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Category Archives: Railway interest
northernvicarwalks September 2020
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
Derwent Valley Heritage Way 9 – Belper to Milford
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
northernvicarwalks August 2020
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
Blist’s Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire – St Chad
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
Posted in 1,000 mile walking, Railway interest, Shropshire
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National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – beside the river
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
Posted in Railway interest, Staffordshire, World War 1
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northernvicarwalks (and has train rides) – February 2020
This is the month that a Barham makes it into Railway Magazine. It’s not me, it’s Hannah – in a feature on the problems of disability access to trains. This was her first ride on an LNER Azuma (and I … Continue reading
Posted in 1,000 mile walking, Lincolnshire, Personal, Railway interest, Wales
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northernvicarwalks – Etwall to Burton (William Stanley Way 2)
Tuesday 4 February. I have a free day, so I’ll leave Caroline to run the office and Julie to go to the Old People’s Lunch. I drove to Etwall, parked by the church and started walking. I have decided to … Continue reading
northernvicarwalks – January 2020 (everything else)
I started the year with a 7 mile walk – into town via Chester Green and back via Markeaton Brook – and on 3rd I did 5 miles which included a wander past Darley Abbey Mill. A bit more over … Continue reading
northernvicarwalks – January 2020 and the start of a Pilgrimage (to Etwall) – William Stanley Way 1
In 2017 I said I would try and walk 1,000 miles. I failed. In 2018 I said I would try and walk 1,000 miles. I failed again. In 2019 I kept quiet – then had to have a minor op … Continue reading
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Acle, Norfolk – St Edmund
We are having a few days in Norfolk to celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary. Friends Rob and Anne drove up for the day and we walked down into the village. The girls took up residence in the tea room while … Continue reading
Posted in Norfolk, Railway interest, World War 1
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