Around Holmfirth and Last of the Summer Wine 3rd November 2012

Looking down on Holmfirth from near the mast by Holt farm.

Autumnal colours in a wood North of Holmfirth.

The Royal Oak at Upperthong.

Digley Reservoir from our lunch spot.

The Fleece Inn at Holme.

Sid's Cafe - pity about the message on the window!

Walk stats: Distance: 9.9 miles. Climb: 1987'.

Time: 6 hours 28 minutes. On the move walking average: 1.9 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.

Group: Martyn and Mike D.

This turned out to be a very pleasant walk on both sides of the Holm Valley, and involved rather more climb than perhaps we had initially anticipated. The weather was good for most of the day after a light shower not long after we had reached Back Lane on the way to Upperthong.

The Royal Oak was the first of the locations we think had appeared in Last of the Summer Wine.

Our only problem with the weather was the Sun was frequently in our eyes until we had crossed the last of the reservoirs and was heading in a North easterly direction back to Holmfirth.

Lunch was taken near Digley Reservoir car park. A convenient bench gave us good views across the reservoir towards Holme Moss.

Arriving at Holm, we noted the second of the Last of the Summer Wine locations, the Fleece Inn, and despite the invitation on the board outside, we resisted the temptation to sample their beers and sit by their real fires!

The final Last of the Summer Wine Location  was Sid's Cafe in Holmfirth.

Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Mallard, Lesser black-backed gull, Common blackbird, Mistle thrush, Eurasi jay and Coal tit.
A good walk that will probably be repeated on a day when we could spend a little more time searching out a few more Last of the Summer Wine locations.

After walk drinks and a meal were enjoyed at the Hinderton Hall in Frodsham, where the Lees brew "Top Brass" went down well.