge … Continue reading
Although Big Moor dominates these Eastern Moors there are several smaller moors surrounding it. The 2 most easterly ones are Ramsley Moor and Leash Fen and these are the most intimidating and least visited areas. Both of these Moors are … Continue reading
The onset of winter usually marks a quiet period on Big Moor with most birds heading for warmer lands or at least warmer parts of the UK. However for a few hardy species Big Moor is their new home for … Continue reading
One of the side effects of the rutting process is that the junior males in the family are pushed out of the group by the dominant male. … Continue reading