Tag: Glossop

Shelf Brook in Old Glossop

1 May 2021

Shelf Brook in Old Glossop is a river that runs out of Doctors Gate and eventually becomes Glossop Brook before it joins the Etherow. It is kayakable from the factories on Shepley Street, to the bridge at the bottom of manor park, and – so I'm told – all the way down to just after […]

What happened after my van was broken into (or how you can harness a customer's negative experiences for good!)

9 March 2017

My van was broken into the other night. Someone removed the front front side window, from the outside, without breaking the pane. They took a dashcam and walkie-talkie but kindly left the window pane in the gutter unbroken! I'm ok, all is well but I had a problem: I had a van with no front, […]

I love you Bess.

15 May 2015

My darling dog Bess came to the end of her well lived life yesterday. I tried to tell her many times, and I hope she knew: I love you Bess. She's buried where we often used to walk her, above Glossop, where the pine trees catch the wind that sweeps across the moor and a […]

My Epic Pennine Way Night Hike

18 May 2012

A couple of weeks ago I had a spare few extra days and wanted to go and do a longish hill hike. The Peak District is the most accessible and I was busy til late afternoon so I figured I'd get the train to Edale, then walk up the Pennine Way through the night. I […]

Windsurfing at Glossop Sailing Club

5 March 2010

Not so long ago I put together this short video of people windsurfing on a windy day at Glossop Sailing Club. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NVwx5aojhVk What do you think of it? It's pretty much my first ever watersports video that I've spent any time editing and I know I've still got a lot to learn… How would you […]

Reservoir Dog?! (A close call)

13 January 2010

As I now live in the centre of Manchester, and being cooped up in a flat is certainly not enjoyable for a dog, Bess, our well loved Staffordshire Bull Terrier currently lives at home with my parents. As my father is usually at work all day, usually it falls to my mother to walk her. […]

FA Vase Final at Wembley : Glossop North End 0 Whitley Bay 2

10 May 2009

The Background People who know me well will know I'm not a big football fan, I don't have a team whom I follow and I don't really take sides when people talk about football. Just because I don't follow the premiership or really care who wins it I do take the occasional interest. So when […]

A Life Changing Experience

26 April 2009

What could be more typically British than having a dog? Even the Romans exported our hunting dogs to the rest of the empire, in the early years of the first century. You know every school boy's favourite song about “One Man and his Dog” going to mow a meadow? It's not one man and his […]