Orange sky over Gee Cross

Looking out over the rooftops of houses towards Werneth Low Road and the Hare & Hounds. The setting sun is spreading an orange light over the chimney-tops in the foreground and the clouds in the background.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday and Orange You Glad It's Friday.

Rain clouds over Gee Cross

The weather is changeable.

Before I took this photograph, about half an hour ago, it had been raining heavily; then it cleared up.

Shortly after the photograph was taken there was a short sharp shower but now as I upload this post the sun has come out again.

Just typical British weather.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Oops - now it's raining again!

The view across Hyde Central

Looking across the platforms at Hyde Central Station.

Behind the fencing are the roofs of houses on Station Close.

The white building beyond is the Asda superstore.

In the distance are the war memorial on Werneth Low and the communication masts on Idle Hill.

A contribution to signs, signs and Good Fences.

January sunrise over Werneth Low

A sky of layered clouds over Werneth Low Road at 8.45am on the first Sunday in January. It all clouded over within an hour and it remained dull all day until wind and heavy rain arrived in the evening.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Near Idle Hill

  © Copyright Douglas Law and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Walked up from lower car park then up to Cenotaph then up past golf course to gain road and soon over gate to bag top. This area deserves a longer walk even on a dry grey morning.

Name: Idle Hill [Werneth Low]
Hill number: 5338
Height: 279m / 915ft
Area: 36: Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines
Class: Hu
Grid ref: SJ 96883 93002
Summit feature: grassy mound
Drop: 112m
Col: 167m SJ979940
Taken Sunday, 31 October, 2010.

I'm taking a brief holiday and for while I'm away I've scheduled posts using photographs by visitors to the area.

Sycamore Cottage

  © Copyright Stephen Burton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Standing on Mottram Old Road the recently renovated Sycamore Cottage looks completely different from the old smaller cottage that had stood here for many years. In the background you can see Werneth Low with the Hyde cenotaph at its summit.

Taken Friday, 10 August, 2012.

I'm taking a brief holiday and for while I'm away I've scheduled posts using photographs by visitors to the area.

Radcliffe Fold

  © Copyright Raymond Knapman and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Taken Monday, 8 October, 2012.

I'm taking a brief holiday and for while I'm away I've scheduled posts using photographs by visitors to the area.

This lies off the footpath from Werneth Low to Compstall.

Godley Reservoir

  © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Trig on a dam. Looking towards Werneth Low.

Taken Wednesday, 21 July, 2004.

I'm taking a brief holiday and for while I'm away I've scheduled posts using photographs by visitors to the area.

The Weekend in Black and White: Hyde Chapel Spire and Werneth Low

This half-tone image is looking towards the western flank of Werneth Low (about 2km distance) and the spire of Hyde Chapel (about 1km distance).

The original photograph was taken about three weeks ago at the same time as the one of Kite flying on Werneth Low. The right hand edge of that more or less aligns with the left hand edge here.

I took a similar view to this in June 2012 when cows were grazing and storm clouds were brewing.

A contribution to Scenic Weekends and The Weekend in Black and White.

Kite-flying on Werneth Low

A couple of evenings ago we had a thunderstorm coupled with hailstones.

An hour later though and the sky had brightened up. I looked out and saw something in the air near the Hare and Hounds on Werneth Low about two kilometres away.

I leaned out of the window and zoomed in on the scene. I only saw this clearly after I'd uploaded the photograph to the computer.

The houses in the foreground are at the top of Lord Derby Road about a kilometre distant.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Skywatch Friday: How it looked a week ago

This is how the sky looked a week ago with a bright blue sky peeking out of the clouds over the Hare and Hounds in the centre and the spire of Hyde Chapel on the right.

Now it is back to torrential rain and high winds - a typical British Summer.

For Skywatch Friday.

Storm Clouds over Gee Cross

This was taken at the same time as my recent photo of the Hare and Hounds.

It looks a little further West towards the trees below the trig point at the junction of Werneth Low Road and Cowlishaw Road.

I used a zoom lens to reach a distance of some two kilometres. The spire of Hyde Chapel is actually about a kilometre away although the cattle seem to be grazing close to.

To highlight the dramatic effect I've introduced a few painterly touches.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Yet another shot of the Hare & Hounds

During a brief bright respite from the rain a few evenings ago I stuck my head through the window and zoomed in on the Hare and Hounds on Werneth Low.

It has been raining pretty solidly ever since.

The last time I showed you the same view was January.

In June 2010 I posted three shots from morning, noon and night of the longest day.

A contribution to Scenic Sunday.

Skywatch Friday: Clouds over the Hare & Hounds

I posted a view of the sky over the Hare & Hounds on Werneth Low back in October 2011. For Skywatchers though it is an ever changing view. This is how it looked on Thursday at 10am with birds flying around and the sun just trying to peep out under the clouds.


About twenty minutes later the clouds had mostly gone, the sun shone and the sky turned blue. This is how it looked another three hours later with sheep grazing in the field below the inn.

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2012 Twilight

A view over the rooftops towards the Hare and Hounds on Werneth Low.

This was taken just before dawn on New Year's Day.

Snow on the Low

As I left Tameside hospital on Thursday morning after my operation it was snowing and by lunchtime the roofs of houses on Brooks Avenue were covered. By late afternoon the snow had turned to rain but in the distance by the Hare & Hounds on Werneth Low the ground was still covered in snow.

Skywatch Friday: Towards the Hare & Hounds

This was taken early evening last Tuesday looking over the rooftops of Gee Cross towards the Hare & Hounds on Werneth Low Road.

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ABC Wednesday: W is for War Memorial on Werneth Low

The wooden model of Hyde War Memorial, borrowed from the Werneth Low Visitor Centre, was on display at Gee Cross Fete last Sunday.

In 1920, following a public appeal, which raised exactly £14,013, 14 shilling and 8 pennies, the War Memorial Committee of the Hyde Borough Council made a momentous decision by purchasing Lower Higham Farm and all its land. Following the purchase a scheme was put forward to protect the land forever for the health and well being of the community, a lasting tribute to the 710 men from this area who perished in The Great War of 1914 to 1918. On the site known as Hackingknife, at a cost of £2,000, Hyde's main war memorial was officially unveiled on the 25th of June 1921. The land and farm are now held in trust by the Hyde War Memorial Trust.

A more distant view of the memorial can be seen on Hyde DP Xtra.

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Bridge at Hattersley

Last week on HDP Vol.1 I showed you Shadows entering Hattersley.

This is the view from about the same point looking in the opposite direction over the bridge towards Stockport. The hill in the background is Werneth Low which rises to a height of 279 metres (915 ft).

Halfway along the bridge is a group of pigeons. As I crossed the bridge they flew off but once I'd passed they returned.

You can see more of the pigeons on Hyde DP Xtra.

Tomorrow I will show you what they were looking at.

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