#pretty places in the uk

[merinsedai]

Merin's Mediocre Guide to....Wincle.

#1 in my series of 'places I drive through and think are nice'

Wincle is a small village in the Cheshire Peak District. It's mostly farms but also has a church, a school, a pub, a brewery and a trout farm. What more could you ask for? Well, a shop. I love a little shop for all my disorganised needs.

I'm a sucker for a country church and this is a nice one indeed.

St Michael's is a traditional parish church with a Norman Tower. It looks very pretty in the Autumn when the ivy (Virginia creeper? I don't know, some climbing plant) turns vivid red. A church has stood here since at least the mid 17th c; the current building was completely restored in the 1880s.

There are lots of higgledy-piggledy graves in the church yard and there is a fantastic view back across to Hanging Stone (a local landmark) and general pretty Peak District countryside. (You can't actually *see* the Hanging Stone in this photo, but it's there and you can in real life.)

The church stands next to its associated CE Primary School. A cute and traditional looking little school. This building dates from 1865 though there has been a school here for a lot longer than that, apparently.

How cute is that little Spire? Anyway, unlike many rural primary schools (locally, this includes the schools at Wildboarclough, Flash, Meerbook and probably others I can't remember right now), this one has so far escaped the fate of closure.

Since they're completely surrounded by farms, these kids get to look at sheep and cows during their play times. Plenty of tractors rumbling past too. Can it be smelly? Almost certainly. Does anyone care? Unknown.

Wincle also boasts a traditional pub called The Ship Inn. I've never been in but my mum has and she was very complimentary. I was once told that the Ship Inn was named after local legend Sir Philip Brocklehurst, who went on a jaunt on the Nimrod with Ernest Shackleton in the 1900s (Good for him.) ship, The Swythamley, but since the pub has been named The Ship Inn for far longer than that, sadly that must be false. Maybe the picture on the sign was The Nimrod or The Swythamley? (It's a coat of arms now, but used to be an actual ship) Something to investigate. (Full disclosure- I didn't take this photo, I just got it from trip advisor.) Anyway, this place is popular with walkers and day trippers and it looks cosy.

While there is sadly no village shop, Wincle is also home to an award winning brewery. In 2019 it was named in the top 5 most scenic breweries in the country by The Guardian. Admittedly, when you consider where most breweries are located, this isn't too hard a list to top. However, it IS extremely picturesque, set in the valley at the bottom of the village, on the banks of the River Dane. The Dane forms the border between Cheshire and Staffordshire here, which begs the question (to me)- the houses on the other side of the river- are they still Wincle? Are they still counted as Cheshire? I know not.

Walks along the Dane Valley itself are very pleasant. Plenty of pretty pastoral countryside to see and in the Springtime, the forest is carpeted in bluebells. My photography leaves much to be desired but trust me, it's very pretty.

In conclusion:

What a lovely little village! Could I live here? No, I couldn't afford it. Also, there's no shop unless you drive to Macclesfield, and there's lots of snow in the winter and I hate hate hate snow.

Tune in next time for my medicore guide to.... FLASH!

[peacefulandcozy]

ig credit: sparrowinlondon

[black-and-yellow]

[l0veyourselfirst]

Oscar Piastri for Gentleman’s Journal

[faaun]

said goodbye to him feeling weird!

[jackmkelly]

there being a very noticeable difference in jack when he draws vs when he paints is smth that can be so personal if you sit snd think about it long enough

[teh-nos]

Fiction

There's a specific arrangement in place to let police from England follow a stolen car across the Scottish border, yet I'm supposed to believe the Avengers can just turn up out of nowhere and start shooting their very-illegal-in-Scotland weapons in the middle of Edinburgh and there's no possible issue here?

[call-me-pup2]

Being a brave pup and leaving the house to go on an adventure later today 😣

(Said adventure is just a lil bus trip then walk to go visit my gran)

[audreymae67]

𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 🤫💋

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘧𝘢𝘷 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴/𝘵𝘷 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.

𝘧𝘢𝘷 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴/𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 - 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘺, 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘱 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘺, 𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮, 𝘫𝘦𝘧𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘫𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯, 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘦𝘭, 𝘣𝘰𝘣 𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘈𝘉𝘉𝘈, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘻𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘤, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪, 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘴 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥.

[armand-dearest]

Went to another pretty place today, yaaay!

[tinknevertalks]

Does anyone else look at clothes online, think, "Oh my god, why is it all so expensive?" as well as, "I could make that!" (even though all you've sewn is two dice bags (one not that well), three pairs of pj trousers, and a shirt... oh and two face masks).

Just me?

[menlove]

out of curiosity bc I want to know if it really is Just the US and our poor education system or if it's an issue for other western majority English speaking countries as well so.....

[mosswolf]

i keep seeing people who aren't usamerican reblogging that post about being protected under the migratory birds act and im like lol no tf u arent

[mariocki]

New Scotland Yard: Fire in a Honey Pot (1.8, LWT, 1972)

"You make it sound very convincing."

"I beg your pardon?"

"Your Mr. Logan was seen at the club on the afternoon before it burnt."

"Oh, now, don't ask me what could have taken him there, to a place like that."

"You mean you've never heard of the protection business?"

"Isn't that what you're in?"

[gaia-prime]

And if you would, put the country/region you’re in in the tags, or a park/forest near you that you can visit to see them 💛

[gold-finch]

romanticising old university cities seems so silly to me. you're not that special for studying in an old building