Saturday morning saw us heading off into Derbyshire to take part in the Art and Architecture Trail at Wirksworth Festival. To say it was raining seems inadequate really. We had second thoughts, then third as we drove through torrential rain, but eventually resigned ourselves to getting soaked between venues. However, the Festival Organisers had [...]
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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 9th, 2008  Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Derbyshire | Wirksworth Festival 2008.  Leave a comment Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 29th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Derbyshire. One comment so far - more welcome!Tucked away in a quiet corner of Derbyshire is a remarkable place. Crich Tramway Village is home to the National Tramway Museum. Obviously there are trams (I’ll get to them later), but there’s also some time travel going on. The quick jaunt back to the first age of trams begins as you enter the [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 13th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Derbyshire | More Cats. Leave a commentfrom our Special Correspondent After all the speculation, when some people thought it was beyond hope, finally the proof is here. There is definitely at least one big cat in Derbyshire. And it is beyond Hope (at least it is from this direction).
(As spotted and photographed by Mr [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: March 2nd, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Derbyshire | Plugs and Pleas. Leave a commentToday I made two discoveries. Firstly I stumbled upon Sal Brown’s Excellent Adventures blog. This led to the second discovery. A very surprising discovery, because not only did I know nothing about this (and I do read the local paper, watch the local news and pick up local news feeds), but neither did my [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 28th, 2008 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Derbyshire. Leave a commentWe took a little stroll around Ladybower Reservoir yesterday. I’ve lived near here for years, but it was the first time I’d ever seen the famous “plug holes” in action. The “plug holes” are the entrances to two very large drainage shafts that act as overflows from the reservoir. When the reservoir is full, [...] |
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