Cheshire Dreams

Bramall Hall is one of the most magnificent half-timbered houses in the country. Once a family home, for many years it has belonged to the town of Stockport.

Until comparatively recently it was surrounded by countryside. Today it is in the midst of the pleasant suburb of Bramhall. It looks magnificent at any time of year, but during snowy weather it has a special magic.

I enjoyed coming to Bramall Hall as a child, and at night imagined the ghost stalking the house and making the floorboards creek.

More information about Bramall Hall at www.bramallhall.org.uk.

These trees above Lyme Hall, Lyme Park Cheshire are striking in the way they are silhouetted on the hilltop.

A path seems to lead between them and into the sky.

From the summit we can imagine the view over Disley and the Pennines and to the left, the Cheshire Plain.