It has been a year...

Since we moved into the area, known to the local as Leek brook! A small hamlet of a few residential homes and 2 industrial business estates, a garage, car dealership, a shop, a farm and a public house, The Travellers Rest.

My first part time job was at The Travellers Rest public house before I became a Full time mum to our 3 year old daughter, during this time I have spent a lot of time exploring the countryside with our daughter and our 11 year old son in the past year when the weather has been exploring acceptable.

In the past year we have managed to discover quite a few little walks around Leek brook, we have even managed to find our way through the "The Heath" towards Cheddleton Heath, through rough and rocks and through woods, scaring away the rabbits. (The Heath is run away with 4 pawed little bob tailed creatures of the bugs bunny type).

We have never managed to find out way along the railway line that runs along the bridge above the Cheadle Road (A520). We managed to find a rough tread to the top of this bridge...

and this is the view we got...

behind where we stand is a railway track, we have yet to find another way up here, that will be easy for us as a family which consists of 2 adults, 2 children, ages 3 and 11 yrs.

The only idea i can think of is that it goes towards Ipstones, a route and a village we have yet to explore, lets hope Sunday is a dry day to go exploring, camera to hand!

In the photo you can see CMS (Central Medical Supplies), Crown Garage and the building that is the local newsagent/convenience store. I would like to know what once stood where CMS and the shop is now, the garage does look remarkably 1960s if not before but it is evident by the look of CMS and the local newsagent that these buildings have not been here more than 25 years in my guessing.