The Hebden Water whirls into the River Calder at the Black Pit, having dropped 1400 feet from the moor after an eight-mile journey through reservoir, ravine, wood and town. At the second dawn of the year, bright and clear after endless rain, a song thrush strikes up its first verses since last summer, and the … Continue reading Beginnings
The woods that mantle the northern side of the valley – Rawtonstall, Knott, Marsh, Naze, Cowbridge, Spring, Common Bank – are browning and bronzing. Distinct woodlands 150 years ago, the abandonment of the steep valley-side fields that separated them has created a continuous band of tree cover, and is probably the most significant landscape-scale change … Continue reading Echoes
