Above - bonus images from Monday's lovely walk. Working down from the top...
- St Bartholomew's Church in the tiny village of Deanhead - sometimes confusingly referred to as Scammonden. It overlooks Scammonden Water - a reservoir that opened in 1970 in conjunction with the M62 motorway.
- A nineteenth century chest grave containing Thomas and Ann Wilkinson and their son Charles. They had a small farm at the opposite side of the valley - now almost obliterated as if it was never there at all. It was called Spring Head as the inscription confirms.
- Fence and path gate on "The Mosses" above Deanhead Reservoir. The simplicity of the arrangement caught my eye as I ascended to Saddleworth Road.
- "The Turnpike" pub-restaurant seen across Booth Wood Reservoir.
- An abandoned sheep farm on the hillside that overlooks Stott Hall Farm on its motorway island. This farm is called High Moss.
- Stone sheep in the valley between Deanhead Reservoir and Scammonden Water. A small leisure area has been developed here for walkers, families, picnickers etc and it is where I parked Clint.
Below - Room 39 at The Old Golf House Hotel including a view of Monday's sunrise over the motorway. That picture was on my wall. Who chooses the "art" for hotel rooms? Guests rarely marvel at it
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