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Published: 2018-02-06 13:16:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 152; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 3
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Description Tegg's Nose
Rising to about 1250 feet, Tegg's Nose is a prominent feature of the Cheshire landscape, a long promontory hill with connections to the Bronze Age, but better known for its quarries that were active in producing gritstone from the 16th century to 1955. The name probably comes from the word "teg"(Norse origin?) meaning a two year old sheep; the "nose" is a corruption of "naze" meaning headland or promontory. We took a walk around and up here last Sunday, with a group of friends from my gym. The weather was very cold, the light variable, the walking quite arduous in parts, and the hill higher than it looks! Regarding the photograph, this I judged the best of three bracketed shots (+/- 1 stop) processed in Lightroom.
Our route took us through part of the the Macclesfield Forest, an ancient woodland that covered vast tracts of the countryside in days gone by, but now much reduced. Photographically, forests always offer opportunities for moody, eerie ton
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Comments: 12

LindArtz [2018-03-17 03:30:31 +0000 UTC]

Lovely scene! 

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2018-03-17 08:48:49 +0000 UTC]

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33M [2018-02-06 23:31:47 +0000 UTC]

wonderful capture....watch that first step, its a long way down....LOL

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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2018-02-07 06:41:39 +0000 UTC]

Indeed - that was one very slippy path, even those steps were dangerous and we all had to hang onto that rail.

Many Thanks

David

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33M In reply to Okavanga [2018-02-07 13:43:49 +0000 UTC]

As an avid climber, I usually free climb and stay away from steps....

This one looked especially tricky to ascend and descend...but also a beautiful view of the height
of it...

M

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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2018-02-08 06:48:03 +0000 UTC]

Aging knees, ankles and brain tend to dictate how I approach descents these days !

David

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33M In reply to Okavanga [2018-02-08 18:58:00 +0000 UTC]

LOL....I broke myself too many times to run up and down the cliffs and stairs
that so often we find while out in the wild....I have a hard head, but a weak mind.....

M

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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2018-02-09 07:11:10 +0000 UTC]

I very much doubt you have a weak mind...

David

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33M In reply to Okavanga [2018-02-09 19:24:14 +0000 UTC]

LOL.....

I worked in a factory with 350 men, they are the ones who tagged me
with that description....When working with men in that atmosphere, a girl
has to just laugh and then get back to work....

M

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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2018-02-13 10:44:12 +0000 UTC]

Just what a man would do with 350 female work mates!

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33M In reply to Okavanga [2018-02-14 04:38:54 +0000 UTC]

They would probably spoil him rotten....Women are like that....We love to spoil our men...LOL

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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2018-02-14 06:48:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, sure!

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