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northernvicarwalks September 2020

Posted on October 21, 2020 by admin

You know it is going to be a bad month when, on 1 September, you go for a 5 mile walk which has as one of its goals, posting a small parcel at the Post Office. Hannah had prepared it, … Continue reading →

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Derwent Valley Heritage Way 9 – Belper to Milford

Posted on October 21, 2020 by admin

Walk 8 was on 2 September 2019, walk 9 on 4 September 2020 – and that was only by accident. I started in the Oxfam Bookshop – a superb Oxfam Bookshop, but buying two heavy books at the start of … Continue reading →

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Black Country Living Museum, Dudley – Gospel Car 11, Ebenezer, and Providence Chapel

Posted on October 14, 2020 by admin

Black Country Museum on Friday 25 September. Last time we went I remember Gareth being taken for a walk on the cakewalk at the fairground – sadly the fairground has gone at the moment – but the rest was wonderful. … Continue reading →

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Castleton, Derbyshire – St Edmund, King and Martyr

Posted on October 13, 2020 by admin

Tuesday 22 September 2020. We went on to Castleton, as I had arranged to meet Linda to look round St Edmund’s church. Pre-covid it was open all the time, now just twice a week. It is one of three churches … Continue reading →

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Tideswell, Derbyshire – St John the Baptist

Posted on October 12, 2020 by admin

On Tuesday 22 September 2020 we started the day at High Peak Bookshop, then drove up to Tideswell, and parked right outside the church of St John the Baptist, SK153757. They advertise themselves as the Cathedral of the Peak, and … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks August 2020

Posted on September 23, 2020 by admin

I’ve already blogged the National Memorial Arboretum and my 5 mile walk there on the 1st of the month. We opened St Edmund’s in Allestree on 2 August – so both my churches were open within three weeks of it … Continue reading →

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Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire

Posted on August 23, 2020 by admin

After Blist’s Hill we drove out through Coalport and some interesting roads to Shifnal, which looks like a town worth exploring, and up to the A5. Then I saw a sign to English Heritage Lilleshall Abbey, so we followed it. … Continue reading →

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Blist’s Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire – St Chad

Posted on August 23, 2020 by admin

Last November we purchased an Annual Pass for the Ironbridge Museum in their Black Friday deals. Then came winter, then came Covid. We drove over a few weeks ago to collect it, but it was a wet, horrible day and … Continue reading →

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National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – the Army

Posted on August 20, 2020 by admin

Let’s start this final section with one amazing memorial, then we’ll end our visit with another.  We should mention we enjoyed the gardens and the café – and look forward to coming back when the Remembrance section is open, an … Continue reading →

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National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – beside the river

Posted on August 20, 2020 by admin

Our next amble was from the Naval area up beside the River Tame to the railway, then back in the direction of the ‘Shot at Dawn’ memorial, which we’ll do in the next blog. Here are a selection of the … Continue reading →

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