FAO; Tyke

[Bush Tucker Man]

We weren't too far from you a couple of weekends ago (Sunday 15th)

A 'Small-Childs' school friends party at 'Leap-Frog' on Elm Street


Also;
These features aren't overly far from you either;

Park Mill. 1

Park Mill. 2

Pie-Dish

Black Dicks Temple (okay, a bit further north, but still not far away)

[Tyke]

Cool - these things always look better from someone elses viewpoint. The old pie dish makes a nice splash of colour in Denby Dale when it's in bloom.

Story goes that the pie was 'rather gamey' and we have a nice collection of commemorative plates from the pie hall. It could only happen in Yorkshire mate - who else would bake a pie that size  

Nice shot of the old pack horse bridge in the snow, when was that one taken?

Elm Street is more or less opposite my place, at the top of the hill looking up Queen St. If you carry on up the road off Elm Street, past the nursery and old folks home, there is an unmade lane, Pilling Lane, that takes you all the way back down the hill and into Siscet. Local tractor enthusiasts use it for playing on their tractors but is best driven weekdays and at night, to avoid the dog walkers and ramblers

Halfway down the lane is a bridge under the steam railway, under the bridge and into the field behind and bear right you will find a number of badger sets that are currently active. Can't get the vehicle down there, you have to walk, but worth the effort if you see a badger or two  

[Bush Tucker Man]

Cool - these things always look better from someone elses viewpoint. The old pie dish makes a nice splash of colour in Denby Dale when it's in bloom.

I try to interest you all, but I'll agree, even if it's in your own 'back garden' & someone else takes a photograph, it's always seems differant

Story goes that the pie was 'rather gamey' and we have a nice collection of commemorative plates from the pie hall. It could only happen in Yorkshire mate - who else would bake a pie that size  

Yes, one of them was, as it was buried in Quick-Lime in the woods, in 1887

Nice shot of the old pack horse bridge in the snow, when was that one taken?

I've just checked & it was taken on 24th February 2005

There's also this one of the A635 (between Scissett & Kitchenroyd), & this one of the Nortonthorpe Mills mill-pond
(We once looked at the house on the edge of the pond with a possible view to buying (adjacent to the junction with the A635)

there is an unmade lane, Pilling Lane, that takes you all the way back down the hill and into Siscet. Local tractor enthusiasts use it for playing on their tractors but is best driven weekdays and at night, to avoid the dog walkers and ramblers

Is this Pilling Lane that runs parallell to the railway??

Halfway down the lane is a bridge under the steam railway, under the bridge and into the field behind and bear right you will find a number of badger sets that are currently active. Can't get the vehicle down there, you have to walk, but worth the effort if you see a badger or two  

We might have to take 'Small-Child' down to try & watch them then?

[Tyke]

Is this Pilling Lane that runs parallell to the railway??

It is mate, enter the lane quitely from scisset end. It's a rather built up residential area  



Carry on to where the turn off is shown and walk under the bridge, over the stone stile and bear left. The field has a large Gorse outcrop and nearer to the railway you will see the older sets that are fenced off. Some of them are still used, you can see where the fresh tracks are sometimes.

Best sets are actually on the railway embankment so have a good look around for fresh tracks etc, early mornings and late evenings are best, keep downwind and try and find some cover, happy Badger spotting mate