1 CP. St Mary's. Built 1856 with the land donated plus £500 from Lord Sefton. Today £500 is equivalent to £77,000.
2 CP. Main Lodge. The entrance to Croxteth Park in West Derby Village the Main Drive takes you to the Hall, in older days the gates were always closed. My grandfather was the gatekeeper in the early 1900,s, dad was born there in 1908, told me some stories of life then in the park and not all were good.
3 CP. Autumn Walk. The amazing colors of Autumn, are only a passing phase of the season, you have to choose the best time to capture the awesome colors. Usually the last week of October and the first two weeks of November.
4 CP. Autumn Walk. A Fuji X-T3 camera using the film simulation Provia, really brings out the WOW in the colors.
6 CP. Autumn Walk. The walk along this path takes you through trees that reach straight up to get to the sunlight. It is a quiet area to explore in the woods, mostly free from any undergrowth.
8 CP. Autumn Walk. Maybe the Spirit of the Forest had something to do with the way the trees have fallen.
10 CP. Walkers Path. The walkers path images were all taken on the foot worn paths in the fields from West Derby Village to Croxteth Hall Lane.
11 CP. Walkers Path. Looking across to the wooded crossroads.
12 CP. Walkers Path. This walkers path image, is not long after sunrise on an Autumn morning, the thistles now are dead and the long grass is dying off.
13 CP. Walkers Path. Snow and Cold 19th November 2024. Early for snow and cold, but a brisk walk with the dog.
14 CP. Walkers Path. November Snow. Muddy, Cold, but the dog does not care if i am in a pair of soggy Y fronts and nothing else, he has got a fur coat fleece lined.
15 CP. Walkers Path. A very popular path, it stays dry even after rain, access from West Derby Village, the problem if your in a car can be finding a parking place.
16 CP. Walkers Path. Walking through from the pond, that i can still remember as a kid when it wasn't overgrown, and i would sit on the bank with a bag of chips from the village.
18 CP. Walkers Path. Looking across to the last woods before you get to Croxteth Hall Lane.
17 CP. Walkers Path. Many will know were this is walking there dog.
23 CP. Everything turning shades of brown and starting to die off, Winter is on it's way.
20 CP. Copper Beech. Croxteth Hall. Front Lawn, the red leaves really stand out from the greens.
22 CP. Copper Beech. The previous Copper Beech was taken in May, this one with the Copper Beech on the left with hardly any leaves is in November.
24 CP. River Alt. Standing on the bridge behind Croxteth Hall.
26 CP. A seat in the shade for a hot day.
34 CP. This was taken 2012 in May at 11 in the morning. Not possible to get this again, no dog walkers, bikes, runners, or any people at all, oh and not forgetting, this was before the kids play area.
27 CP. The walk of choice of parents with kids at the moment, with calf's in the bull field.
28 CP. Crossroads Woman in Red.