TR Calderdale Way Heptonstall to Bradshaw Sat 28th June 2015-06-28
The Calderdale way is a 50 mile walk around the boundary of Calderdale which passes through where i live. Ive walked on the sections near to me many times on my local walks and back in January 2014 we decided me and the wife and 2 friends would walk the route in 5 sections of around 10 miles each. We walked the first 2 sections in January and February 2014 and have been waiting for our friends to start the 3rd section but for one reason or another as a group we have all been busy. Me and Mrs R decided we would continue on our own and complete the last 3 sections before winter so the next section was from a village called Heptonstall just outside of Hebden bridge to the viallge of Bradshaw where i live.
We caught public transport from home of 3 bus journeys to Heptonstall where we ended the last section and picked back up the path where we left it. It was a beautiful day with sunshine forecast for most of it and no rain. We had Jack with us and i was looking forward to the walk having missed him and Mrs R the weekend before and i also had a new toy.
Ive been wanting a bridge camera for a while and in the week i called in to see the brother in law to give him his birthday card and it turns out he is selling one of his cameras a Fuji SL240 which i now have on trial. Its a lot bigger than my little Nikon Coolpix but has a lot more functions and the potential for a novice like me to take better pictures so the walk was ideal to get some good scenic pictures.
Looking back towards a small part of Hebden Bridge from the start of the walk at Heptonstall
It wasn’t long before we were in woodland
A magnificent monkey tree
So inviting
Does Frodo Baggins live here
Jack
Mrs R
Looking back towards Heptonstall and the wood we had walked through
A bird of prey
A couple of schnauzers who came to great us
Open moorland ahead
Stoodley Pike
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance
The Calder Valley
Jack feeling the heat
More of the Calder Valley
Home is the other side of that hill in front
Back in to Woodland and the shade
Our lunch spot
Jack was happy we had reached a stream, we were almost out of water for him, he doesn’t do water but had a bit of a paddle today with the heat.
A panorama of the hillside we had just come across
A friendly horse
Home is on the other side
A not so friendly German Sheppard
Checking out the timer function
Home on the hillside in front of us
Route info 10.7 Miles, 2015ft of ascent over 4 hours 56 minutes and 2/3 of the Calderdale way completed. A nice walk with Mrs R and Jack and some very good results from the camera, i especially like the panorama facility because its so easy to use and i would imagine i would give that a lot of stick in the lakes to get a bigger shot of the mountains. There are so many functions on the camera for me to be playing with but auto mode and panorama seem to work best for me. Ive just got to haggle with the brother in law now.
Link to all the pics
https://flic.kr/s/aHskevYjdf