For the first Sunday walk of 2010 around twenty four Strollers met at Stocksmoor in sunny but rather cold weather. On this occasion Paddy the Patterdale terrier was our only canine companion.
We started at Whitestone on the edge of the village, and carefully negotiated a snow covered field, the Huddersfield-Sheffield railway line and an ice covered bridge over the stream, before wading through the mud up Clough Wood (is that path ever mud free?) We stayed on the road for the next stretch to avoid more mud and then had a straight walk across the fields to Farnley Tyas.
After a welcome break for sandwiches and a warm drink, we continued on the return half of our walk through woodland, eventually emerging on to Thurstonland Edge with wonderful views over the Holme Valley and the distant Pennine hills. After walking through Thurstonland village, we finished by crossing the fields back to Stocksmoor and a lovely Sunday lunch at the Clothiers Arms.
Beryl Lockwood,
Shelley Village Magazine,
March 2010.
