Ardsley
A lovely sunny day was promised and indeed it came true. Time for a good, long walk with my camera over my shoulder in unfamiliar territory. I drove north up the M1 motorway to Junction 41 - but from there I wasn't heading east into Wakefield. My destination was just to the west - the village of East Ardsley. Beforehand I had checked out Google Streetview and planned to park close to St Michael's Church. With boots double tied to prevent the laces from unravelling, I checked out the churchyard before embarking on the circular route I had planned with the aid of this Ordnance Survey map:- The walk took me under the motorway then west along Blind Lane past Haigh Hall Spring Wood before circumnavigating Ardsley Reservoir which you can see left of centre. Then along Westerton Road and back round to the church - the symbol for which you might be be to spot just to the east of the word "Ardsley". I had some sustenance on my way. In the reservoir car park I bou...