title The Old Man's 70th Birthday, Pontefract, West Yorkshire - 29th January 2005 intro It's the Old Man's 70th birthday, so there's a get-together at Eastern Court Chinese restaurant in Pontefract to celebrate. Before the dinner, we meet up at Katie's house for some present opening. The next day, Nosher heads back to Suffolk the long way around, driving from Pontefract across the moors out via Glossop, and then back across through Chesterfield to pick up the M1. Along the way, a young dry-stone waller is spotted in the village of Hoylandswain, on the Halifax/Penistone Road. imgp2851 Matt, Sis and Mel on the sofa imgp2852 The Old Man and a surprised Katie imgp2855 Morris the cat imgp2864 A cat looks at Matt, who's allergic to cats imgp2867 The Old Man gets a present imgp2869 The Old Chap reads a bit of one of his presents imgp2870 Matt and Sis imgp2875 Folding up napkins in Eastern Court imgp2883 Sis grapples with chopsticks imgp2884 The Old Man imgp2886 Posing with Mel imgp2888 Katie and the old man imgp2890 Food appears imgp2891 One dish is a pile of scallops in shells imgp2896 Katie grabs some food imgp2906 The old man gets a cake and a handshake imgp2909 The Old Chap cuts his cake imgp2913 In Eastern Court imgp2920 A final toast imgp2925 A young lad does dry-stone walling imgp2928 A stone wall at Hoylandswain imgp2935 Ferrybridge power station is visible in the distance imgp2936 Dry stone walling imgp2937 Picking up the next stone imgp2938 There's a big hole in the wall to fix imgp2939 Another look at the pile of loose stones imgp2945 Scout Dike resevoir imgp2951 Autumn leaves, still hanging on imgp2955 A Yorkshire gate imgp2957 A farmhouse, and a field dotted with sheep imgp2960 Another dry stone wall imgp2964 Aircraft contrail and wind turbines imgp2971 Sheep on a field imgp2974 Vehicle A is parked up by a wind farm imgp2988 A wind farm and a windswept tree imgp2994 Snake Pass in Derbyshire imgp2995 A very deep stone bridge imgp2996 A babbling brook imgp3005 The moor looks like the tors of Dartmoor imgp3015 The twisty church steeple at Chesterfield