lefty suggested going out to see some places in the area and this was a wonderful idea. He let me use a walking stick his father had made and that let me walk much more easily so off we went.
Just getting started.
Our objective was Alderley Edge, almost a cliff that was created at the farthest extent of the glaciers from one of the Ice Ages. The Ice Age is not mentioned in the Wiki but that's the story as lefty told it to me. There is a quite ancient history here that goes back at least to Roman times in the Third Century. (Wiki: Alderley Edge)
But, first, Granelli's Ice Cream!
And on to the Alderley Edge
Whilst I can't say specifically what is different about the English countryside, it is different and very beautiful to me. We are up a good distance here and just in front me is a sharp vertical drop of maybe twenty or thirty meters to where the trees in the foreground are growing and then it slopes for a good way beyond that.
Here's another view only this time toward Manchester in the distance.
Manchester is in the distance with Liverpool beyond that but it's back here that you'll find the headwaters of the River Mersey which was the subject of a song by Gerry and the Pacemakers in the early sixties.
Just getting started.
Our objective was Alderley Edge, almost a cliff that was created at the farthest extent of the glaciers from one of the Ice Ages. The Ice Age is not mentioned in the Wiki but that's the story as lefty told it to me. There is a quite ancient history here that goes back at least to Roman times in the Third Century. (Wiki: Alderley Edge)
But, first, Granelli's Ice Cream!
And on to the Alderley Edge
Whilst I can't say specifically what is different about the English countryside, it is different and very beautiful to me. We are up a good distance here and just in front me is a sharp vertical drop of maybe twenty or thirty meters to where the trees in the foreground are growing and then it slopes for a good way beyond that.
Here's another view only this time toward Manchester in the distance.
Manchester is in the distance with Liverpool beyond that but it's back here that you'll find the headwaters of the River Mersey which was the subject of a song by Gerry and the Pacemakers in the early sixties.
From here we went to Bramall Hall, a huge Tudor manor house where Henry VIII is said to have stayed.
Bramall Hall is in the Domesday Book so it goes back far enough to have a tremendous history behind it. For a considerable part of its life, Bramall Hall was owned by the Davenports one of whom was favored by Henry VIII for his attacks on Scotland including being a part of burning Edinburgh. He was knighted in Scotland for his efforts and this seems a bit unusual but so the history goes. (Wiki: Bramall Hall)
And take a look at the grounds.
There are large ponds that have been created for fishing and the surrounding forest would have been excellent for hunting pheasant, deer, etc. There's the road and the bridge across part of a pond to come up to the manor.
It was charming to see quite a number of schoolchildren hanging about there and these aren't the only ones. Bramall Hall is much more than a museum.
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