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A Year on the Hill
Inspired by the way in which people came together to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Mass Trespass walk up to Winter Hill, Live from Worktown’s poet-in-residence Dave Morgan, penned his own tribute to the hill – a poem that spans the seasons and explores the essence of what this ever-present beacon in the West
Parched
I’m sure many other people here, like me, feel deeply affected by the August 2022 heatwave – we have a lot of reservoirs in the West Pennine Moors and I’m shocked at just how low the water levels are at the moment. So, I decided to take a tour of the ones local to me
Winter Hill 125 Commemorative Walk
Along the path of peaceful protest I’d been looking forward to this event since I first heard about it earlier this year. As an avid walker and firm believer of our rights to access the countryside, I just couldn’t miss out on the 125th anniversary celebrations of the 1896 Mass Trespass walk from Bolton to
Remember when . . . ?
. . . we’d only wear masks for fancy dress, when socialising was just so free and easy and when you could walk straight into a shop, supermarket, pub, restaurant, museum, gallery (or indeed any public venue) without a thought or a care in the world? It’s a year on since Boris’ life-changing address to
