앨러튼 바이워터 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Very muddy on sections and lots of bird twitchers out, oblivious that other people are using the trails as well 🥴

Plenty of water fowl!

Lovely walk birds nesting at moment toilets and cafe sturdy paths disability scooter welcome small cafe and wild water swimming

The memorial, a sculpture in the shape of a mining cage, was designed by local artist and former miner Harry Malkin. During the official dedication ceremony the names of all those killed at the pit were read out. The £30,000 needed to build the memorial was gathered through fundraising efforts. The sculpture shows four different mining-related themes on the sides of a cage that has just emerged at the surface from an imaginary shaft.

Lovely staff in the cafe, nice hot cuppa with a view

We didn't visit the cafe today just road the tracks

St Aiden's RSPB Reserve is a significant nature reserve located near Castleford in West Yorkshire. It covers over 600 acres and is part of the Aire Valley. It was developed on former coal mining land, transforming it into a thriving habitat for wildlife

Harry Malkin He was a mechanical fitter at Fryston Colliery, 1965–85; an archaeological illustrator on the Pontefract Castle dig, 1986–8; became a freelance artist in 1988; and from 1998 combined this with being exhibition organiser for Yorkshire Art Circus, where he also taught.