Timber

As you all enjoyed the Gnome picture yesterday, I thought I'd show you this of me rolling around in the mud. Jane and I had just come off the moors as a mist was falling. I lost my footing and Timber..... I went down like a giant Redwood. Jane said the moors shook at I hit the ground. Now you would have thought Jane being such a nice person would have rushed to my aid.... no there was a chuckling sound from her direction.... and the command 'Hold that pose', Click went the camera then she fell about laughing.

This is a few years ago now, as Barny the Border Collie is no longer with us. I was reminded of this time today as Jane had another good laugh when I tripped up over a neighbours cat which calls daily to sit in our front room. Anyhow I did not see it till I stood on the poor thing.. I lifted my foot up quick, over balanced and fell against the living room door which I slid down onto my bum. Soft Landing was the first words from Jane.. ha! and I cannot repeat what I called the cat.

No place like Gnome

I really must lay off those mushrooms

Sky Watch Post

This is one of a series of pictures that Jane took sometime early last summer in Derbyshire. If you have taken part in Sky Watch for the last year you might recognise this view or at least the horses from the Sky Watch Header and Icons. We have not had many days like this so far this year but we are still hopeful.....

Why not join in with Sky Watch this week..... or show support by visiting and leaving a comment or two. You will not be disapointed with the Sky shots on view.

Step Back In Time

THREE STAGS HEAD

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Three Stags Head is a pub all on it's own in more ways than one... I have never been in a pub like it... click the link above to see just what I mean... and please if ever you find yourself in this area at the weekend drop in...... it's like stepping back to time long gone. But beware... turn off your mobile phones as they are not welcome.. oh! and do not ask for a pint of lager as you will be shown the door ha! This pub is to be found in WARDLOW and one could so easily miss it..... but I'm glad we didn't.

Wardlow Mires is famed as the last place a person was Gibbeted in England, after the murderer Anthony Lingard, was executed at Derby in 1815, and placed in the nearby Gibbet. Anthony Lingard was found guilty of the murder of a 70 year-old widow Hannah Oliver, who kept a toll-bar cottage opposite the inn. He broke into the cottage in the dead of night on Sunday 15th January 1815, he then strangled the widow with a scarf and robbed her of her money and a pair of red leather shoes. These shoes proved to be his downfall His girlfriend disliked the shoes, and more so the way he had come about them. She reported him to the police who found the red shoes hidden at Lingards home. The cobbler, Samuel Marsden from nearby Stoney Middleton, identified them as the pair he made for Hannah Oliver. Strange as it seems this was confirmed by a piece of packing he had used in the heel of one of the shoes on which were printed the words, `commit no crime’.
Lingard was hanged at Derby on March 28th 1815, and as was the custom back then, his corpse was hung close to the scene of the crime, in Gibbet Field at Wardlow. A short walk for the inn.

Brown Trout

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These beauties and a lot more besides are swimming in the clear water of a tributary of the River Wye, which is the major river in the western part of the Peak District National Park. Derbyshire is a beautiful place to visit, and lucky for me is but a very short drive away. Where ever you are this weekend, keep well, keep safe and keep a smile on your face... thank you for dropping in and viewing my blog today.

July 2005

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A typical English summer.. the days starts off being hot and humid... then the rains come. These were taken on a beautiful GREEN LANE in Derbyshire in July 2005.