Above: The walk around Fernilee Reservoir is always popular, but I’ve extended it slightly further by going down to the the small bridge over the Goyt and returning along the river bank. Below: The walk between Errwood and Goytsclough is more challenging, but...
Above: Click to enlarge. Cathy emailed all the way from Australia to say: “I have an old photo from 1930. I can’t remember where I picked it up. I was taking it out to re-frame as it was falling apart when I just thought I would check and see exactly what...
Above left: John takes gold – and breaks the world record – for discus at the 1984 games at Stoke Mandeville. Above right: John completes a leg of the Olympic torch relay in June 2012. John Harris is a former UK Paralympian, winning gold, silver and bronze...
This short video of Goyt’s Bridge is taken from the longer 1932 cine film (click to view original). As well as editing it down, I’ve also added some background music. The clip shows views around the stepping stones and...
Above: Goyt’s Bridge is shown as Goythouses, Goythowses – and even Goythoires – on maps until the early 1800s. Above: All the maps featured on the site, as well as the descriptions, have been kindly provided by Kevin Welch of Copperplate Antique...
Above: The article included a photo of Errwood Bridge I hadn’t seen before. The caption read; “Footpaths on both sides of the stream down to Fernilee Reservoir, a quarter of a mile of Shooter’s Clough, and Goyt’s Bridge will disappear when the...
Above: A Victorian illustration of a 16th century packhorse train making its way across the Pennines. The bells hanging above the horses’ panniers could be heard from some distance. Above: This 17th century map shows Goyt’s Bridge as Goythowses (click to...
Above: Click the map to enlarge. It’s only taken me four years – but I’ve finally managed to publish walk 13 in the series (click to view). I recorded the walk back in February 2012. I’m not sure why it’s taken so long, but I’m...
Above: Photo by Simon Butler. Above: The reverse of the stone (click to enlarge). Just who was the lady who left a frozen footprint in the snow beside the dead body? (Photo Dr. Tony Shaw.) Above: A wonderful woodcut illustration of Saltersford Hall Farm by Howard...
Above: Members of Stockport Corporation attend the opening ceremony of Fernilee Reservoir in 1937. Above: Click the image to view a cine film taken of the Inauguration ceremony at the start of construction in 1932. The construction of the twin reservoirs of Fernilee...
