Black-tailed godwits, Leighton Moss

Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Summer drapery 2026

Looking down the Medlock Valley 

It would be nice to have an extended happy medium somewhere between Coo, What A Scorcher! and Britain Shivers! The prolonged dry spell and a succession of heatwaves had their impact on the landscapes. It also had an impact on which landscapes I explored: heat and wildfires knocked a lot of hillwalking on the head.

Whatever the weather, and the changing climate, the scenery is worth the effort of the visit, most of the time. Don't think I've never been tempted to put together a sewage works gallery.

New Cut, Woolston

River Irwell, Kersal Wetlands 

Crosby Marine Lake 

River Irwell, Kersal Dale 

River Mersey, Urmston

Chat Moss 

Welsh Coast Path approaching Foryd Bay 

Caernarfon 

Lower Strinesdale Reservoir 

River Mersey, Woolston 

Low Hall 

Bempton Cliffs

A Stretford Meadows sunset 

Grange-over-sands Station 

Duddon Estuary

Hodbarrow, Black Combe in the distance

Tarlscough Lane, Burscough 

Wellacre Country Park
No, it didn't rain.

Moses Gate Country Park 

Pennington Flash 

Buxton Pavilion Gardens 

Chat Moss

Rixton

Dee Estuary, West Kirby 

Partial solar eclipse, Banky Lane 

Cadishead Moss

Pennington Flash 

Cob Kiln Wood 

Lostock Park 

High Rid Reservoir 

Walkerwood Reservoir 

Woolston Eyes 

Manchester Ship Canal by Wharfside