Cromford Canal reflections

Cromford Canal reflections, a photo by Charles Wildgoose on Flickr.

Buildings at Cromford Wharf ...

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Buildings at Cromford Wharf

The Cuckoo Way ~ the eighth day [part 1] ... Shireoaks ~ Worksop

Parking at Shireoaks Marina I walked past some of the narrowboats that were moored there ...

 

I turned left towards Worksop and almost immediately reached Shireoaks Top Lock ...

 

 

Before long the canal passes under one of the roads that links Worksop with Shireoaks ...



 

The canal runs parallel to the road for some way as you walk towards Rhodesia but before you get there you reach Doefield Dun Lock ...

 

Then you enter Rhodesia ...

 

That's the railway line crossing over the canal by a bridge in the picture above. Underneath it I turned round to look back at Doefield Dun Lock ...

 

There are usually one or two fishermen [or are they anglers ? I've never worked out the difference ...] on the canal. I know there have been problems with some newcomers to our fair land taking fish which they shouldn't have taken. I think this notice is explaining the position ...



... or it may just be saying 'don't forget you need to buy a rod fishing licence'.

 The old canal is then crossed by the A57 ... 

 

One encouraging modern feature hereabouts is the provision of 'dog waste bags'  by the local authority though I'm not sure that every dog owner makes use of them ...



I was now walking between the canal on my left and the A57 on my right ...  and approached an 'A' frame barrier ...

 

I believe their main purpose is as a 'motorcycle inhibitor' !

There were no motorcycles anywhere to be seen the day I was there or indeed anybody ...

 

I passed under the bridge beside The Lock Keeper [a pub] ...





 I was now heading towards the centre of Worksop ...



 Milestone No. 20 was reached ...



 ... and I was able to study some modern housing on the far side of the canal ...

 

As I reached the hustle and bustle of Worksop itself I was at a slightly lower level ... canal level and Worksop Town Lock ...



 

This is where today's blog ends but this is less than half of the walk ... and I had still to meet someone I knew online but who I'd never met in the flesh, completely by coincidence.

A Farm Journal ~ from the 19th to the 31st March 1868

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had 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.]

A Farm Journal continues :~

 

5 - 19 Wet morn[in]g aft[ernoo]n Winnow[e]d oats for Seed at Cales 5 gr[ound?] fr[om?] Bakewell seed oats 13st[ones] 38/4

 

6 - 20 Drizzly day Rob[er]t Heathcote here doing basket gig & harmers cupboard

 

7 - 21 Fine mild day walling etc

 

4 - 22 Raw & cold

 

2 - 23 Very stormy cov[erin]g of snow frosty W.N.

 

3 - 24 Fine & bright some of snow melt[e]d W.N. sold White oats at Longnor to C. Cundy  30/- p[e]r q[uarte]r 12 nett

 

5 - 26 Fine oats to Longnor

 

6 - 27 Ditto walling

 

7 - 28 Fine plough[e]d & thrash[e]d Cales

 

1 - 29 Ditto

 

2 - 30 Fine began harrow[in]g

 

3 - 31 Ditto

 

 

I'm not sure what a 'harmers cupboard' is but that's what it looks like in the journal. 

 

Living in Monyash in 1861 was a Robert Heathcote. He was a 'boarder' with the family of Thomas Bonsall, a Lead Miner. Robert was 45 and unmarried. His occupation ? Joiner. 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 18th March 1868

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had 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.]

A Farm Journal continues :~

 

3rd Mo[nth] 1st day 1st Very snowy wet day W.N.W.

 

2 - 2 B[akewe]ll market Fine morn[in]g wet aft[ernoo]n bo[ugh]t 4 y[ea]r old calf Jos[eph] Smith in calf for April £12 10/- one in market heifer £12 2/6 2 of G.Allsop B[akewe]ll 1 in calf Ladyday £16 1 for 12 May £9 - 6 y[ea]r[s] old

 

3 - 3 stormy morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n self to Longnor Market sold 12 gr [?] old Bl[ac]k oats 27/- for 22 stone ddr [?]

 

4 - 4 Fine day

 

5 - 5 Ditto 4 ton cake from P[arsley] Hay to Cales 2 ton L-Amer £10 15/- 2 ton Cott £7 - Wm & I join

 

6 - 6 Fine to Longnor 7 gr [?] old bl[ac]k oats self to Nott[ingha]m

 

7 - 7 Fine morn[in]g wet even[in]g plough[in]g turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough

 

1 - 8 Stormy day

 

2 - 2 Fine at Nott[ingha]m Self to Norm[anto]n with co[u]s[in] H[enr]y looked sound his & Woodruffs stock & on to Derby to meet S[arah] A[nn] & lad ret[urnin]g home - found all well

 

4 - 4 to 4 -18 changeable weather wind snow storms & frost & rain plough[e]d part of turnip gr[oun]d with paring plough - [next word indecipherable] some walls - calves doing well 17 Cales 11 S.H. 

 

 

John Bayliff Bowman lost me once or twice in this section of journal ... sorry.  

Richard III : The King in the Car Park

Just a few more days to go ... click here

Feet together/poles apart ...

Having taken Abiraterone for two weeks now I can report that I feel better generally but I still have some discomfort in my groin ... so I bought myself some walking poles to make walking easier.

They were just £15, hardly top of the range, but they should take some pressure off my hips and pelvis etc.

In the event, just this afternoon, I walked for just 45 minutes, quite slowly from Alport up to the packhorse bridge near Youlgreave ...


 

I'm not a big fan of walking poles but at least they enabled me to get out into the countryside. This may be as good as it gets unless my pelvis improves ... somehow.

We'll see.

The other news is that the Abiraterone hasn't affected my kidneys or potassium levels etc. The pharmacist declared yesterday that the results of Tuesday's bloodtest were "absolutely fine".

Finally my compact digital camera has gone kaput so I'm going to have to replace it or stick with my SLR which is bigger and more cumbersome. The two photos above were taken with my phone !

It will be interesting to see how my groin/pelvis feels during the night and in the morning. It is surprising how you don't realise as you turn over in bed how your body 'corkscrews' on your pelvis  ... until you have a problem with your pelvis. Ouch.

Mirror's Edge In Real Life with Tim Shieff - Flow POV (Ep.2) | Flow

Free running in Derby ... this is quite a scary video and not for those who suffer from vertigo ...