Chinley is such a friendly village with friendly people and good shops and the mile walk down is very pleasant with views to lift the spirits - coming back up Stubbins Lane hill is less pleasant!
Jess, our farm dog, just loves a walk and so do our little grandchildren, especially if the horses come up to see them.
Round Windy Bend with Eccles Pike in view.
View of Buxworth from the stile leading down Splash Lane footpath - one of the many lovely footpath walks that criss-cross the farm.
Through the narrow where the trees overhang the walls - and cause poor farmer Nic great problems when the sap rises in Spring and the roots push up the drystone walls which then collapse and have to be rebuilt.
Jess, our farm dog, just loves a walk and so do our little grandchildren, especially if the horses come up to see them.
Round Windy Bend with Eccles Pike in view.
View of Buxworth from the stile leading down Splash Lane footpath - one of the many lovely footpath walks that criss-cross the farm.Through the narrow where the trees overhang the walls - and cause poor farmer Nic great problems when the sap rises in Spring and the roots push up the drystone walls which then collapse and have to be rebuilt. A well built wall on stable ground will last a hundred years or more -Nic's old aunt always said he was building his own memorial when he built a good gap and there is great satisfaction in building a good bit of wall.
Over the cattle grid and past our neighbours at Tithe Barn and Yew Tree Cottage - there are a few houses along our farm lane which confuses our guests, who have been known to knock at Yew Tree and think that they have arrived at the farmhouse.
Over the cattle grid and past our neighbours at Tithe Barn and Yew Tree Cottage - there are a few houses along our farm lane which confuses our guests, who have been known to knock at Yew Tree and think that they have arrived at the farmhouse.
And the hawthorns and holly trees where our secretive badgers cross the road at night and we pick holly at Christmas.
The last part of our farm lane is at our buildings at Stubbins hamlet where we lamb the twins in Spring, shear the sheep and store our winter fodder. Our farm lane now becomes Stubbins Lane and goes downhill to Chinley.
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