Hiking and walking in South Yorkshire and beyond

 Brampton Corton Wood  RFM Blue Line  Walking with my brother 31/10/24 After Peter and I decided, in the fog, last week that we would move to winter walks this is the first one which was actually planned for last season. The walk connects up a few walks covering the area between Hoyland, Wombwell and Wortley, Corton Wood.  Starting at Elsecar Road in Brampton we headed past the Cottage of Content and followed the road to West Melton. We turned right onto a green path towards Wath-upon-Dearne.  We passed a field of pretty black and white horses. We discussed the breed but it was beyond our knowledge. Back into the woods and through a wonderful foliage tunnel the photo makes it look like an entrance into a magical world, actually it lead to Wath. Looking back we could see the odd shape of Bramton Church with its black, square, clock tower, the fields autumn brown and the trees and bushes yellows, reds and golds...wonderful. We headed away from Wath and crossed the...

Calver Slough Baslow  RFM Blue Line  Walking with my brother 25/10/24 The journey over to the start point was dark and foggy, not very pleasant. Peter and I agreed that we would stick closer to home for the rest of this year's winter walks. We parked in exactly the same place as last week and set off down the hill through this decidely beautiful little Derbyshire gem of a village. Each building seems to hold so much history and interest. The fog was not as bad as over the hills but looked set in for the day. The lampost stone seating area erected early last century is from another age.  After a slight detour around the village, as our interest in the buildings had dragged us off course, we climbed the hill through the leaf strewn woods of Hare Knoll.  The views crossing Hare Knoll were shrouded in fog so we had to be satisfied by good views of the cows. We discussed the differences between Jersey and Guernsey cows. A theme of this walk was definitely the abundance of...