Bolton
Disused railway bridge on Barnburgh Lane Yesterday, I caught a train to a large village called Bolton-upon-Dearne. It is located north of Rotherham between Swinton and Goldthorpe in an area that was the beating heart of the South Yorkshire coalfield. As each year passes, that proud industry of yore becomes more and more like a distant memory. Even the landscape is concealing what once was. It was a lovely afternoon. I had a planned walk to undertake while at the same time bagging four more 1km map squares for The Geograph Project - adding to the 18,602 images I had already submitted. To tell you the truth, I was feeling a little unwell so I had deliberately plotted a sensible distance of around 3.5 miles before returning to Bolton-upon-Dearne's railway station in time for the 16.32 train home. Bolton Brickyard Ponds I met a man with a bulldog. It had a head as big as a large cauliflower. It was his daughter's dog. It tried to hump my leg which I found most disagreeable....