Shaly Dingle, below Winter Hill

Out playing again over Winter Hill with IWC the weather much kinder than yesterday giving us a nice little run over the moors, stopping to take this picture at a well hidden beauty spot. With all the torrential rain, the streams were well worth seeing.

Shaly Dingle lies at the confluence of three streams, below Winter Hill just above the small coniferous wood on Belmont Road. Hard to believe that this area was heavily industrialised at one time. The stone wall is a clue - around the turn of the 19th century in this small area you would have been surrounded by wells and springs which had been put to use in a coal mine and a quarry. Looking carefully the remnants of these activities are still there.