Apparently North Manchester is a Dump!

Tonight's diary entry is a bit of a rant about a guy at work who keeps on banging on about how awful North Manchester is.  Only the other day he came out with a comment about how rubbish the Manchester wheel is because all you see from it is 'a view of grotty North Manchester'.

Anyway, as I was only walking with Ruby tonight, I decided to take a few pictures.  The walk I went on was only very short, up to George's Lane and back but, personally, I think the scenery is lovely throughout the walk and all this is on my doorstep.

Firstly though, I'll start with some pictures of the fallen trees I mentioned the other night now that I managed to see them in the daylight.

This is the one which you have to go under to get past (Rachael, did I spell past right?)  ;)




This one may add a fun obstacle to the Two Lads race if it isn't removed beforehand...

 This picture I took to show the spot where Duncan had his accident which resulted in his recent hip replacement.  That tiny little step there is where it all went wrong. Hard to believe really.

Next is a picture of the view from George's Lane over Rivington Reservoir and beyond.  It's a shame the picture hasn't come out as well as I had hoped as, believe it or not, it was a pretty clear evening and you could clearly see all the hills - Parbold, Ashurst, Billinge, etc and even as far as Wales (at least I think it's Wales that way) - in the background. 

Finally, a view of the Pike taken from the scene of Duncan's accident...

In conclusion, I absolutely love where I live and wouldn't swap it for anywhere in South Manchester which would cost triple the price anyway!  I just wish I could do the beauty of the West Pennine Moors a bit of justice but unfortunately my photography skills are pretty poor.  All of these photos were taken only a few minutes walk away from my house.  I wonder if the guy at work has countryside like this on his doorstep.  I think not.