It would have been a good walking day. That is what I had planned but I was largely thwarted. Phoebe had had a sleepover and Margot was deposited here at 8.15am. Frances was off to get her hair done at a hair salon she had not used before. The appointment lasted for four hours and cost a bucketful of money.
We kept the little girls entertained and nourished all morning and then when Frances reappeared I made her a light lunch for she's on a Munjaro journey. Round about 2pm, she went off to Aldi to do some family food shopping, not returning till well after three. The better part of the day had gone when we said goodbye to the little ones.
Head of the tunnel ventilation shaft on Totley Moor
The meal was over by six and soon afterwards I headed out to Totley Moor on the southern edge of the city. Boots on in the warm evening and off I went on a two mile circuit that took in the main ventilation shaft of Totley railway tunnel which was finished in 1893. As I stood close to the head of the ventilation shaft, I heard a train passing far below. Then back along Stony Ridge Road to where the new car was parked. I was delighted to discover that it had not been stolen.
the airshaft is an interesting part of your railway system. Moore is a word I'll have to look up. I'm familiar with it but I don't know the precise meaning.
ReplyDeleteOpen rough land with native vegetation - that is how I would define it.
DeleteSounds like a busy day. I walked the dogs today, they hadn't had a walk since I left, poor buggers. The house is clean and life is back to normal. My favorite thing about holidays, life is not normal.
ReplyDeleteI hope The Big Guy got a ticking off for not walking your canine babies.
DeleteFour hours to get her hair done?? And what is a munjaro journey please? I have never seen sheep like those pictured, what breed are they? The moor looks a lovely place to be tramping around on.
ReplyDeleteI believe they are blackface sheep - very common in Britain.
DeleteWhat is a Munjaro journey? I have never come across this term before.
ReplyDeleteFOUR hours at the hairdresser's?! Did she have a full hair transplant? (Kidding - I know that colour etc. can take a long time. But four hours would have made me very fidgety, stuck on a chair the entire time.)
You know that most of my walks take place in the evenings, either on my way home from work or, when working from home, straight from there. I enjoy that time of day particularly, with the light often being mellow, birdsong to be heard and animals to be seen that aren't out and about as much during the day.
The last photo captures exactly what I mean, with the early evening light and there not being many other people about.
Munjaro is a well-known weight loss reduction treatment.
Deletenice potted walk..... good photos.... be glad when i am off my arse and back in the hills
ReplyDeleteCatherine Earnshaw will probably feel just the same as she wanders the hills waiting for Heathcliff to return.
DeleteMy mother in law used to tease me for "bramble".
ReplyDeleteI seem to recall that your missus is not a Yorkshire lass.
DeleteTrue, but direct descendant of Bradford City Hall and Saltaire makes up for it. It was Mother In Law that said things like "Guzbriz" and "Rarzbriz".
DeleteNo, I've never heard of a Munjaro journey either. There are so many different weight loss treatments that it's difficult to keep up!
ReplyDeleteYour photos here are a complete contrast to the one you posted on Mix a few days ago. The sheep look somewhat affronted at having their photo taken.
It's surprising those sheep did not run away as I usually have that effect on sheep and women too.
DeleteThe mound and ventilation shaft are interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou were a good grandpa and fed your lot.
The last photo is great, and would be so without the walker.
I took several photos at that location.
DeleteA couple of miles, is a nice calming walk, and there were SHEEP!
ReplyDeleteThere was even a very shaggy old ram called David.
DeleteI love the photo of the sheep.
ReplyDeleteI had a haircut and blow dry yesterday and it took two hours, one whole hour was spent waiting. It can be very easy to lose a lot of time at the hairdressers, which is one reason I avoid them :)
Every thought of using a sheep shearer Kylie? Your hair would be done in fifteen seconds flat.
Deletehaha! you're not the first person to suggest I need shearing :)
DeleteWe have a strange shaped mound on the moors above but it doesn't have a railway beneath it. The last photo captures the time of the day well, the pregnant walker was brave, after all a tumble would not have done her any good but I suppose she had a phone with her.
ReplyDeleteOnly dumb people like me do not carry phones when they are out rambling.
DeleteFamiliar walks are delightful - the seasonal changes are so noticeable.
ReplyDeleteIt's good spending time with little children - they don't remain small for very long.
As usual you are right on both counts Janice.
DeleteTwo miles after dinner is pretty dedicated! I seldom walk anywhere after I eat my evening meal. Good you got a chance to spend a long day with the girls. It seems like everyone is on a Mounjaro (or equivalent) journey these days.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Francis is on a journey to feel better about herself and I commend her. I remember well those days of feeling beat down by life and by children and by all the things women are expected to do, including being a bread winner. Sometimes a woman just has to scrape together the time and the effort and the tools to remember herself as who she is when she's not being all things to all people.
ReplyDeleteGood for you and Mrs. P. for helping yesterday.
It looks a good walk or saunter even.
ReplyDeleteThat mound + the structure on top would be very puzzling without the explanation - and those sheep look rather puzzled by you and your camera :) And the last photo looks like it could be used by someone as inspiration for a short story!
ReplyDeleteLike some of the others, I had to look up Munjaro as I had no idea what it was. A weight loss drug?
ReplyDeleteIt's nice of you to watch the girls for so long and it was good that you still had time for a walk. Good Grandpa!