Category Archives: Railway interest

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 – 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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northernvicarwalks (and has train rides) – February 2020

Posted on March 17, 2020 by admin

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 →

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northernvicarwalks – Etwall to Burton (William Stanley Way 2)

Posted on February 7, 2020 by admin

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 →

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northernvicarwalks – January 2020 (everything else)

Posted on February 2, 2020 by admin

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 →

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northernvicarwalks – January 2020 and the start of a Pilgrimage (to Etwall) – William Stanley Way 1

Posted on February 1, 2020 by admin

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

Posted on January 31, 2020 by admin

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 →

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Birmingham – Hall of Memory

Posted on November 1, 2019 by admin

On Saturday 19 October I was allowed an escape day. I started with my flu jab, then caught the train from Duffield to Derby and on (on a packed Cross Country train) to Birmingham. I eventually managed to escape from … Continue reading →

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Chillingham, Northumberland – St Peter

Posted on October 26, 2019 by admin

Any Man’s Kingdom is a lovely film. It is a travelogue of Northumberland produced in by 1956 British Transport Film for British Railways, directed by Tony Thompson. As it includes a scene of the Lindisfarne taxi, a rusty Ford, driving … Continue reading →

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Derwent Valley Heritage Way 8 – Whatstandwell to Belper

Posted on October 22, 2019 by admin

It has been a long time since I walked any of the Derwent Valley Mills Trail. Monday 2 September was a lovely day, and I didn’t want to work on a Monday. I caught the Transpeak bus north to Whatstandwell … Continue reading →

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