Saturday, 29 August 2020

Towers ruins

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Alton Towers, the palatial stately home which nowadays gives its name to the amusement park in its grounds, looks – from a distance – to ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2020

As in Shakespeare's day

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  A traditional sight in English summers - outdoor Shakespeare. This time we are on the village community green in Dilhorne, with the audien...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Legend fades away

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This innocent looking mound on Tittensor Chase in the centre of the county has been known for centuries as Saxon Lowe. The word lowe indi...
Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Welcome back, ale-houses

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In the miniscule village of Dodsleigh, which is off any beaten track, one will find a whitewashed building facing its tiny village green.  ...
Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Where sheep may safely laze

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April & May were distinguished by sunshine and heat – July by rain.  It came in swift grey torrents and made the gutters gurgle. Thes...
Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Muse shows a leg

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On top the Colonnade in the gardens at Alton Towers is a line of statues of which this is one. In her pose, she rather confidently 'sh...
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Friday, 3 July 2020

Elephant ready for grinding

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Well, museums should be re-opening this month... if, that is, they have met the Covid-prevention conditions imposed by the government. Th...
Thursday, 25 June 2020

Swapping a crab for a ram

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The old Wedgwood Institute in Burslem is a lovely building, built in the Venetian Gothic style. As you can see, it has an ornate friez...
Friday, 12 June 2020

At the heart of Croxden

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After his death in 1216, King John's body was carried cross-country for burial from Notingham (where else?!) to Worcester Cathedral ...
Saturday, 6 June 2020

A chapel for the Devil

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Lud Church (or Lud's Church ) is a natural cleft in the rock, about forty feet deep, in the Peak District. A sort of small chasm. You ...