tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43174581592220485122024-03-19T10:30:17.261+00:00The last outpost ...Just in case I disappear from sight again you could always click here ... http://www.facebook.com/charlie.wildgooseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-59054225940584994132013-11-21T13:23:00.000+00:002013-11-21T13:23:39.243+00:00A Farm Journal ~ the death of my great great great grandfather ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire, in January 1870.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">His father (my great great great grandfather) was Henry Bowman and his mother Mary Bowman (nee Brantingham). My great great great grandparents, Henry and Mary, are shown here ...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>A Farm Journal </i>continues with this entry on the 2nd August 1870 :~</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>Fine set No 5 up tied rakings all up & set No 1 out - self had a Telegram to say "Father was ill come at once" so I left at 2pm for Chester arr[ived] Longstone at 8pm. Lucy Ann met me in the road & told me the sad news that dear Father was no more with us in the flesh - he had died from a fit of apoplexy about 9 oclock in the morn[in]g was in more than usual health & vigor had had his breakfast & read to them from Acts - 20 Chap[ter] - & after went out to the closet where he was seized apparently quite in an instant was taken without pain or struggle he was called from works to rewards happily as we firmly believe prepared to join in the countless multitude in singing praise to him whom it had been his aim the life to serve - by the grace of God he was what he was & may it serve as a lesson to us all that amidst all our earthly ups & downs we may keep in mind the solemn warning "Be ye also ready" - died 8 mo[nth] 2 1870 in his 77th year & was interred in Friends burying ground Bakewell on the 5th of the same - we were all too late to see dear Father alive after he was taken for no one was with him - dear Mother had up to a recent date always attended him but he had got so much better that he was quite able to dress himself - this was a little cause of regret to Mother - but we must be thankful that he was spared a lingering illness & that he enjoyed life to the last - John & Maria & their 3 boys had been staying at Ashford some time & the horse was in the gig & they were all ready to start for Nott[ingha]m & </i>[word could not be read] <i>waiting to bid Father farewell - dear Mother did not feel able to attend the funeral so stayed at home we had a nice company of friends & all passed off comfortably - John Critchlow spoke acceptably at the grave exhorting us to live as we can die & also as to the example Father had set him & how that for 50 years he had known & watched him in his outward walk - also spoke in meet[in]g Uncle Howitt - & Uncle Brady - Jos[eph] Bottomley - a solemn meet[in]g sister Mary A[rmitage] also spoke very nicely in meet[in]g self stayed till 7th day left by 1.18pm - R.A. stays with Mother who seems nicely but of course feels the loss severely as we all do at losing so good a Father - may we endeavour so to live that some may not fear to die whensoever the call may come </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-43801458056355669152013-11-19T17:11:00.000+00:002013-11-19T17:11:28.855+00:00A walk in the countryside to the east of Holymoorside ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">North-east of Darley Dale, between the moorland and Chesterfield, the village of Holymoorside is a good starting point for a walk in the countryside between the village and the outskirts of Chesterfield.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I parked near the Bull's Head and walked towards Chesterfield along Holymoor Road ... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887802155/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3794/10887802155_d4e911b520.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">There's a well used path through the fields though and I was soon following this ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887978294/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/10887978294_3c152a1c08.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This forms part of the South Chesterfield Way ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">When I was there a couple of years or so ago the footpath had oil seed rape on both sides ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887857845/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2822/10887857845_88209e5e90.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The boundary of the parish has been marked by eight boundary stones, one of them pictured here ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887952934/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/10887952934_ff7f747b77.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I don't know to what 'Low Years' relates ! Is it the name of the area ?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> I was following the path in the Hipper Valley ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888033774/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2893/10888033774_1ee7b844a5.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... and soon a pair of Canada Geese with six goslings passed me by ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887883455/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/10887883455_6406ef4696.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">A coot gave me a glance from private property ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888216523/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/10888216523_3edbf3a925.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">At the end of Walton Dam the route I was following did an 180 degree turn [or thereabouts] through the houses and gardens north of Matlock Road ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887911675/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/10887911675_856fe24d5a.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">For the next half a mile or so my route passed between garden fences too ... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888089004/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3693/10888089004_d2e2c8ca09.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Eventually I reached Matlock Road along which I have travelled for over 60 years I suppose though I have never crossed it in this way ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887776365/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3762/10887776365_c04de45902.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I had seen the odd walker following the path south and away from the road though. Now I was doing the same ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887940015/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/10887940015_b2de16ac9c.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This path ran through and along the edge of the Chesterfield Golf Course where I was warned to 'Beware' ... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888118204/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/10888118204_0ecec4a828.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">A wide path proceeded into Walton Wood ... with hardly anyone about.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888287023/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/10888287023_4a9b38a9a2.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... where waymarking was probably superfluous ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888144994/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3727/10888144994_6b687dc63d.jpg" width="410" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">On the south-western side of the wood I was greeted by aromatic wild honeysuckle and a tree-topped hill ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888313463/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3735/10888313463_5f0289020c.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">It was at this point that I walked north-westwards inside the woodland ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887807836/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3789/10887807836_e4471651ec.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... the owner of the private woodland made it clear what you could [and couldn't] do on the public footpaths !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10888327563/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/10888327563_7d96d7e6ff.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Hopefully I reached Matlock Road without being in breach of the law. I crossed the road to the north-east of Walton Lodge, walking through the fields ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10887913254/" title="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Holymoorside, Hipper Valley and Walton Woods ~ 28th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/10887913254_49d374380c.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">After some road walking I picked up another footpath on the eastern side of Holymoorside to bring me back into the village.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I found a seat in the churchyard, made friends with a cat and sat enjoying a slightly stewed cup of coffee which had been in my flask for far too long.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Length of walk ~ 5.96 miles *</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 204.94 miles</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 28th May 2011 ~ 726.68 miles</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> 45<span style="font-weight: normal;"> of 2011 [which means in 2011 I was still averaging just over 4.5 miles a walk.]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's <i>Getamap</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-50429542290758384912013-11-17T16:45:00.000+00:002013-11-17T16:48:18.870+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 19th July to the 1st August 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 19 Fine cut[tin]g hedges B & RA & child[re]n came</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 20 Ditto Self to Chester meet[in]g met Josiah Thompson Thomas Swithenbank & Mark Leicester about rep[resentin]g Chester meet[in]g house etc - mason altering flues of boiler</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 21 Dry BB & Vernie left Mason here fetched 4 more stoups </i>[sic] <i>dipped Ewes & lambs - thatching etc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 23 Ditto cut round oats but thought them too green so left them - at turnips again horse & hand hoed</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 day 25 Fetched 4 more stoops at turnips</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 27 Began to cut oats men had 2 q[uar]t[e]r[s] beer p[e]r day mach[i]ne works well takes from 8 to 12 men to tie according to crop</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 28 Fin[ishe]d oats & set up - raking stubble with horse rake</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 30 Ditto field cut most & set up - had 6 foundry men in aft[erno]n p[ai]d 2/6 ea[ch] with bag to 8pm & also had 2 men from the line to help at 4pm - 22 men in all</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 1st 8 Mo[nth] fine Fin[ishe]d No 11 & set up also cut No 5</i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-43371718175755393702013-11-16T17:14:00.000+00:002013-11-16T17:14:02.035+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 17th July 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 1st 7 Mo[nth] Showery</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 2 Fine</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1st D[itt]o lead 2/3rds of clover No 14</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 4th Fine <strike>set out the clov</strike> but dull & Cloudy</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 5 Fine day but Showery even[in]g Chester fair took 4 little pigs but did not sell - great drop - in pigs at least 10/- p[e]r h[ea]d poor show of beasts & of a poor sort - horses - many - got a bit more hay</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 6 Fine - fin[ishe]d hay - S.A.Fisher left us</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 7 Fine hoing </i>[sic] <i>turnips SA & baby & self to H.Alletson's to tea looked round - & on to Spicers farm to look round crops fair - turnips up but want rain - folding sheep on Lints - rape & turnips drilled for feed[in]g on</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 8 Fine at turnips</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 9 Ditto Dull & Thundery but no rain</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">2 - 11 Fine day wrote to W[illia]m all news up to this morn[in]g - no rain up to 2 - 18 cut[tin]g hedges fetched 2 p[ai]r stone gate posts set up - 1 ton Cotton 1 Lead cake & 1 ton Palm nut meal from Thornley</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1st day 17 even[in]g drove to Ledsham St[atio]n & on by 9.20pm to L[iver]pool to Cattle Market lodg[e]d market for sheep begins at 6am & for cattle at 7am was up at 4 oClock saw them bringing the sheep & cattle in most Irish - a fine drove of Spanish bullocks there - home at 3 o'Clock </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-10407931659649202702013-11-15T17:32:00.000+00:002013-11-15T17:32:36.288+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 13th to the 30th June 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 13 Fine fin[ishe]d thin[nin]g & hoeing swedes in No 2 as far as ready - cut[tin]g grass for beasts in shippon</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 14 Fine took 3 bullocks & cow & 3 store pigs to the Ermine Sale Pickerings - a poor sale could do as well at home Charles & Sidney * came - Eliz[abe]th & Polly & Nelly on to Rhyl</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 15 Fine at Potatoes flat hoeing</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 15 Ditto - Showery aft[ernoo]n Hawarden festival all went but S.A. S.F.A. came to dine from Rhyl (Joanna etc there) - went with us - left 6.40 for Nott[ingha]m</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 17 Fine - thinning swedes</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 18 Showery Chas & Sid & I to Thornton Moor to look at filly ley[e]d there - back to station C&S home by M[an]chester</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 19 Fine</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 20 Ditto SA & baby I to nurse to Rhyl to spend day with Lizzy & Co.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 21 Fine</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 22 Fine</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">[No entry for 6 - 24]</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">7 - 25 Very cool N wind - thinning Swedes in No 2 - Scuffling potatoes 2nd time - tied 4 heifers up & are now feeding about 12 indoors with grass & cake</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 27 Fine Lizzy & Co home took to Chester - began mow[in]g - No 14 clover very poor crop - started Samuelson's Eclipse ** without track bond but would not work so bro[ugh]t one back from Chester started</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 28 & cut 10 ac[res] changing 1 horse worked very well - soiling potatoes & thin[nin]g swedes</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 29 Fine finish[e]d mow[in]g clover - Joanna & children here</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 30 they left Fine shower at night - Chester - Pickering wool sale mine sold there 73 ewes Cheviot & Leicester @ 1/2 1/4 p[e]r lb & 25 Lester Hogs </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">* Charles and Sidney are the two young boys in the photograph above. I believe the photograph was taken before 1870. They were two of my great great grandparents' children though not on my direct line.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">** There is reference to some of Samuelson's implements if you click <span style="background-color: orange;"><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlwo/samuelson.html"><i>here</i></a></span>. <i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-13394442997202031142013-11-14T17:49:00.000+00:002013-11-14T17:51:46.513+00:00Passing the pike ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... not a Victorian parlour game but what I did when taking a walk a couple of years ago in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">You see there's a pike that lies in the water at the Cromford end of the Cromford Canal that must be over two feet long ... no, really ... just look at him or her ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668663425/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5509/10668663425_69a2b58929.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I know it would have helped if there had been something else in the water to help you compare but take my word ... this pike is over two feet long.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i><a href="http://www.arkwrightsociety.org.uk/">Sir Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mills</a></i> were my starting point for a springtime walk in 2011. After passing the pike I walked past this rather attractive old redbrick building set amongst the even older stone-built ones of the Cromford Mills set-up ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668674475/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/10668674475_fa17f3603f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> I passed the old Primitive Methodist Chapel at Scarthin, now a private house, with this engraving above the front door ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668692996/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7369/10668692996_e457742c4a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I have shown this engraving before but I still think it is one of the most poignant ones I have ever seen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Almost immediately I took the paved path up towards Hillside on my way towards Matlock Bath ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668750374/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/10668750374_6f2554a93d.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... and, in particular, Upperwood. Isn't it beautiful ?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668761274/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/10668761274_c6ab6735d5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The path runs along the private drive hereabouts </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">on the hillside above the busy village of Matlock Bath ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668971453/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7295/10668971453_f123d1229d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... from where you can get a distant view of Riber Castle across the other side of the valley ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668719535/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/10668719535_2322c63555.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The lane up to Upperwood has its drawbacks as you can see but it is a lane open to all vehicles. Imagine driving up here in any sort of car ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668795104/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2822/10668795104_f4fdf49ca1.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">After a while I took a narrow, overgrown path leading downhill towards Matlock Bath ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668740235/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/10668740235_c9ccef42ee.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10669017563/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="276" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/10669017563_8db1ce7917.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668830294/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/10668830294_93996bc223.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">On reaching the main road, the A6, as it passes through Matlock Bath, I turned right back towards the start, passing</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> this trough belonging to the <span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Drinking_Fountain_and_Cattle_Trough_Association"><i><span style="background-color: orange;"></span></i></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Drinking_Fountain_and_Cattle_Trough_Association"><i>Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association</i></a></span> where it stands not so far from the church ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10668681756/" title="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Cromford and Matlock Bath ~ 27th May 2011" height="308" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/10668681756_843d6f086d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Then I was walking beneath another of Arkwright's amazing mills. This time Masson Mill built in 1783 but 'established' in 1769 ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Length of walk ~ 2.82 miles *</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 198.98 miles</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 27th May 2011 ~ 720.72 miles</span></span></span>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-72420046482508836962013-11-12T17:07:00.002+00:002013-11-12T17:07:23.433+00:00Ticking away ~ Day 1112 ... a third stay in hospital.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As some of you will already know I had a third stay in hospital over the weekend.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd gone to bed on Thursday evening having spent an enjoyable evening with my daughter and Gary watching <i>World War Z. </i>By midnight it was noticeable that there were some spots/blotches around the top of my fat right leg ... and by very early morning they were worse and I was feeling less than 100%.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Calls were made to a certain telephone number where we had to quote my reference which relates to me and which avoids calling 111 etc. By 7am [it may have been earlier] I knew I was going to be taken to hospital with cellulitis again. I believe the prophylatic antibiotics I've taken for the last few months saved me from being as poorly though. I had a temperature though it wasn't so bad as the second trip to hospital in June and although I was sick in a convenient bedside bucket it was only fairly minor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wasn't a bundle of fun in the ambulance though. I just wasn't interested.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I wound up in a new department in hospital, <i>Ambulatory Care, </i>part of <i>the CDU [Clinical Decisions Unit] </i>and they kept me in a bed on Friday evening on the antibiotics I was on before during my second stay.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had thought that surely on my third visit to hospital it couldn't be as eventful as the other two ... but it was ... with all sorts of men being walked in by the police and ambulance men and women. This included one young man who had taken an overdose of </span></span><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="st">paracetamol</span> [which could have done a lot of damage to his liver apparently] and an older man who was apparently drunk [he didn't sound or seem it] who had fallen down some steps and been brought in by the police into the bed next to me ... in the middle of the night. He was chatty ... with himself ... the lights were out ... everyone else [pretending to be] asleep. He kept saying <i>"I think I might leg it ..."</i> Next morning I learnt that he had, in fact, <i>"legged it" </i>preferring to walk to Alfreton 7 or 8 miles away rather than stay in a warm bed for the night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then on Saturday evening I was told I could go home provided I came back every day for an intravenous antibiotic injection. So on Sunday, Monday and today I've travelled the 11 miles to hospital for the fitting of a canulla, then an intravenous injection before the canulla is removed. It beats staying in hospital though it has to be said my forearms are rather more bruised than normal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By this coming Friday I may well be clear to revert to prophylatic antibiotics. We'll see. Life is certainly far from dull at present ... and I still feel ok, that is the amazing thing.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-9249085315759575132013-11-07T13:04:00.001+00:002013-11-07T13:04:22.692+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 28th May to the 12th June 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 28 to <b>6 of 6 Mo</b>[nth] Very hot dry weather no rain - ridging beans up - scuffled potatoes & some swedes in No 2</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 4th self to M[an]chester met F & M at Station & on to Longstone with them</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 5 Meet[in]g met our Amer[ican] Friends - Anna le Field & daughter Caroline - to dine at Ashford - also her son Rich[ar]d & sister Emily Cromwell & friend Mrs. Daniels & daughter - very agreeable company seemed very much pleased with this part of England - staid all night at Ashford</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 6 B[akewe]ll Fair - not busy slender show of beasts & sheep - to Middleton to lodge</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 7 W[illia]m & I to B[akewe]ll Bowers looked round & back to dine - then to One Ash had tea & then looked round farm - lodged at O.A. & on to M[an]chester</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4th day to B.B.'s & on Home aft[ernoo]n found all well no rain yet - grass going back</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 9 dry fin[ishe]d hoeing & ridging beans - in full flower looking well - scuffling Swedes & thinning to end of week</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1st day 12 Showery day self to Chester meet[in]g met Co[u]s[in] H. Abbott & (Henrietta Holmes) WETurner Tho[ma]s Jackson & Mary Bodle - on appointr </i>[?] <i>to visit us on rec[eip]t of our Certificate - they all came to dine here & took tea & back to meet[in]g even[in]g - very nice agreeable friends S.A. was down & was very active but took no harm </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-68011725556418407522013-11-07T12:05:00.000+00:002013-11-07T12:05:09.548+00:00Ticking away ~ Day 1107 ... well, at least the sun is shining...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had a visit to the hospice and a visit to the hospital this week and it seems that [other than a monthly dose of bone-strengthening drugs] there is little more to offer other than palliative care from here on in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had thought that a further session of chemotherapy might be available but the doctor thinks that it might do more harm than good. So, to maintain my quality of life, there is probably not much more that they can do other than keep me pain free or at least as pain free as possible.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I now have to take this onboard and live with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was nice to see a couple of the nurses who had looked after me when I had the chemotherapy ~ they came over and had a word. It may be that I won't need to go back there in future. It is more likely I will be visiting the hospice. Indeed I will be getting the bone-strengthening drugs there in due course. The staff at the hospice also keep an eye on my swollen legs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We forgot to take a photo outside the hospital yesterday but we decided to go and have a pub meal where I had a chocolate sundae after enjoying a bacon joint with bubble and squeak and a cider sauce.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We took a photo in there though, well Jamie did. It shows me enjoying an apple and raspberry J2O ...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile here in Derbyshire it's a beautiful day ... and I'm rather looking forward to a pizza for my lunch.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-59888335715536592072013-11-03T17:18:00.001+00:002013-11-03T17:26:36.795+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 17th to the 27th May 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">4 - 18 Ditto began to man[u]r[e] Farm gr[oun]d far side stack y[ar]d field </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">7 - 21 Very hot work[in]g this side of field for lints began to shear sheep - Cha[rle]s Wright hoeing beans 1st lot of Swedes & mangolds not much up yet except here & there a few too dry for mangolds & the field rather too stiff & lumpy - beans look well & wheat improved oats look well - 4 sturks on bottom bank</span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">2 - 23 Ditto lead manure onto lints sow[e]d last lot of </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">[word indecipherable] <i>sheep shearing</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 25 Fine day - men hoeing beans by hand - horses turned out - sold Jones & Gerrard 60 lambs to go 8 each went @ 23/- cut little pigs - 2/6 p[e]r litter - women <strike>pricking</strike> spudding thistles among wheat - sold Jones & Co 7 fat ewes @ 8d clipped - at 8am this morn[in]g the 25th my dear Wife was del[ive]r[e]d of a fine Girl * - doing well</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 27 Ditto weather set John Jones & Rob[er]t Rogers & Jos[eph] Hughes No. 3 beans to hoe @ 6/- p[e]r ac[re] (too much only worth 4/-) - women spud[din]g thistles in wheat & pull[in]g Ketlocks - Cha[rle]s Wright PJones & Shalcroft hoeing No 4 beans by day - Peter Davis off work - poorly one of his horses kicked him in the stomach - 12 sturks on bottom bank & 25 Hogs - a few potatoes up in field - Swedes & mangols </i>[sic] <i>come very slowly want rain - all Kinds of grain & feed up a little</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">* The 'fine Girl' would have been Florence Bowman.</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><br /></span></span></i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-1855907656825986342013-11-01T16:54:00.001+00:002013-11-01T16:54:24.409+00:00Ticking away ~ Day 1101 ... three years today since diagnosis ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Hard to believe but it's a fact. It is three years ago today that I was first diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and three years later I'm still around to talk about it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">There's a photo too, showing me just a few hours ago after enjoying a cup of coffee at a local garden centre.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10610955814/" title="Outside Park House ... by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Outside Park House ..." height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3770/10610955814_18c6abd50c.jpg" width="423" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I've managed to smile on this one as another photograph taken just a few days before showed a rather more serious face ~ not for any particular reason but probably just because sometimes I can look a bit miserable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">So, what's the state of play.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Well, I'm due for a couple of check-ups next week which will no doubt reveal more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">At present I can't walk more than a few yards without a zimmer [or safety walker as some of the health care professionals call it]. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Besides a zimmer I also have :- </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">a wheelchair, just in case it's a longer journey I suppose;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">a railing to help me up and down stairs ~ I managed to talk them out of putting in a stair lift. Not just yet ... please;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">a seat to get into and out of the bath on. Before this was installed I hadn't had a proper bath or shower in weeks; </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">a raised toilet seat as the original one is too low; and finally,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">an electric powered reclining chair [to help me get up and down].</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I still take a lot of tablets including Oxycontin and [as a back up and because they act quicker] Oxynorm. These are pain relief tablets ~ they aren't going to cure me. The morphine based tablets I had been prescribed originally didn't agree with me ~ they gave me a rash on the inside of both arms though the rash didn't itch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I believe that I may have another dose of chemotherapy which may prolong things but I will know more after my visit next week. After that I'm not sure that there are many more options open to me. I'm not getting downbeat about it though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I haven't been out for a walk for some weeks now and it is debateable whether I will go out for a 'real' walk ever again. I have however read much more and that is proving to be an acceptable subsitute.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I realise I may never walk along any of the beautiful paths I have wandered all my adult life. I used to wonder how I would cope with that. Well, so far, I seem to be coping surprisingly well ... and surprising myself in the process.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><u>Footnote</u> ~ the hawk-eyed amongst you may have noticed that 3 times 365 is not 1101. Even allowing for a leap year or two 3 times 365 is still not 1101. My system must have broken down somewhere ... and that's the way it will have to stay. </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-58927794134076958442013-10-31T13:05:00.000+00:002013-11-02T13:26:10.487+00:00Giddy Edge, High Tor and Matlock Bath ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Most of the buildings of Matlock lie on the northern side of the River Derwent. On the southern side Masson Hill rises high up the town ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554681794/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/10554681794_a0f0a99fa6.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The Derwent Valley Heritage Way follows a riverside path into the town ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10558673104/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/10558673104_56cf4efdcb.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">From the old stone bridge crossing the Derwent look downstream and you will see 19th century Riber Castle rising high above the town ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554893133/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3758/10554893133_dfc4e9c388.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Turn to your left at this point and you get a view of Bank Road rising up from Crown Square. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries a tramway ran up the hill and down again, taking visitors to and from the hydros on the hillside ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554671306/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5521/10554671306_ebb3bfbcdd.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">A walk alongside the River Derwent brings you to Knowleston Place with some of the earliest dated houses in the town ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554656935/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/10554656935_3724c465da.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The property above is now an outhouse ... with a very fine date stone.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Keep left beside the river from Knowleston Place and follow the riverside path ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554733184/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/10554733184_5afff16bb2.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This soon brings you to the bottom of Pic Tor ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554670774/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3830/10554670774_2f634ae8f3.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Verious path options present themselves ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554743214/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/10554743214_20d0c49f7d.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">One day a couple of years ago I decided to follow the path up to High Tor ... and there were plenty of warnings to keep to the path ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554946613/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/10554946613_ec1dc8bc40.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Another sign shortly afterwards wasn't quite so professional ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554957533/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/10554957533_641f25e835.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The path ran alongside a fence on the left with a big drop [out of sight] on the right ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554735706/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/10554735706_8d920d3f87.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">On reaching High Tor there's a great view looking back towards Matlock in the distance ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554979693/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/10554979693_a170b62a00.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">In between there's the big drop down to the A6 and the surrounding houses of course.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554991513/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3798/10554991513_0e8b05218d.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Another warning sign !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554743665/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/10554743665_a651b22acf.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The spectacular viewpoint is, of course, High Tor which rises high above the River Derwent. Just beyond the tor is a path leading down to Giddy Edge ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554619026/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/10554619026_f31d1acc38.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">A thin metal handrail attached to the limestone on your left is all you have to hold on to as you walk above the river and the A6 one hundred yards or so below. I have a noisy video of the path which I will not inflict upon you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Eventually I zig-zagged down to Matlock Bath and the Derwent ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554779746/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/10554779746_5ba92e8c77.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I called in at the Princess Victoria for a pint ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554764305/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5477/10554764305_4b92f2976d.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Adequately refreshed I then climbed back out of the valley ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554773985/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/10554773985_ab58b9c224.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">As I picked my way along a narrow woodland path the cable car rising to the Heights of Abraham passed overhead ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554860684/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/10554860684_b48f8e2f8c.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I was now well away from the noise coming from Matlock Bath and its visitors ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554804845/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/10554804845_84a32d9293.jpg" width="375" /></a>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Tucked away in the woods above Artists' Corner between Matlock and Matlock Bath is St. John's Chapel. Most of the visitors to the area probably won't be aware of its existence. Indeed without some help from<span style="background-color: orange;"><i> <a href="http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/CMSMS/index.php?page=matlock-bath">Friends of Friendless Churches</a></i></span> the chapel might have fallen into disrepair by now ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/10554581105_cbe3b43235.jpg" width="500" />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554817045/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/10554817045_6e5c23f7b0.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Through a gap in the trees I was able to glimpse High Tor across the valley ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10555086113/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/10555086113_94dd4ded0d.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">A hundred yards or so later Riber Castle was visible ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554837455/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="500" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2826/10554837455_cc5471eba7.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">As I walked across the field, back towards Matlock, I reflected upon a walk full of marvellous scenery ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10554597856/" title="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="Matlock and Giddy Edge ~ May 2011" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2875/10554597856_d4f58028fc.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: orange;">walk was followed on the 21st May 2011</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Length of walk ~ 4.73 miles *</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 196.16 miles</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 21st May 2011 ~ 717.90 miles</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> 43<span style="font-weight: normal;"> of 2011 [which means in 2011 I was still averaging just over 4.5 miles a walk.]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's <i>Getamap</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-81043209538945263382013-10-31T12:52:00.001+00:002013-10-31T12:52:17.589+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 2nd to the 16th May 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">No entry for the 1st May 1870.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 2nd <b>5 Mo</b>[nth] Fine dry lead man[ur]e to No 12 for Cabbage etc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 Ditto - Griffiths sale at Rake - had tea & toasts in even[in]g</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 & 5 spreadman etc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 planted Cabbage - 4 men & 2 women planted ab[ou]t 2 ac[res] masons doing fire place self to Chester for pump & pipes</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 Fine N.N.W. fin[ishe]d plant[in]g cabbage - pick[e]d scutch - sow[e]d rem[ainde]r of No 12 with swedes - fallow[in]g etc men doing fire place - Swedes & Mangolds 1st lot sown have been in gr[oun]d 3 1/2 weeks & are not much up</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 9 Very hot day - sow[in]g man[ur]e on Stacky[ar]d f[iel]d for swedes & fallow[in]g - borrow[e]d water cart from Wright of Copt farm to water cabbage plants gr[oun]d very dry when planted - should have put them in soil & watered & Kept till rain came - many small plants</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 10 Fine & hot sow[e]d swedes etc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 11 Showery day W.S.E. - very acceptable - Masons finish[e]d fire place</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 12 Ditto F & I took drive out</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 13 Fine day two women picking turnip stalks off wheat & spudding thistles - fallow[in]g</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 14 Ditto </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1st Showery</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 16 Fine - Horse hoeing beans etc. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I assume 'No 12' relates to a field. Were some of the fields numbered ?</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-65740165890555828372013-10-29T17:24:00.001+00:002013-10-29T17:24:56.722+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 23rd to the 30th April 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/7242898726/" title="The Bowman family by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Bowman family" height="305" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7242898726_3b9975349e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 23 Fine weather no rain - have 5 Irish & Will[ia]m Davis extra for potato setting</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 25 Fine waiting of potato sets - was disappointed by Davis of Hawarden about a truck of Scotch Down sets - so had to see out for some - men forking twitch from among beans</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 26 Fine carts to Argoed near Mold for some Skerry blue sets of John Griffiths @ 3/- p[e]r 90 lbs & across to the sands for some Scotch downs @ 3/-</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 27 Fine but desperate windy & dusty - setting potatoes - 2 teams gone to work for old Rector Davis - another load of Scotch down sets from Jos[eph] S. Windley - fin[ishe]d setting my potatoes the men have theirs to set in morn[in]g - 4 rows each to 3 plough men & Wright 2 ea[ch] to Jimmy - Rob[er]t & John Jones & Edward - working stackyard for swedes - turning manure in yards - Joiner E.Davis & son making some sheep troughs & made & put up new hatch gate for end of bank</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 28 fin[ished] potatoes - work[in]g rem[ainde]r for cabbage </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>up to 7 day 30th Fine but dry - bro[ugh]t mare of Beckett of Peel Hall home from Chester & left the old mare with Jones & Gerrards </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-76104573110024998112013-10-28T12:40:00.001+00:002013-10-28T13:12:25.355+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 22nd April 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/7242898726/" title="The Bowman family by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Bowman family" height="305" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7221/7242898726_3b9975349e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 1st <b>4 Mo</b>[nth] sow[e]d small seeds on wheat & roll[e]d etc</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 2 Ditto Ditto - very backward weather for vegetation - lints sown a month ago not up yet</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 4 Ditto to 4 - 6 Ditto 25 Hogs from Derbyshire arr[ive]d safely work[in]g 14 ac[res] for mangolds - old chopper broke cogs bo[ugh]t another at Chester</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 8 Showery even[in]g</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 9 Wet & showery got new chopper to work lead[in]g manure onto ridges for mangolds</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 10 Showery</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 11 Fine lead[in]g manure for mangolds & spread[in]g up to Alletsons to call with Sarah & children bo[ugh]t some Flowerpots - looked over the works </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 12 & 13 sow[in]g mangolds & work[in]g etc</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 14 Beautiful day self to Rhyl & to <a href="http://www.bodrhyddan.co.uk/">Bodrydden </a></i><a href="http://www.bodrhyddan.co.uk/">[sic] <i>Hall</i><i></i></a> <i>sale of Stock but did not stay it as there was nothing in my way an old fashioned place in Vale of Clowyn </i>[sic] <i>- very nice land mostly grass - Nurse Bean came in even[in]g</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 15 Good Friday Men off today mason from Hawarden lowering fire grate under Engine boiler & put longer bars in</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 16 Misty morn[in]g Co[u]s[in] E[liza] & I to Ashford</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 17 Fine day</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 18 Ditto B[akewe]ll Fair Strong fair had my cheese down etc. sold part to John Thomas Crewe 65/- & rem[ainde]r to Jos[eph] B[owman] B[loore] @ 62/6 - Cattle dear but easier sheep lower</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 19 Ditto Father & Mother & self started 10-19 for Chester by M[an]chester - arr[ived] 2.10 found all well</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 20 Ditto cutt[in]g potatoes & setting muck out on No 12-5-21 Ditto Chester Fair took in calf Heifer & sold £13 5/- also Bay filly but not sold - good many beasts in but few well bred some nice yearl[in]g Irish £5 sturks £9</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>622 </i>[sic] <i>dull showery even[in]g set[tin]g potatoes </i></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-1963086847896345222013-10-27T17:56:00.002+00:002013-10-27T17:56:25.201+00:00In the Derwent Valley ... not a recent walk !<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Before anyone thinks I've been walking over five miles in the last few weeks please let me disillusion you as this walk took place over two years ago.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I walked from my home in Darley Dale towards St. Helen's Church and got as far as the Peak Rail signal box on Church Road ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441612944/" title="P1040544 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040544" height="500" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/10441612944_19deafe8f5.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> Notice anything unusual about this feature ?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">In the churchyard a few hundred yards later this 17th century stone had recently been cleaned up by the look of it ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441802763/" title="P1040545 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040545" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/10441802763_e2efac7414.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Follow the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to this substantial stile between the church and Darley Bridge ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441639754/" title="P1040548 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040548" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2861/10441639754_023119ca3a.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This footpath signpost was cleaned up and painted by a couple of local footpath workers when they worked on the Derwent Valley Heritage Way with the County Council. One of them was Joe Clark who lives in Darley Dale ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441668686/" title="P1040551 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040551" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/10441668686_30d0d64d1a.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">It's the local cricket club's 150th birthday this year. I wonder how many other village clubs are that old ? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The River Derwent passes under the centuries old bridge at Darley Bridge ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I followed the river downstream on the far side of the bridge ....</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441679444/" title="P1040562 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040562" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/10441679444_6258eb4c74.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">It was good to see the allotments well used at Wenslees.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441871033/" title="P1040564 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040564" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/10441871033_649a576f69.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I was now in the valley bottom and further on down the valley, beyond Matlock, Riber Hill was clearly visible ... albeit by using a zoom lens.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441884793/" title="P1040566 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040566" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/10441884793_bf97d02779.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441719504/" title="P1040570 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040570" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/10441719504_80087340a2.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I walked beside the river until I reached the railway bridge on the edge of Matlock ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441751116/" title="P1040578 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040578" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/10441751116_e0c5f0a159.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I didn't pass under it though to follow the river into Matlock. I took the concessionary path across it and headed back into Darley Dale ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441780215/" title="P1040581 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040581" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/10441780215_f11a9634f3.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I followed the path into the fields between the railway line and the river ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441600306/" title="P1040588 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040588" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/10441600306_54d617f5d9.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I rather liked this squeezer stile in one of the subsequent fields ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441774464/" title="P1040590 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040590" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/10441774464_f4e96f78a8.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441804016/" title="P1040595 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040595" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/10441804016_14d65d5774.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I discovered in the trees near the Red House that I'd never actually followed the proper line of the path. I couldn't this particular day either as the footbridge had been swept away ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441980333/" title="P1040596 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040596" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7317/10441980333_2b4ae14601.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441830566/" title="P1040598 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040598" height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/10441830566_bf1be5c957.jpg" width="375" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I took the footpath beside the Red House Hotel to reach The Promenade ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441844486/" title="P1040600 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040600" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/10441844486_40e743565d.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">As I wandered back home it was good to see that the boating lake in the Whitworth Park had been restored and refilled with water ... though not for boating ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/10441748113/" title="P1040601 by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040601" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/10441748113_dd7c6c93d3.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: orange;">walk was followed on the 16th May 2011</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Length of walk ~ 5.48 miles *</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 191.43 miles</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 16th May 2011 ~ 713.17 miles</span></span></span>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> 42<span style="font-weight: normal;"> of 2011 [which means in 2011 I was still averaging just over 4.5 miles a walk.]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's <i>Getamap</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-26405867914509038092013-10-27T16:34:00.000+00:002013-10-27T16:34:36.648+00:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 27th to the 31st March 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 27 Fine day Dearman Cloak </i>[?] <i>here to dine - self in aft[ernoo]n to his home to tea & on to M[an]chester 7pm all well</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 28 Fine & frosty - self on to Longstone & Ashford found Father much better - on to B[akewe]ll mark[e]t full of cattle but dear Co[u]s[in] H[enr]y there buying for S.H. dined at Jos[eph] & on with W[illia]m to Middleton had tea & looked round - & on to O.A. at night - all well</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 29 Fine & frosty - looked ab[ou]t O.A. Eben[ezer] to M[an]chester - self round Monyash & S.H. & to Ashford</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 30 Fine Self & Co[u]s[in] E[liza] Gott </i>[on the left in the photograph above] <i>to Sandycroft - all well - to Copt Farm sale of imp[lement]ts good sale - on to Fishers & bo[ugh]t 14 sturks @ 8/15/- & 1 cow £15 - Less £1</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 31 Fine the beasts came from Fishers Chester Fair poor show of graziers many milkers of mongrel breeds </i> </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-80669128736589735782013-10-21T16:51:00.000+01:002013-10-21T16:51:59.921+01:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 9th to the 26th March 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 9 Fine - Father better - SA & I off for Sandycroft arr[ived] Chester noon & home found all well - they had sown the lints 1 ac[re] & were on sowing the beans & 5 cwt Laws man[ure] p[e]r ac[re] </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 10 Fine breezy day W. N. W. sow[in]g beans & cross cut[tin]g fallows - ewe dead - from that curious dull complaint - scour & mouth watering - gave Godfrey & Flour grind - (Ewe lambed 2) - SA LA Sarah & I to Chester LA. to Longstone S.A. & I to buy furniture - Dodds</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 11 to 3 - 15 Fine sow[in]g beans bro[ther] Eben[ezer] came even[in]g</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 18 Fine - fin[ished] sow[in]g oats & har[rowe]d Capt. Arthur's - fetch[e]d seeds fr[om] Chester </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 19 to 7 - 26 Mostly fair few hail storms [word indecipherable] frost & cold N.W.Winds</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 23 </i>[this date does not appear to be correct] <i>Showery drizzle sow[e]d Grass seeds on 13 ac[res]/roll[e]d beans & chain harr[owe]d roll[[e]d oats in lambs come very slowly - 15 E[wes] & 22 L[ambs] - had ewe torn behind & bit in fore leg by dog - she died next day (had two lambs) went with Jones - butcher of Saltney to look for some bar[ren ?] cows went round by Ruton Dodleston Broughton bo[ugh]t 3 - 2 of John Challiner 30 15/- & 1 of John Sheen 14 17/6 of Broughton </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-36683639879214958002013-10-05T18:37:00.000+01:002013-10-05T18:39:11.395+01:00A Farm Journal ~ from the 3rd to the 8th March 1870<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill,
near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when
he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had rented three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 3 Very wet morn[in]g high tide - made gr[oun]d very wet in work[in]g it to Queens Ferry Coliery </i>[sic] <i>for slack for Engine - making bone manure ready etc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 4 Fine S.A. & I to Nott[ingha]m (Aunt Lucy's - had a cold) rest pretty well except poor Sam's family they have had a very sick house for some time - Whooping cough & measles - sister Maria had gone to Matlock with Wilson & Celia - none of them are very well - met bro[ther] W[illia]m at Nott[ingha]m</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 7 Fine S.A. & I & bro[ther] W[illia]m to Ashford found all well - Eliz[abe]th to meet W[illia]m - Eben[ezer] also there</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 8 Fine - Co[u]s[in] Eliza & Joshua - in car[ria]ge to Monyash - paid some bills - round S.H., Cales & to O.A. to dine - met W[illia]m at Cales - he had weighed the cheese for Etches @ 73/- all well at Cales - John Archer & Father to look at some of Eben's straw at Cales - down to One Ash - left O.A. Eben not very well - rest well - to Ashford to tea - Father was not well this morn[in]g his right arm & leg were weak & partly useless his stomach was very much out of order windy took some medicine seemed better - self no worse for the ride</i></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-75348489408412086052013-10-05T18:10:00.000+01:002013-10-05T18:11:47.195+01:00The Monsal Trail and three of its tunnels ...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The newly opened tunnels on the Monsal Trail were the main reason for heading up into the Peak District in May 2011. After parking at Monsal Head we walked down the lane towards Little Longstone Congregational Chapel ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636608500/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/9636608500_c364258237.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> and the village itself ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633371797/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/9633371797_cd9971e5c2.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Just beyond the Packhorse we took the path across the fields towards the Monsal Trail ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633376505/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/9633376505_244fc7444f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The signs on the Trail had been upgraded.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633381033/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/9633381033_bf087452b0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">We turned right along the Trail and headed towards the first tunnel ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633385153/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/9633385153_97664c0cc1.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... passing under a bridge linking the fields on either side of the cutting ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636629640/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7369/9636629640_b6ba4ded42.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The cutting was soon below ground level ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633393359/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2844/9633393359_5cacdea5ae.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636638244/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/9636638244_0e74a0125f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">... and we were walking into Headstone Tunnel ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636604288/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/9636604288_822aeeaca0.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">After a few hundred yards we came out into the bright daylight below the Monsal Head ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636642736/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/9636642736_5e04870e42.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">This is an area that has its admirers ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636647530/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2831/9636647530_d5f3f07046.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">We followed the Trail north-westwards ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636652080/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7330/9636652080_03e5d778eb.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Away to our right there was an excellent view of Cressbrook Mill ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633416429/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/9633416429_e44b4fe1a0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">We entered Cressbrook Tunnel ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636660926/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5465/9636660926_e65cd96263.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">On leaving Cressbrook Tunnel we caught a glimpse of the River Wye below ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636600252/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/9636600252_22069e1ecb.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"> We entered our third tunnel of the day, Litton Tunnel ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633424187/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3744/9633424187_20ffc0e2a9.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Before many minutes had passed we came out into the daylight above Litton Mill ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636668898/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7323/9636668898_c855266078.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">We left the Trail and descended the path towards Litton Mill ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633433497/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/9633433497_22c57d7c9e.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The butterbur was looking very healthy ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633437823/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/9633437823_86e7657199.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I noticed a floating apostrophe on a blue sign that perhaps I ought to bring to the attention of the <span style="background-color: orange;"><i><a href="http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/">Apostrophe Protection Society</a> ...</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633442105/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/9633442105_49d45afe0f.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Beyond Litton Mill we followed the path beside the River Wye ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633446679/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/9633446679_b5b2a9fd05.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633355559/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2860/9633355559_d353de9e93.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9633451331/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/9633451331_5cb1aa887b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">We were soon back on the Monsal Trail, passing over the River Wye a long way below ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636695724/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3789/9636695724_d87041b40e.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">We followed the path rising from the Trail to Monsal Head itself ...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636700312/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="500" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9636700312_7c5352be29.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636704626/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/9636704626_63846ff980.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81538501@N00/9636709064/" title="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011. by Charles Wildgoose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Monsal Trail ~ 15th May 2011." height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/9636709064_3e42c06615.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby, until the end of January 1870 when he moved to Sandycroft Farm, Queensferry, Flintshire.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>4 - 1st 2nd Mo[nth[ 1870 self worse sick all day - at night had to send for Dr. Moffat of Hawarden who reported Scarlet fever so I was booked for a season of bed - had the fever mildly & went on satisfactorily</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 4th Jesse went home again the men on the farm are plough[in]g or lead[in]g manure</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>15th I was well enough to get dress[e]d & be in the room upstairs - in another week I managed to get down stairs</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>23rd I went out for a walk 1st time & next day 5th day 24th bro[ther] W[illia]m came - was very pleased to see him - he looked round & saw about things I think nothing has gone much wrong - helped to put my a/c right</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 26 Fine bro[ther] W[illia]m left - he would call at Ashford & see F & M</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 27 to 4 day 2nd of 3 Mo[nth] - fine up to 4th day - wet - had been working land for beans & lints - 4 wet day no work on land - S.A. & Lucy Ann to Chester to shop etc - expected bro[ther] Eben[ezer] but not come - I did not get out today as it was wet - only have 1 lamb yet - the engine broke down but they are getting it mended at the works - it is a great convenience <strike>having</strike> being so near a smiths shop </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-15214928172397886112013-09-25T16:26:00.000+01:002013-09-25T16:26:08.002+01:00A Farm Journal ~ 20th to the 31st January 1870 ... John leaves Summer Hill<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 day 20 Hard frost began to get implements set out in Square at S.H. ready for sale & gears blacked etc</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1870 1st Mo[nth] 2nd day 24 1st Sale day at Summer Hill cattle horses & carriages, had a very good sale</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 - 25 2nd days sale ditto weather implements etc - things sold well not a very large company</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 27 Ditto weather 3rd days sale furniture good sale on the whole the best furniture made the worst out -</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 28 Ditto weather Valuation at S.H. & packed the cart</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 29 Ditto weather Valuation at Cales - final - down to Ashford in evening Isaac went with me to help me carry my things</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>1 - 30 Fine frosty day at Ashford - to M[an]chester in even[in]g - lodged at the Cathedral Hotel & off by 6.40am</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2 - 31 to Chester & on to Queens Ferry & Sandycroft Fine day Taylor-Churton & his clerk met I paid ch</i>[eque ?] <i>£2000 which was telegraph[e]d to Bakewell about no answer had to go to Chester arr[ive]d & rec[eive]d telegram & there was end of the transaction </i>[word indecipherable] <i>inventory & possessions of farm lodged at Hop Pole & to breakfast with Taylor at Grosvnor </i>[?] <i>& on to Sandycroft again - met our folks with the trap 12 oClock at Queens Ferry - all well - self on mare in even[in]g - to Cherry orchard to John Fishers - bo[ugh]t 10 sturks £9 each & then to Green End farm & bo[ugh]t lot of ewes £2 - 8/- & home - sore throat - sent Chas Wright with mare to meet Jesse - self worse had mustard plaster on throat - & went to bed - Jesse arr[ive]d all right very wet night did not unload so had to sleep between blankets self rolled & toss[e]d all night no sleep </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-15280478387957796632013-09-17T19:58:00.000+01:002013-09-17T19:58:29.243+01:00Ticking away ~ Day 1056 ... oh, that's a bit of a blow.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The doctor asked how my back felt and I told her that it had started to feel easier. She then informed me that the MRI scan showed that cancer cells had got into my spine and this had resulted in some compression of the vertebrae. As a result the only course of action she could recommend was radiotherapy ... starting today.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By about midday I was once more being irradiated (you feel nothing) and I was home by 2-ish. I will now have treatment for the next four days (excluding the weekend). I have been warned about the possibility of increased pain (at least initially) so I need to keep my painkillers close by.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-73586298145651709082013-09-16T17:06:00.001+01:002013-09-16T17:06:21.142+01:00A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 19th January 1870 ...<div style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 6 Fine day at C. met Mr. Taylor at Elphicks agreed to sign bond to be prep[are]d £250 - looked over Farm at S[an]dyCroft busy thrash[in]g - back as far as M[an]chester</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>6 - 7 Fine & mild RA & I to Longstone met Maria & John </i>[surname indecipherable]<i> & Willy S.A. met me home in even[in]g</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>7 - 8 Fine [Brownson here to take inventory of effects 3 - 4] lead[in]g manure at S.H.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>5 - 13 Thrash[e]d at Cales in even[in]g attended meet[in]g in Methodist Chapel called by W[illia]m Meader - of the divided sect of Friends - W.M. spoke nicely said that his mission was not to call to this sector the other but to invite all to come to Jesus & be saved to work out their own salvation - to come out from the evil & look to our own states not knowing how long we may be spared Invited them here to lodge & took them down to M.A.'s in morn[in]g - hope there was no harm done</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>2nd day 17 Very foggy B[akewe]ll market & Farmers club dinner - did not dine - on to Ashford to tea home even[in]g </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><i>3 & 4 winterly weather - lead[in]g manure out Cales - fin[isin]g plough[in]g S.H. etc - Fine frosty weather </i> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317458159222048512.post-42450179149876939052013-09-12T13:08:00.000+01:002013-09-12T13:08:34.402+01:00Ticking away ~ Day 1051 ... always look on the bright side.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's no doubt that my health has deteriorated quite suddenly in the last week or two. I can't walk very far at all now and have been pushed around three hospitals in a wheelchair.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Tuesday I went to one hospital for a CT Scan and then another hospital to discuss the clinical trial and have bloodtests and an ECG.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then yesterday, Wednesday, I went to a third hospital for a whole body bone scan. That was interesting, not so much as regards the medical matters but because of some of the 'characters' we saw.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Tuesday I'm due back at hospital number 2 to see whether it is worth putting me on the trial ... but before that I am due to go to a fourth hospital for an MRI scan.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit here now (typing on my laptop) I am fine. It's only when I stand up or try to move that I experience any pain ... and some of the pain has been severe to put it mildly. It has made me cry. In the past three or four weeks it has, largely, been downhill, so much so that the lovely ladies who have been looking after me have had to push me around in a wheelchair ~ not so easy when there's 16 stones+ in the chair and the wheelchair has a wonky wheel. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sleep well though and only wake up in the night when 'nature calls'.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I'm not sure what next Tuesday 's appointment will result in ... oh yes, I don't think I've mentioned that I have been given some oral morphine to take if the pain gets too bad.</span></div>
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