Thursday, 31 July 2014

New chips on the block

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It's a mystery... but there are two types of businesses that seem to insist on having puns in their name - fish & chip shops and ...
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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Sat-nav nightmare

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This ford is one of those sat-nav nightmares one reads about.  It's on the most direct road from Great Bridgeford to Seighford, yet ...
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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Warned off swimming

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The River Sow, at Creswell, slows down here at this point, becoming a wide & shallow pool, and just quiet enough for this bit to be ...
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Friday, 25 July 2014

Green thought in green shade

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All this hot weather (we are into the seventh day of a heat-wave, with temperatures as high as in Bombay), doesn't always serve Natur...
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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

War memorial over the door

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World War One is the theme of much media interest at the moment, as its 100th anniversary comes up soon.  A lot of history groups are res...
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Monday, 21 July 2014

Dead pine gulch

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Chartley Moss is not often visited.  It is a floating bog - and in the wrong weather walkers could quickly find themselves in danger of ...
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Saturday, 19 July 2014

Two and a half millennia of Artemis

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Artemis The Hunter is surely everybody’s favourite ancient goddess.  Strong, wonderful ... and, without being headstrong, refusing to le...
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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Round and round the village tree

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If you want a quiet, remote, pretty little English village, try Caverswall.  Its centre consists of this large tree, which acts (in fact...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Mystery saint

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Saint Editha is a real Staffordshire saint, in that she existed (she lived in the early part of the tenth century) somewhere in or around...
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Sunday, 13 July 2014

Time stops on the lake

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These long summer days can lead to still & strangely nebulous evenings, especially if there are a few clouds left.  Time stops still ...
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