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Another walk in the Millstone Grit area of North-West Staffordshire.
The walk starts in the hamlet of Meerbrook, close to Tittesworth reservoir.
The hamlet is only 2 houses and a pub but it has quite a large church, albeit a modern, Victorian one.
we leave the lane up this track, through a nice pair of rather gothic stone gateposts. The yellow notice refers to a planning application for a new livestock shelter.
This ewe has a (black) lamb, very early in the year, it was the only lamb I saw.
Frith Bottom Farm. When this house was built in Victorian times the owner opted for "imported" brick instead of the local stone most of the areas buildings are built from.
This pasture is pretty damp at the best of times, judging by all the sedges!
A field barn ahead. Practically invisible through the rain ahead is the escarpment known as The Roaches.
Zoom in a bit!
Inside the field barn. There are joist holes half way up the walls showing it once had an upper floor, presumably to store fodder.
Built 150 years ago. Judging by the weathered tooling on a lot of the stones though, they are re-used from an older building.
View back the way we came.
The walk starts in the hamlet of Meerbrook, close to Tittesworth reservoir.
The hamlet is only 2 houses and a pub but it has quite a large church, albeit a modern, Victorian one.
we leave the lane up this track, through a nice pair of rather gothic stone gateposts. The yellow notice refers to a planning application for a new livestock shelter.
This ewe has a (black) lamb, very early in the year, it was the only lamb I saw.
Frith Bottom Farm. When this house was built in Victorian times the owner opted for "imported" brick instead of the local stone most of the areas buildings are built from.
This pasture is pretty damp at the best of times, judging by all the sedges!
A field barn ahead. Practically invisible through the rain ahead is the escarpment known as The Roaches.
Zoom in a bit!
Inside the field barn. There are joist holes half way up the walls showing it once had an upper floor, presumably to store fodder.
Built 150 years ago. Judging by the weathered tooling on a lot of the stones though, they are re-used from an older building.
View back the way we came.
The beer is not Banks' as implied by the glass but an excellent brew the name of which escapes me!
