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Monday's sky on the way back from my walk.

Shown now for

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Sky On Monday Morning

A beautiful warm Autumn day

Perfect for sky watching

Sky Watch Friday as a fantastic now look and welcomes a new team member as well this week... nip over to see the New Design and then if you have time say hello to Sylvia and wish her luck as the new team member.

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This was the sky on Monday morning when I had a walk to a local park... I did take the more scenic route through the fields above Matley. To see more Sky Watch posts visit
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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.....

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Trees & Sky

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Chesterfield's Crooked Spire
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The famous "Crooked Spire" in Chesterfield, which belongs to St Marys and All Saints Parish Church but everyone just refers to it as the Crooked Spire. The church may be the largest church in Derbyshire, and it may house several chapels and beautiful alabaster tombs. In fact it as a range of historic treasures to see and enjoy. It might have all that but the thing that as folks coming to see and marvel at is it's crooked spire.

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The spire wasn’t always crooked. It started life straight and stayed that way for several centuries, before it started to twist this way. There's a few stories or more like local legends as to why it came to lean over 9.5ft to the south-west. One legend is the local blacksmith was asked to shoe the devil and because he was scared and nervous he drove a nail into the devils foot. At this the devil flew off in a rage and kicked out at the spire as he passed by.

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Another story is told that the devil landed on the spire and sneezed violently when the smell of incense from the midnight mass reached his nose. The one that I like the best, and the one that is most unpopular in Chesterfield is that the spire inself turned around in utter amazement when a virgin was married in the church. ha!... no wonder the locals do not like that.

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The most likely explanation though is a lack of skilled craftsmen caused by the Black Death in 1349, when the spire was being built. It is thought that unseasoned green timber, was used in parts, there seems to have been a lack of sturdy cross-bracing and of course the Church spire is topped off with over 32 tons of lead cladding.

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Pictures taken by 'Big Pete'.. cheers mate.

Sky Watch From England

Jerusalem

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And did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon England's mountains green?

And was the holy Lamb of God

On England's pleasant pastures seen?

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And did the Countenance Divine

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among these dark satanic mills?

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Bring me my bow of burning gold;

Bring me my arrows of desire;

Bring me my spear;

O clouds, unfold!

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Bring me my chariot of fire!

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I will not cease from mental fight,

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,

Till we have built Jerusalem

In England's green and pleasant land.
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By

William Blake

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What can you see?

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I have shown this on my blog before, but it was on one of the posts that I resently lost. Long story but it was a mistake I made that wiped out over 3 years worth of photos from Google Albums.. it left all my past post with no pictures. Resently I wiped the achive from here and started afresh, without putting all my eggs in one basket.. :O)

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Sky Watch From Reddish Vale

I showed these arches last week on SkyWatch... but these were taken early evening last night.

The clear blue sky was reflected in the old mill ponds and helped to show off the arches so well.

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Views From Reddish Vale

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