tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90673368011948158952024-02-19T07:18:15.150+00:00Bright FieldsAdelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.comBlogger362125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-25699041180548476542019-08-12T14:32:00.001+01:002019-08-12T14:32:18.097+01:00out West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh to be beside the seaside again last week - such joy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">August 2019 Morecombe Bay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So naturally we started with Morecombe itself. Despite growing up with New Brighton, Southport and Blackpool as my go-to seaside towns, I'd never been to Morecombe - until now! And I just love a seaside town, the air, the light and the bustle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And Morecombe prom has evidently been given a beautiful facelift - very impressive wide sweep, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">shared amicably by </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">walkers and cyclists,</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> beautifully planted grasses, stylish seats and that stunning backdrop of the Lakeland fells.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sunshine was a joy - we'd battled over from Sheffield that morning, eating our butties in a service station car park somewhere around Manchester in such driving biblical style rain we'd not even dared make a dash to the loo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But typically for the West coast, the rain lifted and the sun came out, just for our visit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We strolled along the prom (prom, prom) from end to end, luxuriating in a warm sea breeze and blue skies - finally treating ourselves to a cuppa with a view, in the recently refurblished <a href="https://englishlakes.co.uk/the-midland/history-of-the-midland-hotel/">Midland Hotel</a> - a striking Art Deco relic of the great railway age and opposite a pretty stunning station building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then of course it was time for an ice cream, but not before a peek at the renovations going on at the palatial <a href="http://www.morecambewintergardens.co.uk/">Winter Gardens</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So many streets of stunning old houses and not enough time to explore</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but always time for a bit of sunshine and that smile</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then we headed north via <a href="http://www.carnforthstation.co.uk/">Carnforth Station</a>, film set for Brief Encounter. We were too late for the iconic cafe but was interesting to have a peek through the windows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Next we headed to our holiday destination - </span><a href="https://www.arnsidesilverdaleaonb.org.uk/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Arnside and Silverdale</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, very deservedly an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). And after checking in to our wonderful AirBnB we were just in time to see the last of the sun setting over River Kent Estuary and the mighty Lakeland Fells while we ate our evening meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd been wanting to visit this part of the coast for many many years - loving the way it sits there on the map nestled between the Lakes and Lancashire, almost like a shallow peninsula. On the OS map there are few roads and the many nature reserves and hill viewpoints </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">have to be reached by footpath. There's </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the famous </span><a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/leighton-moss/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Leighton Moss nature reserve</a> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and the <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/arnside-and-silverdale">National Trust</a> areas and all the many other parts of the <a href="https://www.arnsidesilverdaleaonb.org.uk/discover/things-to-see-do/discover-wildlife/">AONB</a> including limestone pavements at Gait Barrows and on parts of the coast. It's also famous for it's butterfly population, birds, wildflowers and treacherous quicksands. We'd both grown up being warned by school and home about the quicksands on our local beaches but it had been a long time, so this was a good reminder to take care.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next morning we started off in Arnside with a cracking artisan coffee at the lovely <a href="http://moochinabout.com/moocnin-about-espresso-barjazz-cafe/">Moochin' About</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then walked south along the rocky beach, marvelling at this estuary and it's wide expanse of sea, sky and mountains. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Turns out you can do <a href="http://www.guideoversands.co.uk/">mud walks from Arnside over to Grange Over Sands</a>, led by a Queen's Guide, no less! This looks so amazing and is now on our must-do list. </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/12/sands-of-time-run-out-for-queens-guide-to-morecambe-bay" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cedric Robinson</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, the Queen's Guide who's led the walks for 56 years retired this year, however a new guide has been appointed and the tradition continues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So after a great picnic on the little prom at Arnside, we drove over to Silverdale to do some coastal walking there too. The sun was blazing and the skies blue and the wide expanse of the estuary running into the Irish Sea was just magnificent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were staying just below Arnside Knott (a <a href="https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/Marilyns.php">Marilyn</a> if you've ever heard of those?), so we pottered up an ancient rutted track to an even more ancient and faded wooden topograph, telling us that we could see almost every Lakeland peak worth mentioning from that one viewpoint! Absolutely stunning, just reminded us of our first distant view of the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho a couple of years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then it was back to Arnside promenade to join the queue for some spectacular fish and chips at <a href="http://www.arnsidechipshop.co.uk/">Arnside Chip Shop</a> and a setting sun across the railway bridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And having spotted that there railway bridge, we had to make the spectacular 4 minute train journey from Arnside to Grange over Sands the next morning before we headed home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To arguably the most picturesque train station ever - perched on the estuary</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then back again to Arnside and our drive home to Sheffield. End of a fabulous stay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Great exhibition at Park Hill flats at the moment in Sheffield - </span><a href="http://www.s1artspace.org/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Love Among the Ruins</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Some brilliant photos from 1961 and 1988 - the black and white and colour contrasts are poignant too. And also incredible film footage from the early 60s when the bustling shopping</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> area in the flats was in full swing and a vibrant community thrived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So on Saturday we'd booked onto a walking architecture tour of the undeveloped parts of the now derelict site. Being fenced off and unmaintained, the weeds have flourished since my last visit. Andrew Jackson from the <a href="https://c20society.org.uk/regional-groups/yorkshire-region/">Twentieth Century Society</a> led the walk.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-spRin3zgeqibX7Dse7wV55cLkkdFm_q7wpcor8SQXe7h0xSLzNPEWApZHeAu_UaL0v3_NgFq_vrSnyzsE3_fe9oQEk1DsXtijaJDXuLyFkmzXuo9UzfKHlkURl8D3gajjcaoH2vgm6Aw/s1600/DSC00806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-spRin3zgeqibX7Dse7wV55cLkkdFm_q7wpcor8SQXe7h0xSLzNPEWApZHeAu_UaL0v3_NgFq_vrSnyzsE3_fe9oQEk1DsXtijaJDXuLyFkmzXuo9UzfKHlkURl8D3gajjcaoH2vgm6Aw/s640/DSC00806.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here's one of the 4 pubs on the site - we were inside this a couple of years ago to see a great video installation as part of the Art Sheffield 2016 festival - <a href="http://www.artsheffield.org/2016/">Up Down Top Bottom Strange and Charm</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some of the original mosaics and signs remain</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This dry hot summer has given the landscape a kind of pampas grass feel as we look over to the developed <a href="https://www.urbansplash.co.uk/regeneration/projects/park-hill">Urban Splash</a> section.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Always loved the walkways</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and here's another of the pubs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and some wild colour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is the site of the original <a href="http://www.graceowennursery.co.uk/">Grace Hill Nursery</a>. Piece in the <a href="https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/nursery-school-gets-new-home-at-iconic-park-hill-1-7935952">Sheffield Star</a> on the move to the new site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More of the colourful mosaics that have stood the test of time</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Recent fire damage to one of the blocks</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">New home of the lovely <a href="http://www.s1artspace.org/">S1Artspace</a> in the old Park Hill garages - and the flat roof was originally a play area. S1Artspace rescued this from demolition by moving in this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for the final bit of the tour we headed into the new Urban Splash part of the development - where some of the original staircases have been kept in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but the "milk float" corridors have been narrowed a bit to provide more private entrances to the flats. Loved the personalised glass corner displays at each flat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unsurpassed views across our wonderful city of Sheffield</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Good appreciation of the original concept of the graduation in brick colours from red at the bottom to pale yellow at the top. These were replaced with bright panels in the first phase of development but will be retained in the future work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And a feel for the great open public space behind the flats. Which could easily have ended up housing a multi story car park if developers had got their way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A great day - and ended with a relaxing coffee at the lovely <a href="https://www.southstreetkitchen.org/">South Street Kitchen</a> which opened earlier this year.</span><br />
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<br />Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-62385785250540114782018-03-12T23:26:00.002+00:002018-03-12T23:26:49.363+00:00marshes and mud<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Part two - Monday and Tuesday 26,27 February 2018 (and a Friday surprise)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">So, the birthday happenings didn't stop with the weekend (and if you've missed that see <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/landmarks.html">Landmarks</a> first).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">After a late night run dropping off the younger members of the Famous Five across London, we carried on forging East to our late night destination, the lovely <a href="https://www.bell-inn.co.uk/">Bell Inn</a> in the quaint hilltop hamlet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horndon-on-the-Hill">Horndon on the Hill</a>. Felt like a treasure hunt, finding the key in a little box and a note directing us up old wooden steps to our cosy room above the 15th century inn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the front of our pub</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and explore the lovely Horndon on the Hill </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with it's ancient </span><a href="https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/historical-places-in-thurrock/horndon-woolmarket" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Woolmarket</a>.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We'd hoped to peek inside the interesting looking Grade 1 listed </span><a href="http://www.thurrock-history.org.uk/stpeter.htm" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">church of St Peter and St Paul</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, built in the 13th century, but sadly it was all locked up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So no chance to warm up there and I tell you - it was absolutely freezing cold. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/feb/28/beast-from-the-east-snow-in-pictures">The Beast from the East</a> was forecast to start tonight and already snowflakes were trying their best in this little corner of Essex.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But, hardy Northerners that we are, we wrapped up and headed down to the Thames Estuary, just 5 minutes drive away, to the lovely little nature reserve - <a href="http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/thurrock-thameside">Thurrock Thameside Nature Park</a></span><a href="http://www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/thurrock-thameside"> </a> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- beautifully thought out, overlooking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucking_Flats_and_Marshes">Mucking Flats</a> and marshes and Canvey Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Note how the new visitor centre mimics the shape of the oil terminals on Canvey Island - and inside they had an amazing log burner surrounded by seats, sort of Viking friendship hut style - very welcome on a day as cold as this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just look at that snowstorm working it's way across to us from Canvey Island - to our right</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and to our left the sky is still blue- but we had to quickly dive into the visitor centre as the snow storm created a complete whiteout for 10 minutes or so!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But we soon venture out again </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it's so very wild and very beautiful - and see how quickly the sky changed as yet another snowstorm passed over</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bit of warmth in the hide and spotted a kestrel</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But now it was back into the car and overland to the town of Maldon - famous for it's salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fascinated by the last of the <a href="http://www.bargetrust.org/historical/development-of-sailing-barges">Thames Sailing Barges</a>, lovingly restored and moored up. These were built late 19th century and early 20th and you can even take trips on them in the summer around to Mersea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A kindly local let us peek on board</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But it was onwards and upwards and a little hike out to <a href="http://www.bradwellchapel.org/chapel.html">St Peter's Chapel</a> on the edge of the marshes of the Blackwater estuary at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradwell-on-Sea">Bradwell-on-Sea</a> on the Dengie Peninsula</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wild and totally wonderful and icily cold</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with an amazing fragile coastline made of cockle, beyond the salt marshes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But it was back to our cosy Bell Inn for the most fabulous meal and a blazing log fire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We set off from Essex as the 'Beast' started and just got back to Sheffield before it caught up with us there and we were snowed in for 3 days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'twas hard to drag ourselves away from the fire . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fabulous week all round!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-62969407021373047642018-03-03T13:04:00.000+00:002018-03-12T23:28:14.493+00:00landmarks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Part one - Friday, Saturday and Sunday 23,24,25 February 2018</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our weekend started here!! After a hearty homemade soup with dear friends at the <a href="http://sawmillcafe.co.uk/">Sawmill Cafe</a> in Stratford, a truly fabulous performance by <a href="http://www.school21.org.uk/">School21</a> students of Les Mis - moving, inspiring and wonderful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's pause for a rousing chorus ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then good beer and good company at the <a href="https://loading.bar/stratford">Secret Weapon</a> followed by bed and breakfast at our usual lovely Dalston gaff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And we were on our way west out of London. First gastro stop a great little find - <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/tinkitchenuk/">The Tin Kitchen</a> up on a hill in High Wycombe. Fabulous brunch to fuel us and off into the sunny Chiltern Hills - red kites soaring overhead too many to number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Collected the fifth member of our little crew, meandered through the sunny Oxfordshire lanes and went for a little leg stretch in the lovely unspoilt and unpopulated <a href="http://www.bbowt.org.uk/reserves/warburg-nature-reserve">Warburg Nature Reserve</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with lots of beautiful bare trees playing with the winter sun</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Checked in at our Sonning hotel, the <a href="http://www.greathouseatsonning.co.uk/">Great House</a>, then off for our fabulous evening meal at the <a href="http://www.thewellingtonarms.com/">Wellington Arms</a>, Baughurst. And what an amazing landmark-eve treat that was for the birthday boy!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Sunday - the Big Day dawns</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And it's Happy Birthday to You ......... breakfast brunch and another big 'O' birthday conquered!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a winter's amble beside the mighty Thames</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and maybe time for a blast of that old song family Waugh used to march along to on country walks when we were little:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next it was over to Henley on Thames to see the <a href="https://www.architectural-review.com/rethink/archive/river-and-rowing-musem-in-henley-by-david-chipperfield-architects/8611738.article">David Chipperfield</a>'s lovely <a href="http://www.rrm.co.uk/">River and Rowing Museum</a> where we indulged in an afternoon tea (yes, food again!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The sun shone and it was just the happiest of happy birthdays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then, as the afternoon drew in it was time for the big birthday surprise .......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Swim and Dine package at the oh so wonderful and newly renovated <a href="http://www.thameslido.com/">Thames Lido</a> in Reading - what a treat</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were given fluffy towels, bathrobes and flip flops and there we were, February 2018, one of the coldest winters for years, lounging OUTDOORS in the hot tub and braving the beautiful clear waters of the swimming pool, with the odd hot respite in the sauna - and it was totally fabulous and luxurious and special.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And there was more to follow - a sumptuous and delicious 5 course taster dinner in the fabulous restaurant spanning the edges of the pool</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was nothing short of magical</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And here's the special birthday boy once again - the proof of a happy day is in the pudding as they say!! ha ha. And of course in the smile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the celebrations continue in <a href="https://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/marshes-and-mud.html">Marshes and Mud</a> - read on if you dare!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Off we three venture again on our now annual magical mystery literary dash up North! This time in search of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynmor_Jones_Library">Brynmor Jones Library</a> . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To view the wonderful Hull City of Culture exhibition on <a href="http://philiplarkin.com/">Philip Larkin</a>'s life and work - <a href="https://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/events/larkin-new-eyes-year/">New Eyes Each Year</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After a much needed coffee boost, we meet one of the Larkin <a href="http://www.heytoday.co.uk/local-news/university-of-hull-welcomes-new-larkin-toad/">Toads</a> inside the library</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And here we are at last, actually inside what was once Philip Larkin's office, as Chief Librarian of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A highlight was leafing through book after book of copies of his poems and revisions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finally we reach the exhibition which is really well curated and quite fascinating. There's a great Guardian review <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/04/philip-larkin-exhibition-in-hull-offers-fresh-insights-into-poets-life">here</a> and one of the many highlights was a series of Super-8 films taken by the library staff themselves larking about (with Larkin)! in short vignettes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another interesting <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/30/hull-hole-philip-larkin-poet-love-both-ways">article here</a> questioning Larkin's relationship with Hull over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But it was now time to move on and into Hull proper. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A stunning coffee at <a href="https://www.kcomhome.com/hull2017/news/buy-local-at-the-new-trinity-indoor-market/">Caffeinated</a> - in the lovely renovated Trinity Market - right opposite Holy Trinity Church, recently <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39907094">rebranded</a> as <a href="http://hullminster.org/">Hull Minster</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and more incredible literary associations as we learn that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Marvell">Andrew Marvell</a> was born in Hull and his statue is right outside the old <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/humber/article_1.shtml">Grammar School he attended</a>. And here he is with one of his biggest fans!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some really grand buildings in Hull</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we loved the striking and moving artwork inside the Minster - <a href="https://www.electric-fence.org.uk/">The Electric Fence</a> by Annabel McCourt which is part of the <a href="https://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/events/the-electric-fence/">Hull City of Culture 2017</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the Minster itself - beautifully light, airy and colourful</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">where we discovered two lovely old <a href="http://www.robertthompsons.co.uk/">Mousey Thompsons</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, it was now onwards and Northwards with a quick peek at the gigantic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Minster">Beverley Minster</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">before our upwards climb onto the North Yorkshire Moors and our first heady sniff of purple heather and fresh air</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cue ofcourse a bit of the wonderful Joan Baez</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We pause at the top of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Bank">Sutton Bank</a>, ready for our 1 in 4 drop down into Rosedale Abbey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and here we are at our lovely B&B - <a href="http://www.sevenford.com/">Sevenford House</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a very welcome welcoming cuppa!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and soon we are off for a walk down the lane for supper at the <a href="https://www.whitehorserosedale.co.uk/">White Horse Farm Inn</a> which has changed hugely since Mike and I camped nearby in the 70s, but was still friendly and served good beer.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PDLXQWwzg219XJm-luLuxLampsdoQjk4_Q1Oxk-ZI4TETNfV7N5vwZKM38jAZvQwTkbZ5nti7MfwesSMH469YKYDEtBgdEuhySVDCrQFwdwkrgRliUKwGnE9p2JGFNAQwZXdIvOa6lEA/s1600/DSC09301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PDLXQWwzg219XJm-luLuxLampsdoQjk4_Q1Oxk-ZI4TETNfV7N5vwZKM38jAZvQwTkbZ5nti7MfwesSMH469YKYDEtBgdEuhySVDCrQFwdwkrgRliUKwGnE9p2JGFNAQwZXdIvOa6lEA/s640/DSC09301.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thursday morning dawns brightly and after a stunning breakfast . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. . . we are given a great hiking route from Ian, the owner at Sevenford. Starting at the phone box in Rosedale East we venture up onto the old iron ore workings railway line</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">meeting noisy friends en route</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and discovering the magnificent old lime kilns</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> dotted around these hillsides</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and again a song springs into my head, the wonderful bleak but beautifully haunting Dalesman's Litany sung by Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. I've always loved the bit about Sheffield's furnaces ..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and here are two ex-steelworkers enjoying the fresh air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">spied on by a passing hiker - ha ha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and what's this tempting oasis?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a little piece of heaven</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the shape of Maggie's cosy cafe</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.daleheadfarmteagarden.co.uk/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Dale Head Farm Tea Gardens</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">High up on the hillside away from it all, with the most fabulous homemade sandwiches, soups and lemon drizzle cake!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and hurtle to York (what a magnificent station!) for fond farewells onto the London train</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But the quest didn't end here. The two final muskateers continued on the Andrew Marvell trail to look for Nun Appleton Hall and Bickling Hall, where Marvell was a tutor Fairfax's daughter Mary from 1650-52 and where, during this period, he lived and wrote poems such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upon_Appleton_House">Upon Appleton House</a>. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An extract from the poem is shown on this </span><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44689/upon-appleton-house-to-my-lord-fairfax" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Poetry Foundation webpage</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> if you care to read.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, this old gate was as far as we could get as there were many private property signs and the present Hall lies close to the River Wharfe. There's a very thorough article on the estate with a great map which might have helped us more on the day had I found it then - you can read more at </span><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001069" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Historic England, Nun Appleton Hall</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We also used this useful piece from the <a href="https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/marvellsociety/newsletter/j-mark-heumann-andrew-marvell-and-the-experience-of-nunappleton/">Andrew Marvell Society</a> to locate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbrough">Bilbrough</a>, where Marvell wrote "Upon the Hill and Grove at Bilbrough", and found the present Hall and the church, with the Fairfax family graves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So all in all a wonderful whistlestop two days - here's to the next adventure!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-44904088358728967662017-08-28T23:34:00.000+01:002017-08-28T23:34:42.063+01:00Castles in the air<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a happy few days in early August and a whistle-stop tour of Wales</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk989CE0IuMAgUmiyfz5GmFLa5WTCxS1qoP6IsuDsdanV50Oe02rbPPnynEZ8VV-yk4KNvd2Ig4YP1Q6bcFwZu3d4cZK9nhYhorliHTCOuN_Kp-L5OtUMNxbTReTwJJ3rW-XRoHzotFdMn/s1600/DSC09214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk989CE0IuMAgUmiyfz5GmFLa5WTCxS1qoP6IsuDsdanV50Oe02rbPPnynEZ8VV-yk4KNvd2Ig4YP1Q6bcFwZu3d4cZK9nhYhorliHTCOuN_Kp-L5OtUMNxbTReTwJJ3rW-XRoHzotFdMn/s640/DSC09214.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">our driver at the ready</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the main reason for this outing - a long and happy lunch with our McNeil cousins at the lovely <a href="http://www.groesinn.com/">Groes Inn</a> at Rowen, underneath a real grapevine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/revisiting.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">last get-together</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> was </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in 2015, and </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">if you need to renew your McNeil history I wrote about it a bit ago </span><a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/meet-grand-grand-parents.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We finally tore ourselves away, hoping to meet up again very soon, and we four ventured further into Wales, passing the lovely <a href="http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/conwycastle/?lang=en">Conwy Castle</a> high above us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and finally to our destination for the night in <a href="http://www.criccieth.co.uk/">Criccieth</a>, home of the famous <a href="http://www.cadwaladers.co.uk/about/">Cadwalader's Ice Cream</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">with the stunningly perched <a href="http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/criccieth-castle/?lang=en">Criccieth Castle</a> just along the prom and a Mediterranean blue sea</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To the <a href="http://caerwylan.co.uk/">Caerwylan</a> - full of happy memories of Sunday lunches with Aunty Mair - for our overnight stay</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mum loved every moment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even though the next day dawned a stormy contrast. Incredible change in the sea colours!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But we soon snuggled down for a tasty lunch in the Big Rock Cafe, <a href="http://www.porthmadog.co.uk/">Portmadog</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A final peruse of the shops in Conwy (after a cream tea)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then back to base on the Wirral and a final lap round the Marine Lake at West Kirby for Jane, Mike and me before driving home, and a last lingering look over the Dee estuary to the land of our grandfathers . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The significance of this light fitting above will become apparent by the time we hit the pub!! Read on ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our picturesque start on a sleepy <a href="http://www.winster.org/">Winster</a> lane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the intrepid carolling crew about to embark on our day's hike</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Up to the top of Winster first - stunning views across the hills in the April heat haze</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">plenty of uber-narrow stiles to negotiate</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spring lambs galore</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and soon it's close to lunchtime and Bonsall beckons</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and YES - here's the real <a href="http://www.derbyshireheritage.co.uk/Menu/Ancient/crosses/Bonsall-cross.php">Bonsall Cross</a> in the sleepy village of <a href="http://www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk/bonsall.htm">Bonsall</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The replica lights line the lovely bar of the friendly <a href="http://www.kingsheadbonsall.co.uk/index">King's Head</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Replete with hearty home-cooked food, good ale and an impromptu chorus of <a href="http://www.villagecarols.org.uk/carol-indexes/Hail-Smiling-Morn.html">Hail Smiling Morn</a>, we head off on our path back to Winster, mostly along the <a href="https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Limestone+Way">Limestone Way</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Although inevitably there are moments of navigational indecision!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beautiful spooky tree moments</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and plenty of blackthorn blossom (have I got that right Ian?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bumpy remains of the old lead mine workings that scatter these hills</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and 'are we nearly there yet?' - yes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What a wonderful day with a great bunch of friends and here's to our 2017 carolling season!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-84755748075502609152017-04-25T00:01:00.000+01:002017-04-25T00:01:38.147+01:00celebrations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then a happy meander in the April sun around East London</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had hoped to peek inside <a href="https://www.sephardi.org.uk/bevis-marks/visit-bevis-marks/">Bevis Marks</a>, the oldest synagogue in London built in 1701 and tucked away in a little courtyard in the City of London. Sadly it wasn't open for visitors on the day we were there - another time I hope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always love the graffiti</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and our next stop was the historic <a href="http://www.toynbeehall.org.uk/data/files/About_Toynbee_Hall/History_booklets/The_Building_of_TH_finished_published_version.PDF">Toynbee Hall</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then back for a cuppa and a spruce up before our </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">unforgettable</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> birthday nosh at the amazing </span><a href="http://ottos-restaurant.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Otto's</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and a final nightcap at the classy <a href="https://www.fontaines.bar/">Fontaine's</a> in Dalston</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And all too quickly it was the next morning and we bidding a fond farewell</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">under skies of blue</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to an early morning Dalston</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and a magnificent-as-ever St Pancras</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hasta la vista - and happy birthday!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And loving these old signposts dotted around S35 and the upper reaches of S6. Always marvelling that we have such incredible places within our wonderful Sheffield city boundaries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and just in case you weren't sure, this was on the opposite side of the road!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fabulous old gates as we passed Edge Mount, beyond Oughtibridge on the Onesacre Road</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and a stunning view of Agden and Dale Dyke Reservoirs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Setting off on our walk from <a href="http://www.bolsterstone.de/Broomhead%20Hall.htm">Broomhead Hall</a>, in the parish of Bradfield, and, wow</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> . . . some googling reveals that the old bridge in <a href="http://www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk/map/019/Glen%20Howe.pdf">Glen Howe Park</a> was originally dismantled and moved there from the Ewden valley, before it was flooded many years ago to create the Broomhead and More Hall reservoirs for Sheffield's water supplies. </span><a href="http://www.stocksbridgehs.co.uk/archive/ewden/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Read about it here</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">miles and miles of stone walls standing sturdy in the middle of nowhere - incredible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and finally our the jewel of our quest, the impressive and ancient earthworks spanning three quarters of a mile above the little brook</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we bravely transversed it's whole length - sometimes needing to dip down into the dry river bottom - spectacular and we had this whole moorland to ourselves! For all the world it felt like we were hiking down a smaller Hadrian's Wall! And I guess this was probably Bronze age like the other similar remains in the area and used for defensive purposes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you read this <a href="http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/4403-the-hall-of-waltheof/">Sheffield History discussion thread</a> but skip down to 'Jeremy''s comments on "</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #272a34; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">IV. The Bar Dike and Other Earthworks at Bradfield" </strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #272a34;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">you will read some fascinating theories about this particular earthworks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in my master's steps I trod - ha ha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">base stones of the earthwork, at the level of the beck</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the construction certainly went deep - way below the 'modern' dry stone wall on the top today. I can't find anything more about this particular earthwork, although the nearby <a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=34468">Bar Dyke</a>, which we visited last year, is scheduled and listed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and on a completely different note - right at the end we discovered this brutal trap but have absolutely no idea what 'they' were trying to capture? Obviously some poor creature who innocently traversed the log bridge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then, on our drive home, we noticed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyards_Hills">Canyard Hills</a>, curious little bumpy hillocks on the side of a cliff edge. We assumed they were old mines - but interestingly they are a rare geological feature - see article above!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That will have to be our next <a href="file:///Users/gillhughes/Downloads/Access-Land-at-Canyard-Hills--PDF-182KB-%20(1).pdf">exploration</a>. Loving these retirement options!!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-13950693735596137732017-03-27T00:07:00.000+01:002017-03-28T22:32:46.728+01:00Spring in our steps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beautiful balmy Spring day up on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharncliffe_Crags">Wharncliffe Crags</a> this Saturday</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">across the <a href="http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/">Trans-Pennine Trail</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then a final stroll around the tiny hamlet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onesacre_Hall">Onesacre</a> which was mentioned in the Dooomsday Book. Its beautiful Hall was built around 1640.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ahh Sheffield, your golden frame certainly did us proud today</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-20965187933347223732017-03-05T23:32:00.001+00:002017-03-05T23:32:16.032+00:00Wild Wales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We arrived in Dolgellau on a dark and stormy night in the wake of <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/barometer/uk-storm-centre/storm-doris">Storm Doris</a> but were soon toasty warm inside <a href="http://www.wales-guesthouse.co.uk/">Tyddyn Mawr</a> - right on the side of the mighty <a href="https://www.visitsnowdonia.info/cadair_idris-204.aspx">Cader Idris</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then the birthday morning dawned - still a little damp down in Dolgellau</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">with birthday choruses received under an umbrella</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but soon warmed up in the cosy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/T-H-Roberts-Coffee-Shop/109753329098283">T H Roberts</a> cafe - crossword and <a href="http://www.travelswithdarley.com/welsh-lobscouse-recipe/">Welsh Lobscouse!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, not ones to linger when we can get wet and muddy - we were off on the <a href="http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/archived/visiting-old/walking/Moderate-Leisure-Walks/torrent-walk">Torrent Walk</a> - having been advised it's best after heavy rain!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the torrents were spectacular - you have to imagine a deafening constant roar from the thundering waters below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still undeterred, though soaked to the skin, we wanted to see the grade 1 listed Arts and Crafts Church of <a href="http://friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/brithdir/">St Mark's</a> at Brithdir - looking very sinister on the outside . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hot baths and change of clothes then a lovely birthday meal at the stunning <a href="http://www.mawddach.com/">Bwty Mawddach</a> and the next morning we even got a glimpse beyond the mist of the bottom of Cader Idris, from our room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Off we went to the mouth of the beautiful Mawddach estuary and up to the wilds of the <a href="http://www.visitmidwales.co.uk/Dolgellau-Cregennan-Lakes/details/?dms=3&feature=3&venue=1012055">Cregennan Lakes</a> - hardly able to walk for the gusty winds and rain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And were thrilled to discover what must be the smallest railway station ever!! Morfa Mawddach - where you can catch regular trains between Birmingham and Pwllheli and even the odd one direct to London</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We'd also hoped to do were the <a href="http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-1646-description">Precipice Walk</a> and the conquering of <a href="http://allaboutwales.com/walking-to-the-summit-of-cader-idris">Cader Idris</a> - but those feats will have to wait for more clement weather!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep that 'welcome in the hillsides', Dolgellau . . . . we'll be back!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-27851632474284775982016-11-30T21:00:00.001+00:002016-11-30T21:00:31.441+00:00happy birthdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The pre-birthday celebrations started high up on the hills of Stannington on Saturday night at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReservedCafeBistro">Reserved Cafe</a> pop-up bistro night for a 5 course taster menu of surprises and fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Such a lovely whirlwind weekend in the best of company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then came my birthday proper yesterday, the day dawned sunny and frosty - totally perfect autumn/winter weather. Our garden was golden</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But we were soon venturing up through the woods towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharncliffe_Crags">Wharncliffe Crags</a> on a path heavy with frost and ice and quite beautiful, if freezing cold!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The weird thing was, and it was impossible to photograph (a Seamus Heaney fleeting moment like in <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/postscript-8/">Postscript</a>) - all we could hear was the sound of leaves falling all around us, frozen from the trees. Totally magical and surreal. They were raining down like soft snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and finally out of the woods and onto the gloriously open freedom of the Heath</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Though I am getting worried my hair's starting to look frosted too, like some sort of ice queen</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beautiful frozen fronds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and not another soul - the whole of Wharncliffe Heath and Crags to ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">until a little chappy happened along the path towards me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and we headed back through the woods for warm soup and coffee . . . just about perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But not to forget, just the day before, Mum reached the grand old age of 96 and all I can say is I hope the 'spring chicken' genes have been passed on!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And finally,we mustn't forget Tilly, the other November birthday girl - who probably got the best cake of all - but then we don't have 3rd birthday parties every day do we!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Birthday one and all</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-63351055109197692812016-11-17T16:45:00.000+00:002016-11-17T16:45:13.329+00:00red sails in the sunset<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(or if you'd prefer to start this holiday at the beginning, please start with "<a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/in-midnight-hour.html" style="color: #bb5421; text-decoration: none;">in the midnight hour</a>")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So this was the view we woke up to from our <a href="http://www.nhow-rotterdam.com/">nhow hotel</a> windows - what a joy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we waited patiently for the lift to breakfast on the stylish heated seats</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loved the edge of the impressive theatre on the edge of the river</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bit weird that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_Metro">Metro</a> sign looks horribly like the Ronald MacDonald's M</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but it was very snazzy down below</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by now the sun was warm, quite incredible for a late October day. Loved seeing the immense bike parks all over the place, this one double deckered!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We enter the huge cathedral like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/oct/02/-sp-rotterdam-markthal-superdutch-market-mvrdv">Markthal</a> only built a couple of years ago by the <a href="https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/markethall/">MVRDV practice</a> and teaming with people and incredible food stalls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fabulous wall murals on the inside and double decker cafes, while the apartment dwellers peered down from their little windows. Enjoyed watching some waffle making but avoided temptation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we found a great little coffee stop just outside</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- <a href="https://thetealab.nl/">the tea lab</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and not far away was another Rem Koolhaus, his <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2015/12/10/oma-pixellated-timmerhuis-complex-rotterdam-netherlands/">Timmerhaus</a>, built just last year</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And here's the nhow hotel from the water - our 19th floor was only half way up - just near the joins!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and here's a good classic to float along to:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">past the immense container docks, busy loading and unloading every day of the week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">past the rather incredible art deco ventilation shafts for the <a href="http://www.tunnelvisions.eu/projects/nieuwe-pagina-3/">Maastunnel</a>.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These ventilation buildings, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">designed by city architect Van der Steur,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> are also entry points for the bicycle and pedestrian tunnel. And reading the <a href="http://www.tunnelvisions.eu/projects/nieuwe-pagina-3/">Maastunnel</a> article, it looks like there are original escalators running down there too, like Antwerp. Amazing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Full circle: that little old building dwarfed by the new giants, houses the New York bar where we had our nightcaps last night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So now it was a super dash to get to Centraal Station in time for our trains to Brussels and London - but we had one more feast to go - our intrepid foodies had caught word of <a href="https://en.rotterdam.info/locations/fritez-haute-friture/">Fritez</a> for the best ever (and I mean that) take away homemade-skin-on chips, dowsed in beef stew, that you have EVER tasted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we make it - dodging bicycles and trams - the incredible beautiful <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2014/03/22/rotterdam-centraal-station-benthem-crouwel-mvsa-architects-west-8/">Centraal Station</a>, remodelled a couple of years ago by </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Benthem Crouwel Architects</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and I know this is horribly blurred, taken through the glass on a high speed train - but I needed to share the deep pink sunset that blazed in the sky as we sped past Antwerp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We also spied <a href="http://www.zooantwerpen.be/en">Antwerp Zoo</a> right next to the station - we've got to visit that next time we return - looked amazing on the outside and it's said to be one of the oldest zoos in the world, founded in 1843.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We travelled through a thick white mist as we crossed the Belgian/Dutch border but as soon as we hit Rotterdam the sky cleared and the sun came out. We stashed our cases in the left luggage and headed straight out to the bus terminus to await our bus to the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Spaanse Polder industrial zone, north-west of Rotterdam</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First stop a wonderful 2 hour tour of the incredible <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1441?cid=31&l=en&id_site=1441&&msg=session_timeout">UNESCO</a>-listed <a href="http://www.vannellefabriek.com/en-us/Unesco-en">Van Nelle Fabriek</a>. This was a real treat and such an incredible modernist building built in 1931. We heard all the fascinating history of the family and it's use as a tobacco, coffee and tea factory. It was designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leendert_van_der_Vlugt">Leendert van der Vlugt</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and of the De Schie Prison below - designed by <a href="http://www.architectureguide.nl/project/list_projects_of_typeofbuilding/typ_id/7/prj_id/292">Carel Weeber</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And somehow the Van Nelle factory preservation got me to wondering what they will do with the old purpose built modernist <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/cadburymoreton/">Cadbury's factory</a> in Moreton where so many of us worked over the years. Its 70 acres now empty and up for sale. So much inside: all the different old production lines and packing stations and the staff theatre, recreation and dining rooms. And all those old clocking-on machines in the entrances!! I hope they allow tours before it's possibly demolished for much needed housing. Might have to turn urban explorer if not . . .</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now I know I am diverging from Rotterdam, but a quick google and I have uncovered that the landscaping around the factory, still there to see from the Merseyrail, was the work of <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-sir-geoffrey-jellicoe-5607830.html">Geoffrey Jellicoe</a> as this fascinating post explains - <a href="http://tclf.org/content/cadbury-factory-pivotal-modern-landscape-sir-geoffrey-jellicoe">The Cadbury factory, a pivotal modern landscape</a>.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But back to the lovely Rotterdam . . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We left Van Nelle, walking through the estates it's workers had lived in, and took the tram into the city centre. Our next stop was the beautiful <a href="http://oma.eu/partners/rem-koolhaas">Rem Koolhaus</a> art gallery, the <a href="http://www.kunsthal.nl/en/about-kunsthal/building/">KunstHal</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">first stop, you've guessed, was for lunch and I had a pretty amazing lentil soup</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">loved this Anthony Gormley figure on the top</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and how about this for a green transport system . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">loving Rotterdam very spacious and modern with a great excitement and outward looking feel about it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was a theatre designed by <a href="http://bolles-wilson.com/projects/?orderby=typology">Bolles and Wilson</a>, right next to our hotel</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And we finally check into said hotel, the fabulous <a href="http://www.nhow-rotterdam.com/about/">Nhow</a> - also designed by Rem Koolhaus</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and this was the view from our windows on floors 19 & 20 as night set in - the famous <a href="http://www.unstudio.com/projects/erasmus-bridge">Erasmus Bridge</a> by UNStudio spanning the River Maas - you'd think it didn't get much better than this - but wait til you see the morning light on it tomorrow!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, after a great 4 course tasting meal in the panoramic restaurant, we strolled along the quay to the <a href="http://www.hotelnewyork.com/restaurant/hotelbar/?_ga=1.213440855.253554945.1479341979">New York Bar</a> for a final nightcap then wandered back to our hotel with all the city sparkling at our feet along the river. Magical</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lovely breaky again at <a href="http://jvr108.be/">JVR108</a> - our luxury pad in Antwerp, then a dash for the 34 bus to Berchem station, followed by a swift change onto the No.9 tram to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deurne,_Belgium">Deurne</a> district of Antwerp. Here the Belgian architectural freedom was very evident, with every house on every street being vastly different to its neighbour, which makes for a delightful mix of styles. And we just loved this fresh bread vending machine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But our quest wasn't for food (for a change) but for our tour of the 1958 <a href="http://artiststudiomuseum.org/studio-museums/renaatbraem-house/">Renaat Braeme House</a> which we'd booked for 10.30. Our guide for the morning, Walter, a retired architect, arrived by bike and a beaming smile and gave us a wonderful personal tour of the house, along with a film showing lots of footage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaat_Braem">Renaat Braeme</a> and his other works. The delight was that his original furniture, art and studio are all as his wife left them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the ingenious letter box he designed was a gem</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as were the pipes coloured to indicate hot and cold water and waste! And his collection of art from his beloved Mexico. The house is currently lived in by a custodian appointed by the trust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and after the tour,Walter led us across a couple of streets to walk through the <a href="https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/126552">Arenawijk</a> social housing estate Renaat Brame designed </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and of course by then we were all STARVING, so headed to the Belles Epoque area behind Berchem station and the lovely <a href="http://www.mays.be/">Brasserie Mays</a> with a Thai touch and delicious home cooking</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then a stroll around the magnificent Belle Epoque houses lining the streets of <a href="http://www.visitantwerpen.be/detail/zurenborg-en">Zurenborg</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and our first real Rubens - who of course famously made his home in Antwerp</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but amazing as great art can be - we were getting worried we hadn't yet sampled any Belgian chocolate - and a speedy Google promised us that <a href="http://burie-chocoladepralines-antwerpen.be/nl">Burie</a> was the best so we sped along to their shop in the fading light</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and discovered a treasure of chocolate treats (including the famous Antwerp hands, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which appears on loads of buildings and statues - </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> read the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">legend of the </span><a href="http://www.antwerp-tourist-guide.com/Brabo.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brabo and Antigone</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which we scoffed on the hoof - Q. Why has Mike got the biggest bag!!!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">loved this baby shop window next door!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finally, after a great coffee from a trendy espresso bar and a walk round a really cool neighbourhood, we arrived at the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">famous </span><a href="http://www.antwerp-tourist-guide.com/Anna-Tunnel.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sint Anna tunnel</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - offering a traffic-free walk/cycle way under the </span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Schelde-River" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Schelde River</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> since the 1930s with its original wooden escalators. Loved it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But by now, you've guessed it, we were hungry again!! Back to <a href="http://jvr108.be/">JVR108</a> for a refresh then back into the city and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">another great place to eat is sussed out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.degrootewittearend.be/">De Groote Witte Arend</a> - a great friendly bar with fantastic home cooked comfort food</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our amazing local speciality beef stew, frites and cabbage along with house beer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and opposite was the famous <a href="http://www.devagant.be/">De Vagant</a> bar - the first Genever Cafe in Antwerp, which serves 200 varieties of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenever">Genever</a> - also on the 'next time' list as we were too full to do the sampling justice!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and so to bed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but there's more to tomorrow as we move to <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/this-could-be-rotterdam.html">Saturday in Rotterdam</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So we set off in the dead of night (well almost!!) on Wednesday, leaving behind the buzz and street-piano strains of St Pancras and catching the last train to Brussels. Hot-footed it across Brussels Nord from platform 1 to platform 22, narrowly caught our train to Antwerp, landing there in the early hours of Thursday morning and headed to our fabulous base for the next three nights - <a href="http://jvr108.be/">JVR108</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Waking to a stunning breakfast on Thursday morning and confirming what a fab find this was</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We emerged onto Jan van Rijswijcklaan in time for our 9.30 taxi </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to Waasmunster (nestled between Antwerp and Ghent) and our pre-booked tour of the amazing </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.abdij-roosenberg.be/index.php?taal=en">Roosenberg Abbey</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in a swirling, cold mist</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">excitedly await our guide - the architect <a href="http://www.carolinevoet.be/">Caroline Voet</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for a fascinating tour of the whole abbey, which was designed by the Dutch Benedictine monk/architect <a href="http://www.vanderlaanstichting.nl/en/domhansvanderlaan/biography">Dom Hans van der Laan</a> and built in 1975. His <a href="http://www.abdij-roosenberg.be/index.php?main=architectuur_en&left1=architectuur_en_links&taal=en">design of the abbey</a> was a complete work, including the landscaping of the gardens and all the furniture and lighting. And we were intrigued with the mathematical ratio 3:4 he employed for every doorway, window and proportion of space. He called this his 'plastic ratio' and Caroline has written a very interesting article on this: <a href="http://journal.eahn.org/articles/10.5334/ah.119/">Dom van der Laan's Plastic Number</a>. It was an incredibly calm and wonderful place and a privilege to have visited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and I know this looks a bit harsh after that peaceful chapel - but this is the reality of being back on the streets! An incredibly modern and immaculate butchers shop and deli!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which was down in the dock area of Antwerp, mist still swirling around us. You can just see the new Zaha Hadid <a href="http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/port-house/">Port House</a> building in the middle distance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but hunger was beckoning and we fell upon the amazing <a href="http://ballsnglory.be/hungry/antwerp/?lang=en">Balls and Glory</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">before we venture back onto the streets, cameras at the ready</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I loved the trend of decorating bikes with flowers, in fact I just loved the bikes fullstop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And here's the great <a href="http://www.mas.be/en/content/about-mas">MAS</a> (Museum aan de Stroom) designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "scotchmicro" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.architectural-review.com/today/museum-aan-de-stroom-by-neutelings-riedijk-architects-antwerp-belgium/8616613.article">Willem Jan Neutelings</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with it's spectacular curvy glass viewing platforms - and we were able to get to the very top and out onto the roof for a spectacular view of the whole of the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were now entering the Het Eilandje, the old inner dock area, but</span><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode" , "lucida grande" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.008px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">not all the new developments were being appreciated</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - judging by this graffiti on this </span><a href="http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">David Chipperfield</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> apartment block - but we did find a great coffee house nearby to keep us fuelled </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we all loved the brick work on this block by <a href="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/westkaai-towers-5-and-6-by-tony-fretton-architects/5056095.article">Tony Fretton</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.redstarline.be/en/content/about-museum-0">Red Star Line</a> looks like a great museum to visit when we have more time - good excuse for a second visit . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loved the old buildings and historic cranes down on the water front - never quite worked out what this one was for except maybe some sort of unloading/warehousing area but a quick google confirms the magnificent <a href="http://www.waagnatie.com/">Waagnatie</a> has indeed played a part in the loading and unloading of cargo over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">great artwork too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We wandered about the lovely streets laid out in higgledy piggly mediaeval street patterns, trams and bikes zotting about to all sides of us, and we finally reached the <a href="http://www.aviewoncities.com/antwerp/grotemarkt.htm">Grote Markt</a> - a beautiful square lined with tall grand guildhouses topped with gold statues and the town hall itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">we catch a glimpse of the Cathedral . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. . . but we are actually rushing through to find the best Belgian waffle cafe in town before it closes - and we make it for a totally exquisite feast with a welcoming cuppa. Don't miss </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://desiredelille.be/en/">Désiré De Lille</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">if you are ever in Antwerp!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Full and refreshed we are soon off again happily wandering the streets and come across this new and luxurious <a href="http://www.jeugdherbergen.be/en/youth-hostels/city-hostels/antwerpen-pulcinella">youth hostel</a> designed by <a href="http://vincentvanduysen.com/">Vincent van Duysen</a> - manage to get a sneak inside and it's more like a luxury boutique hotel!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then, using our great 3 day bus/tram passes, we trammed it back to our B&B to doll ourselves up for the evening and ventured out again to town on the No7 tram for our totally stunning meal at <a href="http://www.graanmarkt13.be/">Graanmarkt 13</a> - the beautiful interior designed again by </span><a href="http://vincentvanduysen.com/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Vincent van Duysen</a> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(who we later discover is a friend of the owner of our B&B). Everything was perfect, the menu choices, the delicious food, the friendly service, the buzzy atmosphere and most of all the great company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We walked back to our tram through the vibrant, well-lit boulevards full of life and so pretty. Such a great city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(And, with my current fad of activity monitoring, you might like to know we covered over 5 miles - 15,000+ steps!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And if you want to hear about our second day in Antwerp carry on to <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/chocolate-and-chips.html">chocolate and chips</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you'll maybe have noticed on my <a href="https://twitter.com/Adelai05">Twitter</a> feed, yesterday we went on a brilliant River Don walk as part of the <a href="http://festivalofsocialscience.group.shef.ac.uk/">Festival of Social Science</a> and also <a href="http://dryproject.co.uk/">The Dry Project</a>, who are currently investigating the effects of drought and water shortage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and ventured out and about around the River Don looking at history, architecture, photography,wildlife and making new and interesting friends along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the very spot where some of us spotted a kingfisher twice but sadly not me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and our History Man, <a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/globalcampus/lhw">Tim</a>, who will be releasing his "Story of Sheffield" early in 2017, so watch this space ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the one of the surprises of the day - a whole section of the river full of brilliant 'unofficial' sculptures apparently put there over the summer by some unnamed middle-aged guy wading out day after day - LOVED them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and my very favourite bit - the amazing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobweb_Bridge">Cobweb Bridge</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">complete with huge steel spiders suspended from the old brick arch above</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">totally brilliant and a bit eerie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was such a still day, the reflections over the water were spectacular</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Great to hear there are <a href="http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/jumping-for-joy-as-salmon-return-to-river-don-in-sheffield-after-200-years-1-7940643">salmon</a> in the River Don again, as well as a small number of otters and we learnt more about the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-26478728">Great Sheffield Flood</a> of 1864 and the 293 victims. It's still the biggest man-made disaster in the UK and there are now flood level markers all around this area as well as a new memorial naming all the victims, many of them young children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Along we go to the <a href="http://www.transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=838">Wicker Arches</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the canal basin, with it's amazing <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-456133-straddle-warehouse-#.WCiiMOGLTNI">straddle warehouse</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The weir at Lady's Bridge - always a fun viewing point at the <a href="http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s31013&pos=42594&action=zoom&id=103212">Boat Race</a> back in my student days</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then we are back at Kelham</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The magnificent and listed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_Place">Cornish Place</a>. We talked about the other old works in the area - it would be amazing to get inside some of these: <a href="http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/industrial-sites/30298-george-barnsleys-cornish-sheffield-south-yorkshire-january-2015-a.html#.WCijrOGLTNI">Cornish Works</a> or <a href="http://www.ukurbex.com/index.php?/topic/2401-wharncliffe-works-sheffield-visited-august-2010/">Wharncliffe Works</a> for example. Old industrial buildings are part of why I love cities so much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Question: have I left it to late to become an urban explorer?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Remnant of Halloween below the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Works">Brooklyn Works</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and then a gentle riverside walk back to the other 'Riverside'!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A great day out - fun, informative and interesting, followed by a fabulous meal with friends, so thank you - you know who you are!!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-62510360240211785422016-10-03T23:18:00.004+01:002016-10-04T22:31:14.693+01:00ambling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Still felt lovely and late-Summery this weekend - Autumn dragging her heels</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This October weekend our first stop was the lovely <a href="http://www.wortleyhall.org.uk/hall-gardens/">Wortley Hall Gardens</a> - looking a bit in need of TLC just now but seems from this <a href="http://www.wortleyhall.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/FOWH-2016.pdf">newsletter</a> that the Friends of Wortley Hall Gardens are working hard to remedy this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loved this close up of the bark on the above tree - absolutely stunning patterns</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and more elegant wrought iron gates at this once-grand entrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sunlight playing through the trees</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha">ha-ha</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But we were soon off for ice creams at <a href="http://www.ourcowmolly.co.uk/">Our Cow Molly</a> in Dungworth, followed by a pint at the Old Horns in Bradfield</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a jaunt round the cemetery of the ancient <a href="https://www.achurchnearyou.com/bradfield-st-nicholas/">St Nicholas Church</a> - beautiful in the low evening sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Saturday saw us all at the ever wonderful <a href="http://www.ysp.co.uk/">Yorkshire Sculpture Park</a> with a gentle rolling mist across the hills</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">followed by a great meal at the <a href="http://the-milestone.co.uk/">Milestone</a> in Kelham Island then home for film and cake - </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The World's Fastest Indian</a> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- such a beautiful film and full of heart!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then Sunday afternoon it was just us two and a stroll into Greno Woods - just amazed that the blue skies were holding out!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We soon emerge from the trees to the top of the world, at St Helena - the city spread at our feet</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then a stroll back through Grenoside</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the village green</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bunting still up from the Tour De France glory days - and why not! Remember that wonderful <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Tour%20de%20Yorkshire">Tour de Yorkshire</a> weekend in Grenoside . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy times - great company</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-45920109312560455162016-09-27T23:20:00.001+01:002016-09-28T22:11:53.523+01:00ferried across<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very late writing this up (and this is but the tip of the iceberg for 2016 adventures as yet undocumented, so watch this space ....) - but this was our August Bank Holiday exploration of all things Liverpool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We started with a <a href="http://www.merseyferries.co.uk/dazzle/Pages/default.aspx">Razzle Dazzle ferry</a> across the Mersey - complete with soundtrack!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A zip around both cathedrals, the Everyman Theatre, the Phil and finally the Picton, where the 2016 Beatles Festival tribute band competition was in full swing and we were besieged with Beatle suited and wigged foursomes!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and that evening a spectacular meal at the new (to us) <a href="http://www.burnttruffle.net/">Burnt Truffle</a> in Heswall</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then Sunday saw us back on those Liddypool streets, starting with a coffee in <a href="http://www.cains.co.uk/">Cains Brewery</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and followed by a stupendous Sunday Roast at <a href="http://www.campandfurnace.com/">Camp and Furnace</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then a launch into the <a href="http://www.biennial.com/">Liverpool Biennial</a> proper</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Inside the cavernous <a href="http://www.hiddenliverpool.org.uk/memories/map/item/111-toxteth-reservoir/111-toxteth-reservoir">Toxteth Reservoir</a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc12MI0xl8suix1_dfOnLzDCmyulL9RF1sPwjh_lN6BUScJtqwb_FwSz5azeDh4ShxKVj5ZhUNSl4NBZcEvzIOBrdyuju1ZoDW6wnsxnWbbCME49yZcofT8mbbNKnLM-iu8RcNBanL5o2R/s1600/DSC07171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc12MI0xl8suix1_dfOnLzDCmyulL9RF1sPwjh_lN6BUScJtqwb_FwSz5azeDh4ShxKVj5ZhUNSl4NBZcEvzIOBrdyuju1ZoDW6wnsxnWbbCME49yZcofT8mbbNKnLM-iu8RcNBanL5o2R/s640/DSC07171.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for <a href="http://www.biennial.com/2016/exhibition/locations/toxteth-reservoir-">Rita McBride's laser installation 'Portal'</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then on to the <a href="http://www.welshstreets.co.uk/">Welsh s</a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.welshstreets.co.uk/">treets</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for '<a href="http://www.biennial.com/2016/exhibition/locations/rhiwlas-street">Momentary Monument - The Stone' by Lara Favaretto</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and one of the other streets, recently uses as a film set so all painted a menacing black</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loved this old <a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/">Liverpool Echo</a> sign - the cry across the city evenings from my childhood 'Echo! Echo!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and so on to <a href="http://www.biennial.com/2016/exhibition/locations/143-granby-street">Granby Street</a> and an interesting look around the refurbished streets following the <a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/granby-4-streets-wins-turner-10564508">2015 Turner Prize</a> win.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then for some, it was a train back to London and a final gaze at St George's Hall</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">while the rest of us wandered along to see the </span><a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/lime-street-close-three-weeks-11797379" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">demolished Futurist Cinema</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> on Lime Street</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">then a final catching of the last sun on Moreton shore across the Irish Sea</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the glimmering lights of Liverpool</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Monday August 29</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today it was a slow roadtrip back to Sheffield, winding through the Cheshire lanes - first stop the rather magnificent ruin of <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/beeston-castle-and-woodland-park/">Beeston Castle</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with it's stunning views across the Cheshire Plain</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and it's bright and breezy little cafe which did a great coffee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and finally the very newly restored and impressive <a href="http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisureculture/museumsandgalleries/bramallhall/">Bramall Hall</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with incredible paintings and patterns still evident on the woodwork in some of the rooms</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and that, folks, was that - the end of a lovely family whirlwind of a weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One day soon I might start writing up our roadtrip proper - 4,500 miles across America this July. Or our adventure to Spain by train or our wonderful sunny Eighter's week in Northumberland. Where to start . . . .</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-91739878822282930942016-09-20T17:59:00.000+01:002016-09-20T17:59:34.784+01:00on the edge<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Great to get in another hike from the first ever <a href="http://www.theoutdoorcity.co.uk/walk/walking-festival/">Sheffield Walking Festival</a>. Last week it was <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/bleak-and-beautiful.html">Kinder</a> and on Sunday we ventured onto <a href="http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=&ID=1439">Wharncliffe Heath</a> guided by members of the <a href="http://www.whtrust.org.uk/">Wharncliffe Heathlands Trust</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So much history in this area - before we'd even reached this tunnel where the <a href="http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/plan-a-route/places-west/south-yorkshire/">Trans Pennine Trail</a> crossed our path, we'd already passed an ancient Mesolithic site that was settled over 6.000 years ago!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The paths threaded gloriously through the trees as we plodded upwards</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">passing many a picturesque pond - used for local industry back in the day and firefighters more recently. Loads of beautiful huge dragonflies coming to look at us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fungi abounded - this one in particular apparently sends the cows and sheep on Wharncliffe Chase into a happy hallucinogenic state! The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria">amanita muscaria</a> I think it must have been?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and finally we reach the striking Wharncliffe Crags - seeing in the distance the steelworks at Stocksbridge - once home to the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Fox_(industrialist)">Samuel Fox umbrella frame</a> manufacturers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also learn another amazing fact - Wharncliffe Crags is where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharncliffe_Crags#Rock_climbing">rock climbing</a> as a sport first started! Lots of Victorians used to flock to the Crags in the summer to take the air, high above the pollution of the Don Valley with its steel mills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The purple heather is just about coming to an end at this time of year, but the landscape was still stunning. And hidden amongst this scrub are the remains of the Iron Age quern factories. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I remember in 1996 there was a huge fire on this heath and loads of the ancient querns were visible scattered all across heath. More about that </span><a href="http://www.topforge.co.uk/Other%20Industries/Quern.htm" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and we also learn that the path we are walking along, along the top of the Crags, is the one mentioned in the opening paragraph of Ivanhoe!! Of course I knew about the nearby <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/conisbrough-castle/history/">Conisborough Castle</a> connections, but not about Wharncliffe!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here you go - the opening lines</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by</span><span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest,</span><span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys</span><span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster.</span><span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the</span><span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around</span><span style="background-color: #f4f3db; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rotherham."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">and the whole of Chapter 1 to read here if you are keen - where there is more mention of Wharncliffe - <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/walter_scott/ivanhoe/1/">Ivanhoe Chapter One</a></span></span><br />
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I<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">t was hard to drag my eyes away from the rocky edge of the crags and the magnificent views - such a glorious day too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but now we ventured across the heath and towards Wharncliffe Chase</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">stopping to feed the small herd of Shetland sheep grazing the land as part of the management of the Heath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then homeward bound - back along the Crags</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">with a final wistful look across the hills</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the end of another brilliant walk. Hoping the <a href="http://www.theoutdoorcity.co.uk/walk/walking-festival/">Sheffield Walking Festival</a> is repeated next year - been a great chance to learn more about our amazing 'ourdoor' city, get some exercise and meet some lovely people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And there's a really good website here with all the history of Wharncliffe Heath and Crags, <a href="http://www.stocksbridgehs.co.uk/archive/wharncliffe/">Stocksbridge and District History Society Archive</a> if you want to read more.</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-41128257735171733292016-09-15T11:32:00.001+01:002016-09-15T11:32:30.902+01:00bleak and beautiful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good old Sheffield, yet another festival underway in this wonderful city this week. <a href="http://www.theoutdoorcity.co.uk/walk/walking-festival/">Sheffield Walking Festival</a> and I took full advantage on Tuesday - any excuse to venture up onto the Kinder plateau again. Last week it was our hike to <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/to-hills.html">Ringing Roger</a>, but this week the walk was in the other direction, following part of the Pennine way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We start off low level and gentle on this, the hottest day of the year and the hottest September day since records began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but soon reach the steep bits and an enticing peek at the edge up there</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a hard slog in that heat though</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but worth it looking back at the ascent so far</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the glorious blue skies and the Pym Chair outcrop up ahead on Kinder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Needed frequent water replenishing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and from here I'm just going to let the plateau and its incredible jumble of rock formations and rich dark peat unfold before your eyes . ..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finally at our highest point on Crowden Tower where we stop for lunch at last</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Five happy hours and 8 glorious miles. Met some lovely people and I am now totally besotted with Kinder. Bleak, wild, unpredictable and right up on top of the world. Just perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And getting back down to the ground (and while we are on the subject of festivals) Sheffield are about to launch into this year's <a href="http://festivalofthemind.group.shef.ac.uk/">Festival of the Mind</a> this weekend - 15 - 25 September in the city centre - get along to some of the talks and events - guaranteed to get you thinking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was thanks to those brave folk who '<a href="http://kindertrespass.com/index.asp">trespassed</a>' on Kinder back in 1932 that we all have access to wander these wonderful moors. And Kinder has always held a mystical magic for me, even though, ridiculously, I've never been up there before in all my years living in Sheffield. Until yesterday . . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was the song Ewan McColl famously wrote after the <a href="http://kindertrespass.com/index.asp">Mass Trespass</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And we urban ramblers start by leaving Edale and crossing Grindsbrook - you'll spot my hiking buddy as he grapples with the steep rocky inclines and finally attains the 600m peak of Ringing Roger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and loved the gentle folds in the mountainside leading up to Grindslow Knoll</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we spy Ringing Roger and the clouds lift. It's been swelteringly hot but muggy skies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoyed a picnic at the top then a quick descent for a welcome cuppa in Edale</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And before I go, here's the other Ewan MacColl that sprang to mind up there in the hills - It's a bit sad and reflective, but I just love the 'Joy of Living' - give it a listen:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Soon it will time for our <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/ark-ark.html">local carol singing</a> here in the North of Sheffield and I look forward to our Eric at the Black Bull singing the Joy of Living so beautifully most Thursday nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And here's a great guide to walking the hills of the Peak District 1,000feet - <a href="http://www.walkingenglishman.com/peakdistricthills.htm">The Highest Hills in the Peak District</a></span></div>
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Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-2667506626160749742016-08-19T10:32:00.002+01:002016-08-19T10:32:36.836+01:00eastern delights<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Given that I am a West Coast girl at heart - sunsets and warm Gulf Streams - venturing East isn't usually on the cards. So the last couple of days brought some unexpected and lovely surprises on our family jaunt out east.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lovely sunny day on our first visit to Peterborough and a great walk through the parks</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> to the lovely Selina's Cafe for the bestest banana bread ever</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yet another first - a wonderful day in (also sunny) Lincoln - starting with the cathedral</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and so exciting - turns out <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Boole">George Boole</a>, arguably the father of computing as we know it, was born in Lincoln</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yummy lunch in the cloisters</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the usual great crumbling tomb - headless this time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then the most beautiful dancing reflections from the stained glass windows up high</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and outside into the sun and the lovely old houses</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and town</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">always managing to sniff out a good coffee house when we see one and take a look how lovely this one is inside - <a href="http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2016/08/first-look-new-lincoln-specialist-coffee-shop-steep-hill/">Makushi</a>. Next time we're going to try out their brunch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some Hug(h)e(s) scandal uncovered here eh ? . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and I did rather love that doggie in the window</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and the old-school Gents!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">so a lovely happy family excursion - and here's to the next one!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So off we set on this </span><a href="http://www.bradfield-walkers.org.uk/Walks/TwoVillages.html" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">walk</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> from Low to High Bradfield with a bit of a diversion to find Bailey Hill. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mike enjoying a bit of shade from the sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very quickly we were in the lovely graveyard of <a href="https://www.achurchnearyou.com/bradfield-st-nicholas/">St Nicholas Church</a> which I've featured many a time before, such as in this <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/bradfield-on-sunny-saturday.html">October 2011 blog post</a>. This sweeping view always takes my breath away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and this time sheep were safely grazing (and sleeping!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which of course brought to mind a bit of Bach</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and while you listen, take a look at the grave of poor Joseph Beaver! Did the engraver die too? Wasn't there enough money to complete the wording? But I suppose it says it all . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, onward we go - above the church and off the walk route and, after a pretty walk through woodland undergrowth, we rounded the corner to find this massive motte and bailey castle - so perfectly formed with it's moat all the way round.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">maybe just look at Mike in relation to the 'castle' to get a feel for the size of Bailley Hill</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And naturally this was a bit of a homecoming for Mike Bailey meeting his namesake hill - ha ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To read more about this amazing ancient monument see this article on the Historic England website: </span><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1013217" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bailey Hill motte and bailey castle, High Bradfield</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Anyway, we move down the hill towards Lower Bradfield with a final view back of the Church</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over a series of impressive steep and ancient stone stiles</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with views right over to those wonderful purple heather-clad moors</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and bringing us down to earth - literally - a cuppa at the cute little Cafe in the tiny Post Office. Sat outside on the sunny bench watching the Council busily and noisily re-tarmac the roads! (And spot the Tour de Yorkshire remnant from that wonderful day in 2014 - <a href="http://bright-fields.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/wheels-on-fire.html">read about it here</a> from a Grenoside perspective.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lovely blogpost here on <a href="http://www.cafestocontemplate.com/2010/10/postcard-cafe-bradfield-south-yorkshire.html">Cafes to Contemplate</a> about the <a href="http://www.flaskend.co.uk/about.html">Flask End Cafe</a> you might like to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So that was it - lovely sunny day, great amble and real wow factor on finding Bailey Hill!</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067336801194815895.post-23670948771915304012016-08-14T22:18:00.001+01:002016-08-14T22:56:13.978+01:00coast to coast<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Such a lovely whirlwind roadtrip across our Northern hills last weekend - starting right at the very tip of the East Riding of Yorkshire - </span><a href="http://www.ywt.org.uk/reserves/spurn-nature-reserve" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Spurn Point</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with a bit of hard slog over the sandhills where the path collapsed in the great tidal surge of December 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we needed to keep a close eye on our watches . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but, bikes parked, we had plenty of time to picnic on the beach</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Falafel King's best all the way from Sheffield</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we even had a beautiful Kestrel pose just for us</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thrilled that </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurn" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Spurn Lighthouse</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> has now been renovated and opened to visitors just this Easter for the first time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loved the curvy doors</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the great staircases</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fab views, just like looking down on a map</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but beyond to the Point we must go</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Never realised lobster shells started off this beautiful shade of blue! However, after a few hours in the back window of the car, the shell quickly turned reddish!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So - bikes returned, it was off up the East Riding coast, with stops along the way . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the odd Milton Keynes cow</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">first a dip into Easington</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then the coastal erosion at Mappleton - getting very like a geography lesson for one of our party! But intriguing to read of all the coastal villages already lost to erosion on this </span><a href="http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/GCSE/AQA/Coastal%20Zone/Management/Holderness.htm" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Holderness Coastline.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and the most amazing fish and chips from Bridlington's amazing chip shop </span><a href="http://149fishandchips.co.uk/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">149</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> - only the UK's best - which we ate on the prom, of course!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">until, that was, we reached the lovely little harbour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and we made our way through <a href="http://www.yorkshire.com/inspiration/culture/david-hockney-a-bigger-picture">Hockney's Wolds</a> to our amazing Bed and Breakfast for the night at <a href="http://www.greenwickfarm.co.uk/">Greenwick Farm</a> just outside the village of Huggate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And what an amazing last minute find that was - luxurious and such a fabulous breakfast the next day and this view to die for</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">but onwards and upwards and our driver awaits. . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We meander a while in the glorious gentle landscape of the Wolds, rich in colours, lush crops and curious stone gate portals!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and don't you just love these old white wooden signposts - and this one to the lovely Thixendale, another of </span><a href="http://www.yocc.co.uk/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Hockney's favoured sites</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">miles of cornfields</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and it if wasn't for my faithful diarist (eat your heart out Boswell) I'd have forgotten all the lovely details - like the amazing fun haystack sculptures we saw at various farms along the coastal route</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">so as you will have spied, we were now en route to Haworth, via tortuous traffic jams around York. But finally we make our destination - the Bronte Parsonage</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with a peek into the church</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a tour of the parsonage</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since we last visited a few years ago they have acquired the actual Bronte family table where Charlotte and Emily wrote Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. There is an 'E' etched into it which they believe was Emily's handiwork!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an actual dress of Charlotte's</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a meander down Haworth's lovely hilly street in search of food</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">followed by a quest to find Top Withens, only to be scuppered by a plague of horrid pesky flying ants in that lovely purple heather</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So now it was a quick evening back in Sheffield with a midnight Olympics catch-up to see the British Women's Hockey team beat Australia, then to bed and a zip over the Pennines, west this time, to the Wirral - as my scribe will confirm ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">taking Grandma for a yummy Sunday Lunch at the good old <a href="http://the-fox-hounds.co.uk/">Fox and Hounds</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">then a wonderful leg stretch from Red Rocks to West Kirby, gazing over the Irish Sea, past Hilbre Island and as far as the Great Orme in Gwynedd. Magical as always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">before driving back to Sheffield in the sunset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Monday 8 August 2016</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Awoke, arose and off to the ever lovely <a href="https://tampercoffee.co.uk/">Tamper</a> for lunch before the London train</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and a final </span><a href="http://www.herdofsheffield.com/" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">#HerdofSheffield</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> photo opportunity on the way to the station</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with the added revelation that these piano keys must have always been here in the pavement, when the Hubs were first built as the <a href="http://nigelcoates.com/projects/project/national_centre_for_popular_music">National Centre for Popular Music</a> - how amazing! Can't believe none of us had ever noticed that before!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So that's the end - and what a lovely happy time it was. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And what's more, it felt like the perfect extension to our USA roadtrip in July from Minneapolis to Seattle and Vancouver - which I must write up next ........ watch this space.</span>Adelaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346633900395061243noreply@blogger.com0