tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post6902045102440844127..comments2024-03-29T11:38:23.585+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SaddleworthYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64561010803475448022016-09-03T15:31:31.547+01:002016-09-03T15:31:31.547+01:00Crossing t'moor on a cold, wet and windy night...Crossing t'moor on a cold, wet and windy night is a grim experience, whether you know about it's history or not. Wouldn't like to break down up there!Arrell Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870579586078266096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44029367293202705712016-08-08T18:35:11.101+01:002016-08-08T18:35:11.101+01:00Beautiful scenery! I can't wait to get back to...Beautiful scenery! I can't wait to get back to England. I miss it.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46061967090474637512016-08-08T10:45:10.040+01:002016-08-08T10:45:10.040+01:00In Australia! So many towns here are named in hon...In Australia! So many towns here are named in honour of their English originals e.g. Scarborough, Guildford, York. At first, I didn't like it at all, but now I see it as a tribute to those places "back home".Margaret Butterworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132595996801386452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46027277224884330732016-08-08T09:18:06.118+01:002016-08-08T09:18:06.118+01:00Graham - Sheffielders who live in the south and we...Graham - Sheffielders who live in the south and west of our city are still rather obsessed about The Snake Pass as it is our most direct link with Manchester. We all have stories about it. Earlier this year, returning from a football match, I had to turn around at Snake Pass Summit because of black ice. Three other cars had skidded off the road and one had overturned.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2931125842085893122016-08-08T08:35:11.053+01:002016-08-08T08:35:11.053+01:00The mention of the Snake Pass reminds me of many j...The mention of the Snake Pass reminds me of many journeys I made half a century ago or more when the pass seemed to spend most of the winter closed. Of course that was in the days before motorway congestion became the principal topic of traffic reports.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81906060502377449872016-08-07T23:54:39.749+01:002016-08-07T23:54:39.749+01:00There are maps to show interested people where the...There are maps to show interested people where the bodies of the children were found but the locations were two or three miles back over the moors to Yorkshire. All of that happened more than fifty years ago. <br /><br />By the way, you would have loved the ruined shooting cabin - Bramley's Cot - shown in my fourth picture.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69019286015926247912016-08-07T23:14:09.186+01:002016-08-07T23:14:09.186+01:00Great pictures, thank you!
I doubt there are all ...Great pictures, thank you! <br />I doubt there are all that many places left on this planet where not, at some stage in the past, terrible things have happened. I am glad you did not avoid going there - it's too beautiful an area, and not "its fault" for what has happened there.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30600844433197212172016-08-07T22:09:26.384+01:002016-08-07T22:09:26.384+01:00Desolate... yes that's it.Desolate... yes that's it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76598991455916805352016-08-07T22:08:28.947+01:002016-08-07T22:08:28.947+01:00Considering how many thousands of people live with...Considering how many thousands of people live within twenty minutes of this place... yes it is rather bleak.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10835202705321392022016-08-07T21:20:11.833+01:002016-08-07T21:20:11.833+01:00Beautiful photos, YP, but given the tragic associa...Beautiful photos, YP, but given the tragic association, it looks somewhat desolate. Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16271864700503194142016-08-07T20:53:27.490+01:002016-08-07T20:53:27.490+01:00Dramatic scenery, it looks rather a lonely place.Dramatic scenery, it looks rather a lonely place.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33555682399626599712016-08-07T18:48:49.684+01:002016-08-07T18:48:49.684+01:00Red is the colour of blood Red.Red is the colour of blood Red.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23121098813540835332016-08-07T18:46:07.243+01:002016-08-07T18:46:07.243+01:00I am sorry that your father has left you with such...I am sorry that your father has left you with such recollections Kate.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89790715245705220962016-08-07T18:43:17.806+01:002016-08-07T18:43:17.806+01:00I am quite choosy about my walking days. I try to ...I am quite choosy about my walking days. I try to avoid grey skies and rain if the weather people say that is what's coming. Hence, I have probably given you a false impression of our typical weather.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43510028587827168542016-08-07T18:21:57.066+01:002016-08-07T18:21:57.066+01:00This is a beautiful wild area. Each area has a lon...This is a beautiful wild area. Each area has a long history and this one includes some horrendous crime.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7366194758829773352016-08-07T17:48:36.774+01:002016-08-07T17:48:36.774+01:00my dad used to take me here back in the 60s , he w...my dad used to take me here back in the 60s , he was also one of the ghouls who picniced outside the house they killed in . He was a very strange bloke kate steeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772776996207438308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16202226580721509522016-08-07T17:03:25.277+01:002016-08-07T17:03:25.277+01:00I have never read of the Moor Murders, Mr. Pudding...I have never read of the Moor Murders, Mr. Pudding. I will do that someday when I am already in a murderous mood! The photos are beautiful. But, you know, I am a sucker for beautiful rivers and wild places. I was just thinking that you have mostly lovely days when you take us for walks. You must have wonderful weather forecaster persons over there!Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40897874657178367832016-08-07T15:26:21.629+01:002016-08-07T15:26:21.629+01:00Are you living in the real Perth - up in Scotland ...Are you living in the real Perth - up in Scotland or the pretend one in Western Australia? Butterworth is a lovely old Yorkshire name but I hope you are worth more than a pack of butter Margaret.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61693690746142432422016-08-07T15:24:28.220+01:002016-08-07T15:24:28.220+01:00Thank you Jennifer. The moorland cross in the firs...Thank you Jennifer. The moorland cross in the first picture was erected on the spot where the local Member of Parliament was killed in a shooting accident back in 1857.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81399969586049531972016-08-07T15:16:21.592+01:002016-08-07T15:16:21.592+01:00Beautiful spot. You find the most wonderful places...Beautiful spot. You find the most wonderful places to walk!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90598446700366645272016-08-07T14:34:25.209+01:002016-08-07T14:34:25.209+01:00Lovely photos! You are seeing it at the best time...Lovely photos! You are seeing it at the best time of year. Please go back in midwinter and take some pics then. (I was born in Holmfirth and miss those wild moors). Now living in Perth.Margaret Butterworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132595996801386452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60118509301236984802016-08-07T13:41:38.069+01:002016-08-07T13:41:38.069+01:00You'd be safe walking with me Lee. I rarely ca...You'd be safe walking with me Lee. I rarely carry a knife or rope and the spade in the back of my car is only there in case of snow. Honest.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62836204887293502532016-08-07T13:26:26.574+01:002016-08-07T13:26:26.574+01:00I've read enough about the Moor murders and th...I've read enough about the Moor murders and the evil perpetrators...I need read no more about them...waste no further precious time on the despicable monsters.<br /><br />That place, to me, I'm sure would give me a very eerie feeling and it is a place I'd not wish to visit.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com