Month: August 2020

The 1948 wreck of a Superfortress

The famous crash site near Glossop. A B – 29 plane crashed on its way to deliver wages of soldiers but due to fog and a lack of radar, a miscalculation was made and it went to meet its maker.   You can read all about it on this trip advisor review. we had a lovely walk down the top of the hill through an area that never really gets dry and you can be ambushed by a stream or ravine when such...

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I narrowly missed a £150 fine from the police

Off to the Pennines. On the way, we stopped off at a famous tourist spot called Ironbridge. This is where the first such bridge was built in 1799. It had been extremely well painted to preserve it and we had the pleasure of walking backwards and forwards across it. Then to a place called Hassop which is near to Bakewell. This is a bank holiday weekend and great numbers of people have come out by...

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Wenlock Priory

This was a must because we are interested in historical buildings or in this case historical ruins and although the site is not large it is a pleasure to be there and spend an hour in peace and silence. Françoise spend some time doing sketches. The website is https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wenlock-priory/ it was very nice to come back to the bed-and-breakfast as there is always...

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Picture Postcard of Much Wenlock

You could say that the historical side of this small town is about 300 m x 300 m. We spent our time wandering around having a look so here are some of the pictures. In the afternoon Francoise had a one to one pottery lesson with the Master, Mike, as a birthday present from me. In the evening, we went to a restaurant called The Fox. Françoise had some fish and I had a very handsome steak pie.  I...

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And off we go – our first break for…. far too long

I try to plan as far ahead as possible but in spite of that I always forget one thing, in this case it was a portable Digital clock which would have been nice to refer to during a waiting period at night. Much more environmentally friendly than having my mobile phone switched on next to my ear. Our journey will involve a visit to Much Wenlock in Shropshire for three nights, a rendezvous with a...

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My least favorite word + Party balloons – the winner

And the winner is..... the pink balloon!   20 days after the event and it is still flying high. Today is the day before our miniature holiday if you can call it that. I reckon that people need holidays from 'holidays' spent abroad. It is of course the onerous travel restrictions and requirements, particularly when flying outside the country,  that would take the fizz off the champagne. We in UK...

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