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Here comes 2020

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the start of another year we always have good intentions.

I will diet, book a holiday, sort the shed, fix that fence, get rid of all the rubbish in the loft. I must repair that broken chair and I will redecorate the lounge, but then, along comes common sense mixed in with a whole stack of apathy. So, I have had a change of tack this year, and this is it ; I will think about the aforementioned over a glass of red wine before I do and say anything rash! So, what does 2020 hold out for us. Well, in this issue there are companies with some tremendous sale offers. There are also companies who will mend the fence, decorate the lounge, find you a great holiday, mend the wobbly chair, help you to slim and if push comes to shove you can get the family to help with the loft! Our annual quiz is set to make you think hard and remember stuff you thought you would never have to. Give it a go, it’s fun and free to enter.

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ONE MAN & HIS COE By Brian Spencer

ome men when they retire build themselves a shed where they can happily pursue their hobbies, or chat with their pals. When Terry Haughton of Middleton-by-Wirksworth retired, he made a bid for a couple of fields at the top of his property. Possibly his idea was to do a bit of small time farming, but his plans were changed radically when he began to tidy up a pile of rubble at the top of his garden. As the pile began to subside, Terry was shocked to find that it was disguising the top of a mine shaft. One of at least 5,000 sometimes unprotected mine shafts dotting fields throughout the Peak District, it was

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subsequently thought to be a winding shaft accessing a lead mine following the Stichen Vein which runs from beneath Middleton Moor to what became Dene Quarry near Cromford. With the shaft blocked almost to the top by rubble and rubbish, but certainly a potential hazard, Terry decided to make it safe by encasing the surface around the top of the shaft with concrete. Rather than fill it in, he finished it off with safety glass and a manhole cover. Thinking ahead, he also installed an LED lamp to help visitors admire the still functioning ginging, or dry-stone lining to the shaftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upper section.

To keep visitors dry when they came to see what he had found, Terry built a corrugated roof to shelter his handiwork, later turning it into a high level wildflower garden. Unfortunately the roof was not proof against Peak District weather, and the shed was in need of walls. To do this as quickly as possible, he used bales of straw instead of time consuming stone and, in an instant, his shed became a coe, or minerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelter. All it needed was a bit of carpet, a couple of chairs and a small settee and, hey-presto, the place was ready for visitors.

GLOSSARY BARMOTE (OR MOOT) COURT

The court controlling mining disputes and transfer of mine ownership. Probably the oldest court in the land, Wirksworth Barmote, composed of a Steward, Barmaster and a jury of twelve miners, acting on behalf of the monarch meets annually in April.

COE

A shelter usually stone built where lead miners stored their tools and freshly dug ore.

DISH or MINER’S STANDARD

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GING or GINGING

The dry-stone wall lining a mine shaft where it passes through loose ground. Built to prevent the shaft caving in. The quality of stone ranges from rough limestone blocks used in some old, shallow shafts, to carefully dressed stone in deeper shafts.

Looking down the shaft, it soon became obvious that it was part-filled with all manner of rubbish. Without any mining knowledge, Terry puzzled over what to do, especially as he was keen to see where the shaft led. Salvation came one Sunday afternoon when a few members of the Goodluck Mine Preservation Club were slaking their thirsts in the Nelson Inn nearby. Goodluck Mine, incidentally, is high on the side of the Via Gellia and runs beneath D.H. Lawrence’s Mountain Cottage, not far down the road from Middleton. Plucking up courage, Terry asked one of the Goodluck people if they would be interested in exploring the mine he had found at the top of his garden. This was an offer they couldn’t resist and, over the span of a few weekends work started on clearing out the shaft. It soon became obvious that the shaft had over the years, been used as a dumping ground for anything from a dead dog and a cow’s jaw, to glass bottles, a treasure trove for anyone interested in picking over old rubbish.

Images Above: The shaft that Terry Horton discovered is now being cleared

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Terry if he so wished, could by following the laws of the ancient Barmote Court, claim ownership to the mine, if no one else claimed ownership, by applying to re-open Stichen Vein Mine. There is just one problem stopping him doing this – he would have to present the jury with a dish full of ore, the miners’ Standard Dish which has been used since the time of King Henry VIII.

Anyone interested in visiting a restored lead mine, especially without the need to descend by way of a shaft (this one is accessed horizontally directly into the hillside), can visit the Goodluck Mine in the Via Gellia. Guided tours are offered on the first Sunday in every month. Safety helmets and lamps are provided, just wear walking boots and outdoor gear.

With Terry’s original plan to do a little small-time farming put on hold, a highland bull called Henry and two heifers together with a pretty calf, the result of Henry’s attentions, graze peacefully in the paddock, blissfully unaware that bales of straw destined for their comfort, now make the eco-friendly walls of Terry’s coe.

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Norton House Norton

INorton House, south (garden) front, photographed by Richard Keene c. 1860s. [M Craven]

or any reader who missed my description of Greenhill Hall, I ought to repeat that although Norton is today a fully integrated suburb of Sheffield, this has only been the case since 1936, when the Sheffield Council, greedy to boost rate income, managed to obtain a large chunk of NE Derbyshire during the local government boundary review of the year before. Not that it means that Norton wasn’t already effectively a suburb of Sheffield, not a bit of it; that situation was effectively achieved by the 1890s, and indeed the village and very extensive parish always looked to Sheffield rather than Chesterfield or Derby. Because the parish included several townships with separate manorial estates, there were also quite a number of country houses, of which the Hall survives, most recently as flats along with The Oaks. Several others

have gone, including Norton House, although there is a replacement on the same site. If you refer to Samuel and Daniel Lysons’ History of Derbyshire – volume five of their incomplete magnum opus, Magna Britannia – you will find that Norton House ‘was supposed to have been built by the Morewoods’ a claim I find it diﬃcult to substantiate; for the story is a long and complex one.

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Above: Norton House, a mid -19th century drawing of the north front of the house, from Chantrey Land (1910). [M. Craven] Far left: Blythe of Norton coat of arms and the Newton of Mickleover arms – also used by Sir Isaac Newton’s branch of the family Left: Joseph Wright’s 1794 portrait of garden designer Revd. Christopher Alderson of 1794, Mrs. Holy’s grandfather. [Sotheby’s]

The house that survived into the age of photography, and was photographed by Richard Keene of Derby sometime in the early 1860s, had a seventeenth century core, resulting in an H-shaped plan. It was constructed of two storeys and attics of local coal measures sandstone ashlared into thinnish blocks with smooth dressings of millstone grit. The central section was recessed between the two wings under straight coped gables, and the house was

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somewhat similar in build to Carnfield Hall near Alfreton. The windows were mullioned (and probably transomed). Inside there were oak pannelled rooms, some very richly carved, with a number of Sheﬃeld school decorated plaster ceilings, that in the dining room being of six compartments with a different decorative motif in each. One chimneypiece bore a similarly styled decorated plaster

overmantel bearing the armorial crest and initials of Leonard Gill and the date 1623, which we may reasonably take to be the date of building, although there had been a previous house on the site. This had been acquired and built by the family of Bishop Geoffrey Blythe, one of eight sons of William Blythe of Norton Lees, who had bought the site from the Babington family. Quote how it came to the Gills is, however, unclear, for the Bishop sold the estate to

Chesterfield apothecary Richard Wood. Presumably his successor sold it on to the Gills.

1727) – except that it looks very much as if they are all by the same hand. All date from exactly the right period, too.

mother was William Cunliffe Shawe’s daughter Priscilla – all tortuous and confusing to say the least!

We get some idea of the appearance of this original house from a drawing in Chantrey Land, presumably done in the nineteenth century, showing wide gables on the projecting wings of the north front and mullioned windows on the principal ﬂoors with enhanced (raised) transoms, with string courses along their tops.

Until the death of the bachelor son, Robert, the Newtons occupied the house longer than anyone else, I suspect. However, as by 1789 Newton had acquired Bearwardcote Hall as well, he left his southerly estates to his nephew Robert Leaper (later Robert Newton) Mickleover, and a life’s interest in Norton House to three other kinsmen all kin to his mother: William Cunliffe-Shaw (great-grandfather of R. Cunliffe Shawe FSA, author of that classic of Dark Age arcana, The Men of the North) his father Joseph and great-grand-daughter Harriet, daughter of Wingfield Wildman whose

None of this motley crew of heirs lived anywhere near and so they installed as tenant John Read, later of Derwent Hall (see July 2016!). Later Norton House was sold to the picturesquely named local businessman, Thomas Beard Holy (17981867), whose grandfather had made a fortune in Sheﬃeld as a button maker. He added a new, rather ugly, canted bay with clunky parapet to the left side of the house and can be seen in the garden of the house with his wife – a grand-daughter of Queen Charlotte’s garden designer, Rev’d Christopher Alderson – towards the left in Keene’s photograph. After they

In the civil war period, Gill died, leaving a widow who had a life’s interest in the house and paid tax on six hearths in 1670, and an only daughter, who was married to Rowland Morewood of Oakes Park, nearby, hence the Lysons’ remarks. But when he died in 1658, his son and heir, John (married to Leonard Gill’s great niece Elizabeth) went to live at Alfreton Hall, whilst his brother took on Oakes Park so, on Mrs. Gill’s death the house and its estate were sold to Samuel Hallowes, High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1674. But, as we saw in October’s Lost Houses, he was living happily at Glapwell Hall, and his son Thomas sold Norton House once again to the Radcliffes from whom it passed in short order to the Bramhalls who sold it to John Wingfield of Hazelbarrow Hall (another lost house in Norton parish) in 1712 in order for him to endow his daughter Margaret with it on her marriage that year to Robert Newton of Mickleover. Mickleover then had no seat (the Old Hall having found its way into the hands of the Cotchetts) and so Newton established himself at Norton House and decided to modernize it, most of which effort was directed at the south (garden) front. He removed the gables and replaced the attics with a half storey and a plain parapet above. The doorcase was given an open pediment on brackets originally with a swagger coat-of-arms in the gap, and the windows were all sashed, and given moulded stone surrounds, that above the doorcase indeed acquiring a somewhat more elaborate treatment. The central attic window was an oeil-de-boeuf set in an oval surround with four keyblocks. The original string courses were mainly suffered to remain, and the sashes did not extend to the north front.

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We do not know the identity of the architect. Whilst one might suspect a man from Sheﬃeld being brought in, it is important to bear in mind that Newton had connections further south, and two other country houses in Derbyshire have the same style of pedimented doorcase and oeil-de-boeuf above: Wheston Hall, Tideswell (mainly demolished, see Country Images November 2014) and Winster Hall still, thankfully, extant and lived in by appreciative owners. We do not know for sure who designed either of them – most likely it was John Barker of Rowsley (1668Agent of The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited.

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The early Tudor Blythe family monument in St. James’s church, Norton, carved from Chellaston alabaster. [Private collection]

had died, Holy’s heir John Unwin sold the house, stripped of its modest estate, ‘to a person from Lancashire’ who had apparently demolished it by 1877 for the materials: a considerable loss. The site of the house eventually came into the hands of another businessman, Edward Montagu Earle Welby JP (1836-1926), wealthy fourth son of Sir Glynne Welby 3rd Bt. MP of Denton, Lincolnshire, who built around 1882 what appears to all intents and purposes to be a brand new house of two storeys, five rather narrow bays wide under a high hipped roof supported on a cavetto cornice. The upper windows are mullionand-transom cross ones, but sashes on the

ground ﬂoor, albeit with plate glass. Yet, when I saw it, something very familiar struck me: the doorcase was the original one from old Norton House and the stone surrounds of the ground ﬂoor windows looked very much as if they, too, were rescued from it. Then, too, the walls are of the same thin ashlar blocks as the originals and the dressings also in the same grit-stone. Even the upper windows are of the same mullion and enhanced transom cross type that survived on the north front of the old house, and the quoins, likewise, look very familiar. What appears to have happened is that the ‘person from Lancashire’ most likely just stripped the house out, or gutted or

even part demolished it before Mr, Welby came along and had a good Sheﬃeld architect (we do not know whom) design a new house in Queen Anne Revival style, incorporating as much as possible of what was left of its predecessor. After the Welbys left in 1926, the house had a chequered history before being bought by a consortium of local people who established a country club there in 1945, which still, happily, ﬂourishes. The house is, astonishingly, still unlisted, and this important and delightful area of what was Derbyshire seems not even to be in a conservation area, either. Should have stayed in Derbyshire, chaps!

The present Norton House: note the doorcase and other seeming relics of its predecessor. [Norton House Club]

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Modern Collectibles by Maxwell Craven

Trench Art

Sopwith Camel model by Pte. F H Warren RAMC in the Imperial War Museum.

n my desk at home is a small brass receptacle in which I have always kept my paperclips. It is brass, of circular form and has a domed brass lid engraved, a little crudely, with the arms of Derby, and with the word Derby below it. The top fits the base with wonderful accuracy, and the base was made from a 75mm French shell case and the lid adapted from a 77mm German field gun shell case. I bought it on the market for a pound when I was education officer at the Museum, merely because it was a local souvenir. Later, I came to realise that this was an excellent local piece of trench art. Trench art includes items made by serving soldiers, primarily in the two great wars, from whatever waste material was to hand, although in the first world war this was mainly brass from shell cases – for this was essentially an artillery war. In the second, one tends to find the use of Duralumin from crashed aircraft (easier to work than brass) too. Looking back further, I can recall shell cases in my maternal grandmother’s home in use as vases – for my grandfather, an Anglo-Irish renegade who had run away to sea before the conflict, was commissioned into a Canadian Regiment in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was in 1916 posted to the Western front – and survived. At home we had an

A vast pile of spent 18 pounder shell cases on the Western Front: material to hand!

undecorated 9.2inch howitzer shell case on our hearth as a spill vase, allegedly another of grandpapa’s spoils of war. There is much evidence to prove that some trench art was made in the trenches during the Great War, although it is probable that only the very smallest bone, wooden and metal objects like rings were created in the front line on both sides of the conflict. The primary source is more likely to be support troops working behind the lines: Royal Engineers, REME, later RASC and so on. They had the materials, machinery, skill and occasional spare time, and money could be made selling souvenirs to soldiers heading home. Behind the lines, work to make souvenirs was also given to displaced civilians.

Trench art was also made therapeutically by wounded and convalescing men, for whom such work formed part of their rehabilitation. And many no doubt personalised such souvenirs made by others by adding inscriptions of their own: regimental badges, mottoes, names and so on. Yet there was a large manufacturing trade during and after the war well away from war zones. Thus, an item may have been bought – by the soldier, or by a relative on a subsequent battlefield visit. The major department stores were complicit in this. In the immediate post-war period they offered to turn war souvenirs such as shell fuse heads – often brought back by soldiers – into wooden-based paperweights and other

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items. A fine desk set recently came through Bamfords and made £85. Furthermore, if ex-soldiers had no souvenir, they could be provided. This is the explanation for the considerable number of examples of bulkier trench art, such as dinner gongs and poker stands made from shell charge cases. These would never have fitted into a kitbag! With regards work done actually on the front line, the autobiography of soldier George Coppard tells of pressing uniform buttons into the clay floor of his trench, then pouring molten lead from shrapnel into the impressions to cast replicas of the regimental badge for application to shell case vases, the commonest form of Great War trench art. Many smaller items such as rings and knives were made by soldiers in quieter parts of the line. Coppard also recalled that, while recuperating from wounds at a private house back in England (‘Blighty’ in those days!) ‘…one kind old lady brought a supply of coloured silks and canvas and instructed us in the art of embroidery. A sampler which I produced under her guidance so pleased her that she had it framed for me.’ Another category of trench art consists of items made by prisoners of war and interned civilians, both endowed with limitless free

Post war department store presentation desk set: shell detonator cap, and .303 rounds: £85

time albeit with limited resources. Much POW work was therefore done with the express intention of trading the finished article for food, money, cigarettes or other privileges.

repoussé work jardinière made from a 12inch railway howitzer shell, again for £55. A pin tray was inset with a period Edward VII halfpenny and, if you turned over there was a 10c Belgian coin underneath!

At the war’s end, when civilians began to reclaim their shattered communities, a new market appeared in the form of pilgrims and tourists. Over the ensuing twenty years mountains of discarded debris, shell casings, and castoff equipment were slowly recycled, with mass-produced town crest motifs being stuck onto bullets, shell casings, fuse caps, and other items to be sold to tourists.

Spent and unspent bullets were also favoured. British .303 and German 7.62mm ones abound. A second world war Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter on a stand made from a shell case bottom, was fashioned in the Pacific theatre from 7.62mm bullets and Duralumin strips, later being chrome plated: yours for £90.

Likewise, surplus matériel was sold by the government and converted to souvenirs of the conflict. Also, the dismantling of ships by scrap firms, particularly if the ship had been involved in significant events such as the Battle of Jutland, resulted in much of the wood from the ship being turned into miniature barrels, letter racks, pipe stands and boxes, with small brass plaques attached giving source and provenance. At Bamford’s our late November library sale included a couple of batches of decorated shell-case vases, which usually come in pairs, and were estimated at £30-50. At antique fairs, £50-60 is about par for the course for these, but recently I also saw a pair of ashtrays with vesta cases supported on a spike rising from the middle for the very same price and a

The recent centenary of the Great War has raised the profile of this collecting field with a corresponding rise in prices, but in reality, £30-60 is the ball-park figure for a pair of decorated shell cases (they usually come in pairs). Turned into a jug with .303 rounds forming the handle, though, add another £20. Sometimes, the piece can be associated with the man who made it, like the exquisite Sopwith Camel model fashioned from scrap brass by Pte. F H Warren RAMC now in the Imperial War Museum. Something like this might make £300-400. This can be a rewarding area of collecting, and prices should fall back now we have passed the great war centenary, although Second World War art is rarer and still holds up. If it is an area of collecting that appeals to you, though, try to go for the unusual.

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I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. If you’ve not bought a new diary for 2020 can I encourage you to start a “gardening diary”. Record everything, that you are planting, what varieties you have chosen, what the weather was like on that day etc. It’s a really helpful tool for next year and beyond. Or, with modern phones, take pictures of your projects; the phones usually “tags” locations and dates when taking shots which can then become a photo diary. The beginning of last month, as part of my job I went over to Italy for a plant buying trip. Some of you say it’s a tough life! However this year was slightly different – if you remember the floods in Italy, Pistoia in Tuscany was hit pretty badly. It rained almost every day and most areas in the town were under two feet of water, but as my photos of the same Japanese maple field show (from various angles), it drains away in a day due to the incredible drainage ditches that are maintained every year.

General Garden Maintenance • Spread a thick layer of home-made or nursery bought multi-purpose compost around newly planted trees, shrubs or hedges as this will keep out frost that will kill young roots. • Check evergreen shrubs for damage from winter weather. • Clear away old leaves in borders before spring bulbs start to appear. • Dig over gaps in borders and remove old flower spikes from herbaceous borders. • Top up bird baths with fresh water and de-frost with warm water on frosty days. • Check on bird feeders to see if they are getting empty. • Last chance to plant bare root hedging i.e. hawthorn, beech and privet.

In the Allotment or Vegetable Patch • Keep harvesting root vegetables including parsnips and leeks. • Prepare ground ready for onion and shallot sets and seed potatoes. • Cover rhubarb clumps with a bucket or special forcers for early stems. • Prune red and white currants, shortening side shoots to a single bud. • Put newly potted strawberry plants under the protection of cloches or in a greenhouse for early crops. • Prune apple and pear trees for congested, badly damaged or diseased branches, seal cuts with a suitable pruning compound. • Cut down autumn-fruiting raspberry canes to soil level.

In the Greenhouse • Sterilise staging and frames with a garden disinfectant – but not when there’s a chance of frost. • Many varieties of herbs can be sown now – check in garden centres and plant nurseries for available varieties. • Check any tender over-wintering plants stored in the greenhouse for greenfly and other pests. • Start to water tender fuchsias sparingly, weather permitting.

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Some of the best winter interest plants at the moment are: • Skimmia japonica rubella : This plant starts looking good around the end of September but still looks amazing now. An excellent evergreen shrub that looks its best when the flowers are in bud. The deep crimson flower buds start from late autumn to late winter when they open to creamy white flowers. This versatile shrub likes a partial shade to shade position in the garden and well drained to heavy clay, slightly acidic soil. Compact growing suitable for a container or borders this is a must for every garden. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). • Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire : There are many cornus or “dogwood” but this is a favourite of mine and one I recommended in my Radio Derby feature with Andy Potter in December last year. This shrub looks best during winter when it has lost all of it’s leaves to expose brightly coloured stems of yellow, orange and red followed in spring by lush light green leaves. Unlike other “dogwood” this is compact growing and ideal for a container or border, it also likes a light shade to shade position in light to heavy soils. Please note sometimes this variety is labelled as Cornus Winter Flame. • Helleborus: There are too many varieties to list but Helleborus Niger or “Christmas Rose” is the one you will easily find in nurseries or garden centres. The pure white flowers appear from December to late February. Buy them now and you are guaranteed a flower at this time of year. Likes a part shade to shade position in the garden and well drained to heavy clay, slightly acidic soil. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Two varieties you should consider are Helleborus “Walburton’s Rosemary” (rose pink flowers and the longest flowering period of any hellebores) and Helleborus “Ivory Prince” (cream flowers and attractive leathery, silvery leaves).

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Support for the aquaduct taking water to Mandale Mine.

athkil Dale is one of my favourite walking areas of the Peak. I don’t know how many times I have walked beside what Izaac Walton called ‘the purest of streams’. I have walked there and enjoyed it in all weathers and in every season of the year. There are almost unlimited variations of footpath routes on either side of the dale, north, south, east and west. This walk was taken in early autumn when the leaves were just beginning to turn and the damp air had just a little hint of the winter still to come. The dale’s steep sides are now densely crowded with all manner of trees and shrubs, a haven for wildlife and the area below farmland on either side of the dale is classed as a National Nature Reserve. It is hard to realise that the trees are a comparatively modern addition to Lathkil Dale. Not so very long ago, a mere century past, this was an industrial zone with lead mines and a ﬂour mill; and even a short-lived gold rush that cost its investors a fortune, but all that is long gone. Nothing remains but the ruins of Mandale Mine, one of the largest lead mines in the Peak, together with the pathetic attempts to dig into the hillside for what turned out to be fool’s gold. Probably the only place where a small but steady

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The ancient stoneslabbed clapper bridge in Lower Lathkil.

walk. Parking is in the small pay and display car park at the start of the lane down to the valley bottom where the main footpath begins. An easy to navigate walk, it follows the dale upstream, through a mature wild wood to its upper boundary. This is the site of the ruined and long abandoned ﬂour mill where a right turn joins a winding path up to the lower of Haddon Grove Farms. From here the way back to Over Haddon is along a quiet high level by-road. Please note: the path along the dale bottom is concessionary and is occasionally closed during the shooting season.

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From the car park, follow the steep, winding lane down to the lodge in the dale bottom. A slight diversion for a few yards continuing beyond the lodge reaches an ancient stone-slabbed clapper bridge. A rarity in the Peak, there are however, three within a radius of a little over a mile from this one.

Returning to the lane, turn left and go through a wooden gate, (or go straight on if you are not going to look at the clapper bridge). Follow the riverside path along the valley. Look out for two trial holes carved into the outcropping rock on the right of the path. These are the remains of an attempt to mine gold in Lathkil Dale. Investors lost fortunes in what soon became a mine excavating nothing but fool’s gold – iron pyrites.

At the start of the wooded section of the walk you will have reached the remains of Mandale Mine to your right. Water to drive a pumping engine was brought from further up the dale along an aqueduct; all that remains are three or four ruined stone pillars that once carried a water trough from one side of the river over to the mine.

Look out for two fenced hollows at the right of the path. They are sink holes and are a natural way for water to drain away underground. A small plaque on the fence explains how they work.

Continuing along the woodland track, pause and cross over the wooden ‘willow pattern’ bridge on your left a little way beyond the aqueduct’s pillars. It leads to the ruins of a cottage where the mine manager and his wife lived in the 1800s. The kitchen was built over an entrance to a side mine. Within it a newly developed pump was hidden from competitors’ eyes. Unfortunately the ﬂoor was not strong enough and the poor lady once disappeared into the depths, fortunately without too many cuts and bruises. A metal ladder now descends safely into what was the cellar and a hand cranked dynamo lights up the depths below.

Returning over the bridge cross over and turn left to re-join the woodland track. Follow it for about three-quarters of a mile to the woodland boundary.

Go through a gate in the boundary fence and turn right, going past the scant remains of the local ﬂour mill. Apart from a few stones remaining from the outer walls, you might spot the millstones lying mute in amongst the weeds.

Follow the track going right as it winds steeply zig-zagging uphill for about half a mile until it reaches the lower of Haddon Grove Farms.

Keeping to the right of the farm buildings, join the access drive and follow it for a little over a hundred yards until it reaches the Monyash Over Haddon road.

Turn right along this scenic by-road and follow it for about a couple of miles, back into Over Haddon.

Continue past the car park if in search of refreshment. Both the tea room and the pub are on this street; the tea room is half way along and the pub at the far end, beyond where the road makes a left-hand turn in the direction of Bakewell.

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Birdwatching for Beginners walks at Carsington Water. Birding for beginners walks. Over the winter months the wild fowl are in their finest breeding plumage. Visiting thrushes, redwings and fieldfares feast on berries and a great northern diver takes shelter in the reservoir. Why not join us on one of our FREE beginners walks held on the first Sunday of every month? Booking is advisable as numbers are limited, contact Carsington 0330 678 0701. Future dates are, Jan 5th, Feb 2nd, Mar 1st and April 21st Allestree Flower Group Tuesday 21st January 2020 Flower Demonstration by Marie Bradley Entitled: “Addicted to Strictly” Time: 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Matlock Railway Club Jan 9th ‘Evening Star and the 9Fs’ – ‘Driving and Firing Western Engines’ Jan 23rd ‘ Round and about in UK and Europe 2016-18’ – Speaker Mike Pritchard Gothic Warehouse – Cromford Wharf – 7.30pm Non members welcome. 07900 244 913 or visit matlockrailwayclub.wordpress.co.uk Horsley Woodhouse Ladies Group are holding ‘An Evening with Stephen Booth’ at 7pm on 6th Feb at the British Legion Hall in Horsley Woodhouse. Stephen is a popular crime fiction author whose stories are set in the Peak District. All welcome. £2 entry fee which includes tea and biscuits. Contact: Cris Smith 07564990203 Arts Society Derby The Arts Society Derby meets at 7.15 pm usually on the first Tuesday of every month apart from July, August and September, at Landau Forte College, Fox St, Derby DE1 2LF. The next meeting is on February 4th 2020 when the speaker will be Doug Gillen, with a talk entitled ‘Hidden Canvasses: Street Art and the City’. New members of the society are warmly welcomed; for details see https:// theartssocietyderby.com/membership/ or phone 07815 963978. Non-members may attend as guests for a charge of £6 per person. Darley Abbey Historical Group Friday 17 January, 7.30pm

AGM, plus a talk by Alan Bradwell on, ‘The Mysteries of Duffield’ There is a charge of £1.50. For further information contact Maria Gibson on 01332 552837 To find out more about the Historical Group, visit https:// darleyabbeyhistoricalgroup.wordpress.com/ Derby French Circle (Cercle Français de Derby) www.derbyfrenchcircle.org.uk join us for Talks, quizzes, conversation, social and cultural events. All levels of French spoken. The DFC wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the Alliance Française de Londres for its programme of speakers Venue: St Edmunds Church Hall, Kings Croft, Allestree, Derby DE22 2FN on Friday 7.15pm as listed: Vendredi 17 Janvier à 19.00 : Assemblée Générale Annuelle Suivie de: Bourgogne et Beaujolais – Joyaux de la France profonde (avec dégustation) - John Dixon af Vendredi 31 Janvier : Paul Emile Victor , le père des expéditions polaires françaises - Cédric Cabanne af Derby RSPB Local Group Indoor Meeting on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 7.30pm, we welcome Nigel Slater who makes a return visit with a talk entitled “Vagrants, Drifters and Migrants”. We meet in the Grange Banqueting Suite, 457 Burton Road, Littleover, Derby, DE23 6XX. Admission for members is £2.50, for non-members £3.00 and juniors £1.00. More details on the RSPB Derby local group website www.rspb.org.uk/groups/derby Also Derby RSPB local group invites you to join them on Sunday 26 January for a free birdwatching walk at Rutland Water. Please meet at 9.30am in the Egleton Reserve car park. There is an admission charge. It is optional to stay all day. Toilets only on site. More details on the RSPB Derby local group website www.rspb.org.uk/groups/ Derbyshire Dales Woodcraft Club Derbyshire Dales Woodcraft Club meets in Wyaston village hall (DE6 2DR) on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00am to 2:00pm. We have a mixed programme of visiting demonstrators, hands-on sessions under the guidance of

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more experienced members and a monthly competition. 4th January 2020 - this is a hands-on meeting so make it your New Year’s resolution to come along and learn a new craft. First visit and refreshments are free. 1st February 2020 - programme not yet finalised but likely to be another hands-on day. Refer to the website for updates. For more information go to www.ddwc. co.uk where you can see reports with photos on previous meetings, including competition results, and read past newsletters. If you would like to know more about the club, email your query to info@ddwc.co.uk or phone James Sharpe on 01335 344933. Uppertown Social Centre Uppertown, Ashover Chesterfield S45 0JF February 1 7pm Su and Dave Birdy 50’s and 60’ Country Pop £8.00 including supper. For tickets call Eddie on 07966 154798 Spondon Historical Society Spondon Historical Society will meet at 7.30pm in Spondon Village Hall on Monday January 13th. The speaker is Stephen Flinders speaking about ‘John Glover’s Sketchbook’, who was a Leicestershire born artist. Everyone is welcome to this first meeting of our new season. Members £2.50, Visitors £4.00. Folk & acoustic Music The Dovetail Trio - Live at the Lion. The Lion Hotel, Bridge Street, Belper have The Dovetail Trio In Concert on Thursday 6 February at 8 pm.The best in folk music from this well established trio who bring a warm friendly approach to the music. Guaranteed to take the chill from a winters evening. Jamie Roberts guitar - Matt Quinn concertina and lead vocals from Rosie Hood. Three of the best on the folk scene. Tickets £12 from Ticket Hotline 01773 853428

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Diary of Events diary@imagespublishing.co.uk Royal Centre Nottingham & Concert Hall 0115 989 5555 www.trch.co.uk JAN 5 I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue - BBC Radio’s multi award-winning antidote to panel games returns to the stage in 2020. 6 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: 8-12 Moscow City Ballet - Moscow City Ballet returns to Nottingham Royal Concert Hall with two spectacular ballets, each presented in classic Russian style with full orchestra. Swan Lake’s epic story of Prince Siegfried and his doomed love for Odette, the Queen of the Swans, is magnificently brought to life in all its original splendour by Tchaikovsky’s hauntingly familiar score. Victor Smirnov-Golovanov’s original interpretation of The Nutcracker has an innovative freshness 14-18 Band Of Gold 15 BBC Philharmonic: Discovering Vaughan Williams 17 Chethams School Lunchtime Performance 18 The Magic Lantern Backstage Tour 19 Sunday Piano Series: Lauren Zhang 19 Come and Sing with John Rutter 23 Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Living Dangerously 24 Sandi Toksvig Live! National Treasure 25 Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Family 27 The Classical Music Roadmap: Beethoven’s Revolution 27 to Feb 1 Priscilla Queen of the Desert 29 The Music of Prince: New Purple Celebration FEB 1 Beanbag Music Club: O Duo 1 Milton Jones in Milton: Impossible - Milton reveals the truth about being an international spy, before being given a disappointing new identity which forced him to appear on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo. But this is also a love story with a twist, or even a really bad sprain. 2 Sunday Piano Series: Jean Selim Abdelmoula 2 Galvanize Ensemble & Fretwork 6-8 PwC present Treasure Island 6 The Hallé Goes To Nashville 8 Iceland Symphony Orchestra 17 Totally Wired 18-22 An Inspector Calls Nottingham Playhouse 0115 941 9419 www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk JAN To 11th January Sleeping Beauty 11 Ballroom Dance 14 An Evening with Katherine Parkinson One of the nation’s most popular actresses comes to Nottingham for one night only. 15 Judy Collins - Award-winning singersongwriter who has inspired audiences with sublime vocals and boldly vulnerable song writing. 16 Daliso Chaponda - Blah Blah Blacklist 17 Swinging at the Cotton Club 2019 18 Johnny Ball: Wonders Beyond Numbers 19 The International Championship of Collegiate

A Cappella 23-25 Institute 25 to February 1 Stewart Lee - Snowflake/ Tornado Comedy: Double-bill of two new 60 minute sets, back to back nightly from “the world’s greatest living stand-up” FEB 2 Josie Long: Tender 5-8 Holes. Family Friendly: Stanley Yelnats can’t catch a break. Born into a family cursed with bad luck, it comes as no surprise when he finds himself accused of a crime. 11 Moonlight and Magnolias - Members’ Curtain Raiser 11-12 Eric & Ern - Comedy: Ian Ashpitel & Jonty Stephens as Eric & Ern 13 Jimi: The Legend Lives On 15 Alexei Sayle - Comedy: Alexei Sayle has been performing standup for forty years since the day he invented modern comedy. Buxton Opera House & PavilionArts Centre. 01298 72190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org JAN 3 Russian State Ballet of Siberia - The Nutcracker 3 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club - January 4 Russian State Ballet of Siberia - Swan Lake 4 All About Eve By Joseph L Mankiewicz 12 The Kinder Chorus Sings Your Favourite Choral Classics 17 Lost In Music - Get ready to recreate the magical 70’s and let us take you on a musical journey straight to the heart of disco! Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge and Chic. 25 The ELO Experience 25 Deep - Buxton teenager rejected by his peers and is unable to cope with his father’s illness. 31Chinese New Year 31 to Feb 5 Film 1917 FEB 2 David Baddiel - Trolls Not The Dolls Tue 4 – Sun 9 Feb 2020 5 Monthly Make Workshop: Origami Heart Bunting with Lara Pomeroy 7 Levaré Quartet - Coffee Concert 7 Jimeoin - Ramble On! 7 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club - February 8 Sasha DiGiulian - Beyond the Comfort Zone 9 John Shuttleworth’s Back Derby Live. Box Office 01332 255800 www. derbylive.co.uk JAN up to 4th January Peter Pan 13 Informal French Conversation Advanced Level 25 Stargazing at Alvaston Park Join in the evenings fun by exploring the nights skies through one of the Derby & District Astronomy Societies telescopes FEB 6 Code Plus

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14 Murder at the Red Mill 25 to March 1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This event is promoted by The Watson Players, Derby Live are pleased to act as a ticket agent. Derby Theatre Box Office 01332 59 39 39 www.derbytheatre.co.uk Up to 4th January Little Red Riding Hood 11-12 Tiptoe Dance: Iconic A lively showcase starring local children and young adults dancing and singing their way through iconic songs and dance moves we all know so well. Tiptoe has over 30 years experience teaching ballet, tap, modern, street, jazz, Musical Theatre and Acro. 17 Gary Delaney: Gagster’s Paradise 20-25 Frankenstein 27 to Jan 1 The Croft In this bold and haunting new play, based on a true story, the present interweaves with the past as ancient tales surface and the terrifying truth lurking in a deserted village in the Scottish Highlands is revealed. Starring Gwen Taylor. FEB 1 Jamali Maddix: 6-7 Wasteland - Acclaimed British choreographer Gary Clarke’s sequel to his multi award-winning production Coal about the collapse of the mining community. Performed by a company of exceptional dancers with a community cast of male singers, brass musicians, archive film footage and a powerful rave soundscore. 8 An Evening with Sir Michael Parkinson celebrates the life and career of a man who has interviewed over 2000 of the most important cultural figures of the 20th and 21st centuries. 12-15 Flying High 2020 Gang Show 16 The Ronnie Scott’s Soho Songbook 17 Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science Mansfield Palace Theatre www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre JAN Up to 5th Jan Cinderella 11-19 Jack and the Beanstalk FEB 7 The Legends of American Country Tribute Show 9 The Adventures of Pinocchio - Oddsocks are presenting a brand-new adaptation of the classic story “The Adventures of Pinocchio” for winter 2019-20. A funny, magical adventure for adults and children alike about a wooden boy discovering what it takes to be a real human. From villains and vagabonds to fairies and giant fish, Pinocchio meets adversity and adventure with equal measure and a jolly good dose of humour. 12 After You’ve Gone 14 The Elvis Years - The Story of the King 19 The Jersey Beats - “Oh What A Nite” 20 No More Fiffing and Faffing

The waters of Buxton run Deep Sunday 26 January 2020, 7:00pm. Buxton Opera House

ater flows through Buxton and forms the bedrock of its history and its existence. As Buxton prepares to renew its relationship with water with the opening of the Buxton Crescent Spa, Buxton Opera House has joined forces with The Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust in creating an innovative new play set in Buxton. Inspired by the legend of the Buxton Mermaid this brand new play is penned by award winning writer Rob Young, who has previously been commissioned to write scripts for the BBC, Channel 4 and the National Theatre.

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Deep tells the story of Jan, a Buxton teenager rejected by his peers and is unable to cope with his father’s illness. Jan finds solace in a voice that speaks from the deep. The voice is kind, but is it a trap? Or psychosis? Or love? And how do you date a girl who lives underwater when you can’t swim? Based in Buxton, Deep, also features local young performers in the roles of the teenagers. Together they deliver the speaking parts and form a fluid ensemble, like a shoal of fish gliding through water. Directed by Kitty Randle, the artistic director of award-winning REC Youth Theatre Company, Kitty is passionate about her involvement in this project, “With the collaborations between so many local art organisations, this is such an exciting play for Buxton.” Kitty who has been involved with the Learning and Engagement programme at Buxton Opera House since 2017 has nothing but enthusiasm for this project “I was instantly captivated not only by writing in this piece, but the movement which explores water visually. This production really is quite special”. Deep is at Buxton Opera House on Sunday 26 January at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £15. Discounts are not available. To buy tickets contact Buxton Opera House Box Office, Tel: 01298 72190 or visit: www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

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(braai) with Zulu entertainment. You’ll round your trip off with three luxurious nights in Cape Town, where you’ll get a bird’seye view of the city from the top of Table Mountain and watch the Boulders Beach penguins waddle their way to the shore.

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• Spectacular Route 62 from Oudtshoorn to Swellendam • City tour of Cape Town (including Table Mountain cable car ride) • Tour to Hout Bay, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, Simon’s Town and Boulders Beach

All of the tours also benefit from: • Titan’s VIP door-todoor travel service* • Titan tour manager • Travel in destination by coach • Porterage *Mainland UK only. The majority of the VIP door-todoor service transfers are not exclusive to one holiday booking and journeys to and from the airport may be undertaken via additional addresses and may involve a change of vehicle.

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he Isles of Scilly form an archipelago of ﬁve inhabited islands (six if Gugh is counted separately from Saint Agnes) and numerous other rocky islets (around 140 in total, lying 45km (28 miles) south west of Land’s End. Access is by the Scillonian ferry from Penzance across a notoriously rough section of the North Atlantic. Before the discovery of the way Latitude and Longitude could be properly determined, many proud ships came to grief by sailing too close to the Scilly’s.

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With a perennially mild climate, the Isles of Scilly were inhabited by prehistoric people, many of them building their round houses on land that is now under water, following the end of the last Ice Age. Since then the islands became home for small scale farmers and fishermen who exploited the benefits of a mild climate. Until recently early daffodils and new potatoes and spring vegetables grown on the islands were brought to market weeks before the rest of the country. The Penzance ferry, the Scillonian, picks its way carefully past the eastern islands and outcropping rocks, to berth at Hugh Town harbour on St Mary’s the largest and most populated island. With plenty of accommodation on offer, St Mary’s is the busiest resort and it comes as a shock to have to deal with traffic, however light it might be. Access to the outlying villages and beaches is easy as there is a fairly good bus service running throughout the year. Please note that despite the volume of local traffic, it is virtually impossible to take your car on a holiday to the isles as all large freight must be craned on and off the Scillonian ferry.

The semitropical climate encourages a wealth of plants that would not normally be found outdoors.

To explore St Mary’s we started in the west, high above Hugh Town where the extensive ramparts of the Garrison, a fortress built to ward off Napoleonic forces has become something of a public park and resort. Below it and in the main town proper, a wide range of shops and restaurants, together with cycle hire are on offer and there is a small museum of the island’s history. One of the items covered by the museum is the highly competitive sport of gig racing. This takes place throughout the summer and harks back to the days when experienced local sailors were rowed out to offer to pilot incoming vessels. As there was no way this could be planned in advance, several fast rowing boats known as gigs, would set out at once and it became a race to be first. The sport of gig racing has followers mainly from all over the south west, but competitors travel even from as far away as Holland. The race is from Hugh Town harbour to Nut Rock near Tresco and back: a total distance of about 1½miles. www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk | 51

A wide variety of shipping just off the coast and below one of the many quiet bays

The Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary had a holiday home in Hugh Town. Even though there is a rule that only locals can be buried on the island, special dispensation was given when the popular visitor died. He is buried in the graveyard of the tiny medieval chapel at Old Town on St Mary’s south-facing coast. His wife’s ashes were later scattered on his grave when she died. There are plenty of coastal footpaths on the island. We followed the one going eastwards from Hugh Town, in and out of tiny coves and headlands, past Old Town and its friendly café, then inland to St Mary’s to the ‘main road’ that meanders in a tight circuit of the centre of the island. About half a mile from Old Town we were puzzled by a notice warning us of low ﬂying aircraft. The answer soon came when an outgoing plane took oﬀ a matter of feet directly above our heads. This was the Isles of Scilly airport. There are regular boat trips going to the outlying islands, not simply for tourists, but also as the main supply link with the regular ferry, the Scillonian. St Martin’s is the most easterly of the inhabited islands. Its single road acts as a link between three hamlets whose names seem to be lacking in imagination –

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3000 years ago by Neolithic farmers and during the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Parliamentary forces built a fortress on the island’s most southerly point in order to control shipping through the narrow channel known as The Roads. Fishermen from the north of England used Tresco as a southern base when following the annual flood of herring – the silver darlings. Possibly feeling homesick, they named their settlement New Grimsby. Higher Town, Lower Town and in the middle as you might guess, is Middle Town. The island is popular with sailing enthusiasts and under water explorers who pick their way amongst the remains of countless vessels that came to grief on the uncharted rocks littering the hazardous passage of any captain foolishly attempting to sail between the islands, rather than round them. Tresco, owned by Robert and Lucy Dorrien-Smith is the jewel in the islands’ crown. A luxury holiday resort, it centres on a beautiful garden founded in the nineteenth century by Augustus Smith. Rare sub-tropical plants grow in pine sheltered sun-trapped gardens, enjoying the year-long mild weather. Alongside the flowers, a small museum is devoted to a collection of exotic figureheads taken from wrecked shipping around the coasts of these tiny islands. Tresco was first inhabited at least

About 1½miles long and ½mile wide, it is possible to reach Bryher at exceptionally low tides from Tresco. This is the smallest inhabited island in the archipelago and was called Brayer in 1336, then Brear in 1500, obviously the phonetical spelling of the spoken word as interpreted by some government clerk or other. Hell Bay on the north western tip of Bryher was a notorious place for shipwrecks when violent Atlantic storms drove vessels into this remote spot. Bar Quay, the landing place for small ferries, was first built by volunteers in the 1990 production of the TV series ‘Challenge Annika’, but replaced by a more substantial concrete structure in 2007. Accommodation is in self-catering cottages or on the island campsite. There are three SSSIs (sites of special scientific interest) on Bryher’s heathland and this is a popular nesting place used by visiting birds and also the site of many rare wild flowers, some brought by

seed travelling thousands of miles along Atlantic currents. St Agnes is England’s most western point. It sits in quiet isolation on the far south western tip of the Isles of Scilly. It has one pub, the Turk’s Head and one camp site near the main settlement at Troytown along with a handful of selfcatering cottages. Tiny fields now dot a landscape that would have been well known to the early Christian missionary Saint Warna, but even in his time an ancient maze was cut above Long Point as part of a pagan rite. The island shares a small natural harbour with its neighbour Gugh, the two islands being joined by a gravel bar which is only covered by the highest tides. Despite its offer of shelter, boats entering or leaving Porth Conger bay must first dodge the hazard of the Cow and Calf Rocks that almost block the entrance. At high tide the Calf sits just beneath the waves, just waiting to trap the unwary. While we were waiting for the ferry back to St Mary’s, the boat when it came in, disgorged half a dozen teenagers who must daily take the ferry in all weathers to reach the islands’ secondary modern school. There cannot be many in mainland Britain who travel to and from school that way. Finally, just a small request. Please, please, never call the Isles of Scilly the Scilly Isles. For reasons that should be obvious, it upsets the locals.

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tied. Chalon has been a famous wine exporting centre since Roman times when it was called Cavillonum, then Cabyllona when Emperor Constantius used it as a base for his 7th Legion in 354 AD. Even earlier than Roman times, Chalon-surSaône was an important centre. Before assuming its modern name which is derived from the river goddess Souconna, it was known as Arar by the local Gallic tribes. The gentle Saône rises near Vioménil in the Vosges Mountains to the east before joining the Rhône near Lyon. Apparently a stage of the Tour de France was due to end in Chalon--sur-Saône later in the

The Palais de Justice, Vienne.

PART TWO VIENNE TO LYON Brian Spencer continues his cruise up the Rhône Valley, this time entering the Beaujolais wine countryside. Lyon version of the Eiffel Tower. Below: Medieval laundry spot and water supply.

month, and the town hall, the Hotel de Ville, was decorated with yellow bunting, ready to welcome the day’s winner of the yellow jersey. Along with welcoming professional cyclists, the town has a couple of famous sons. Nicéphore Niépore, an early inventor of one of the versions of photography came from here; there is a museum dedicated to his work not far from the Quai des Messageries. Another son, Dominique Vivant was involved with the creation of the Louvre Museum in Paris. This came about soon after the French Revolution, when the state was looking for somewhere to display the collection of gems and medals inherited from the guillotined King Louis XVI. www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk | 61

The principal thoroughfare in Beaune.

A vinyard in Spring near Beaune, centre of the Burgundy wine making region. A small ﬂeet of coaches took us up to Beaune, one of France’s most famous wine producing regions, home of Meursault, Volnay and Pommard to name just a few.

Hectare upon hectare of vines ﬁll the valley sides south of Dijon.

There are still a few traces of the city wall that once surrounded Beaune. Following it from the out-of-town bus park, we passed a stream issuing from what was once the town’s water supply. At one time this would have combined a source of fresh water with the local equivalent of a medieval launderette. Not only would local women visit it to do their weekly wash, but they would use it to keep up to date with the current gossip. Medieval streets lead away from the ring road, into what cannot fail but to tell the world that here is the capital of Burgundy’s wine production. Almost the first building we passed on the way in was the 13th century wine market, then the Musée des Vins de Bourgogne, followed by inviting entrances to all the competing ‘caves’, the warehouses of different wine retailers. We spent a happy hour in one, sampling what was on offer, but I was able to remain sober enough to spot the competing sign advertising Jura whisky outside a neighbouring establishment selling some quite rare single malts! Now that is salesmanship if ever there was.

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Beaune was founded by the Dukes of Burgundy, with dynasties stretching back to the 9th century with imaginative names such as John the Fearless, Charles the Bold, Philip the Good and Philip the Handsome

– obviously they were not afraid of a bit of self publicity now and then. Probably the finest building in the town is the magnificent Hospices de Beaune, or Hotel-Dieu with its instantly recognisable multi-coloured tiled roof. Considered one of the finest examples of French 15th century architecture, it was founded in 1443 after the Hundred Years War by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to Duke Philip the Good. At that time the majority of most of the town’s inhabitants were destitute as the result of the long conflict and the hospital became a refuge for the poor, together with orphaned children along with the disabled, sick and elderly; a charity that has lasted unbroken from the Middle Ages to this day. Nowadays funding is raised by way of an annual wine auction. An afternoon drive took us through the section of Burgundy-cum- Beaujolais known locally as the Côtes d’Or. To say wine production is a uni-crop is putting it mildly. Acre upon acre, or should one say hectare upon hectare fill the valley sides south of Dijon. The northerly part, the so-called Côte de Nuits, specialises in red wines from the late harvested Pinot Noir grape, while the southern section, the Côte de Beaune embraces full-bodied white wines made from Chardonnay grapes. Reds are not overlooked and include such famous names as Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Romanée, Nuits-SaintGeorges, Corton, Beaune Pommard and Volnay, while Montrachet, Meursault and CortonCharlemagne account for some of the finest

white-wine vintages. In addition the district produces a range of light rosés, along with the sparkling crémant wines. A final night cruise took us back to Lyon for a day to explore the city before travelling back via the famed TGV and Eurostar. France’s third largest city (population around 1.2 millions), Lyon climbs above the Rhône’s east bank and also fills the spit of land, the ‘presqu’ile’ dividing it from its confluence with the Saône. This part is the old city, Vieux Lyon, and to the west of both parts, high above the Saône is where the Roman’s entertained the population at a huge theatre built on the site of an earlier Gallic settlement. Topping everything beyond the theatre is the Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourvière with the finest view of the city. The Roman city of Lugdunum grew from a small Gallic settlement when Marcus Agrippa made what became Lyon the starting point of principal Roman roads throughout Gaul and ultimately its capital. Emperor Claudius conqueror of Britain was born here. Lyon came to real prominence in the Middle Ages, when its fortunes were based on silk manufacture. Such was its wealth that the city was able to pay for the many Renaissance buildings and rich churches that still adorn the old city. In the 15th century wealth from the silk trade attracted Italian merchants, whose influence further led to the expansion of commerce and architecture. In more modern times, two of the city‘s sons, the Lumière brothers invented cinematography in 1895,

filming their factory and its employees in some of the earliest moving films ever made. At the centre of the presqu’ile, the Unesco World Heritage honoured Place Bellecour is one of Europe’s finest and largest public squares. The site of many fairs, concerts, pétanque contests and ice rinks, it was not always a happy place, for it became the site of the guillotine during the French Revolution. Later it was improved by Napoleon Bonaparte and was named after him before assuming its current title. Around the square and throughout Old Lyon you will find many ‘traboules’ – narrow passages created by silk merchants. They were cunningly designed narrow alleys that go right through houses, making it easier to carry goods from their workshops and down to the river. During the Second World War the mysterious twists and turns of the traboules were used to the advantage of the French Resistance when attempting to escape capture. Every December Lyon hosts a ‘Festival of Lights’ – a tribute to the Virgin Mary who is said to have saved the city from Plague in 1643. A mid-morning TGV quickly took us back to Paris, now without its ‘Frexit’ signs, but still a nightmare to drive through for anyone with a train to catch. Fortunately there was no excessive delay in reaching the Gare du Nord where an aging Eurostar carried us swiftly back to the Channel Tunnel and on to London St Pancras for the train home to sunny Derbyshire. Brian and Sheila travelled with the Burton upon Trent-based company Riviera Travel. www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk | 63

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Buying Direct from the Farm Whether it is a bag of spuds from the gates or a brace of grouse from the shop, an increasing number of Derbyshire customers are buying food fresh from the farm. There are now 3,500 farm shops in the UK – from little sheds to artisan shops – and Derbyshire is blessed with a rich seam of excellent local farms selling everything from free-range eggs to farm-brewed ale.

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There is something very appealing about buying direct from the farm. On top of the feel-goodfactor of buying fresh from the fields, there’s a chance of getting up close and personal with the producers. In this case, a herd of 70 Friesian cows at Hooks Farm Dairy in Borrowash. “Don’t worry, they are just curious,” reassures farmer Dan Smith (25), when one gets close enough to lick my camera lens. “They are quite docile unless they have calves to protect”

their milk to a co-operative) when milk prices dipped to 13p per litre in 2005 (they are currently at 27p). “We had to do something to safeguard the farm for future generations. My dad is a fourth-generation farmer who moved here in 1956. Farming isn’t just our livelihood – it’s a way of life,” he explains. “We began researching ways to add more value to the milk and visited farms where they made dairy products like ice cream. We loved the convenience of a vending machine and people told us they’d be happy to pay £1 per litre (£1.80 for two) for milk fresh from our herd.” The Smiths installed the milk vending machine in November 2018. “We were painting the cow shed into the night – that’s why some of the hand-painted letters are a bit wobbly,” laughs Dan. “On the first day, a Friday, we sold nine litres. The second day we sold 40 and the milk ran out. On the Sunday we sold more than 100 litres and we had around 50 cars in the yard. We sold 50,000 litres of milk through the vending machine in our first year. We’re very grateful for all the support.” Dan has been thrilled with the feed-back from the customers; “Everyone comments on the taste of the milk. Its reputation has spread by word-of-mouth alone. That’s the best compliment of all, our customers telling their friends to try it,” he says. “The milk is rich and creamy because our herd is fed on grass from March until November or even December depending on the weather. That’s why it tastes so good.” The Smiths are also happy for their customers to meet the cows including Dermott, the magnificent bull, who was responsible for a spike in the birth-rates last Christmas. “We do everything for our animals – my dad jokes that they have better bedding than most humans. We have to make sure our milk is good enough to keep people coming back again and again,” Dan says.

Hooks is one of a growing number of UK dairy farms selling ‘old fashioned’ milk (fresh, in glass bottles and creamy enough to pour on a pudding) from a state-of-the-art vending machine. “The cows have already produced 350 litres of milk today,” says farmer Dan Smith (25), as he shows me round the ‘Cow Shed’ where customers can buy milk (plus local spuds and free-range eggs) and admire pin-ups of ‘Dusky Girl’ ‘Easter Molly’ and other stars from the herd.

“My dad John and I got up for milking at 6.30am and finished at 10.30 for a croissant and some coffee. I’d say the milk in the machine is about two hours old.” According to a report by NFU Mutual (2018), more than 63 per cent of farmers have a sidebusiness. Of these, nine out of ten feel this second income stream is vital in securing their farm’s future. This was certainly the case at Hooks. Dan Smith says his family were forced to look beyond their traditional market (sending all

“We even found one chap in the yard at midnight. He’d just been to the pub and said his missus would kill him if he didn’t take a bottle of our milk home.” As for the future, Dan says it’s important to keep pushing forward; “We’ve got a lot of ideas including installing a hot drinks machine and maybe doing skimmed milk so we can use the cream to make something like soft scoop ice cream or milkshakes,” he says. I’m also keen to set-up a live video stream so our customers can see the cows being milked. It’s the least we can do to thank people for keeping us in business. I’d like to think there will always be a member of the Smith family involved in farming.”

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Andrew and Karen at the entrance to their shop-cum-café

eaving Hooks Farm, I drive seven miles to Stanley Common to join the crowds flocking towards the impressive shop-cumcafé at Oakfield Farm. Forget all those preconceptions about muddy yards and chilly sheds; Oakfield Farm Shop is on a Grand Designs scale and the bespoke oak building is terribly smart both inside and out. No wellies required. “We come here every Tuesday for coffee and to shop, we love it,” explains Sue Rice, of Spondon, who is heading for the butchery counter for pork chops and lamb’s liver. “The food is great; the staff are so helpful and friendly. The meat looks delicious so you can imagine how good it tastes.” He husband Geoff laughs; “If I wasn’t on a diet I could go mad here. All those homemade pies and the cheese. It’s just such different quality to what you’d find in a supermarket. It’s all topnotch.” Andrew Wint (59), who runs the business with wife Karen (56), says farm shops are gaining in popularity as customers increasingly want fresh, quality produce on their door-step. “The lamb on this counter was born on this farm” says Andrew. Our customers love the fact that the beef and lamb come from animals raised here. All of the cakes, sausage rolls, pies, quiches and even the faggots are made on-site.” Andrew laughs when asked about his farming roots. “I was a milkman and my dad, a miner” he says. “But I’ve always loved farming. Even as a youngster growing up in Stanley Common, I’d help on farms at the weekends. I started work on a milk round at 14. I ended up buying the business when I was just 19. I’d just met Karen and didn’t dare tell her.” Andrew’s foray into farming came in 1985 when he bought two cows; “One for us and one to sell to pay for it. People loved the meat so much, I started to get more and more orders,” he says. “We ended up renting land to keep Herefords and sold meat by the pack for home delivery. Some of our land was at the back of

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A wide selection of fresh cakes every day. Oakfield and, when I asked the owner if I could cut through his yard with some silage, he surprised me by asking if I was interested in the farm.” For more than twenty years, Andrew juggled farming – opening an on-site butchers and farm shop in 2005 – with his milk rounds. I packed up the rounds two years ago as my customer base was dwindling. Only three per cent of people get milk delivered to the door. It’s sad. The best thing I can say is I don’t miss the 3am starts,” he says. All those years selling to the public have been put to good use in the farm shop.” Guided by the philosophy ‘shop local, enjoy local’, Andrew and his staff host a number of fun events each year including the popular Sausage and Cider Festival. “I started making sausages in 2001 to raise money for farmers affected by foot and mouth,” Andrew recalls. “We do around 19 flavours of sausage throughout the year including jalfrezi and mango, chocolate and chilli and pork with apple and banana. My daughter Manda requested some made with Smarties – they were nice but all the colour came off the sweets.” Andrew also makes the cider; “My son-in-law Shaun is a tree surgeon and one year he bought me a big box of apples which we pressed to make 100 litres of cider. Around 25 litres were okay but the rest was really unpleasant,” he laughs. “But we got more apples the next year and it started to get better to the point that – last year (2019) – my Taste of the Orchard bottled cider won gold at the Nottinghamshire Beer Festival.”

With this, Andrew takes me on a whistle-stop tour of the farm which takes in his daughter Manda’s riding school and a visit to his prized Herefords in their winter stall. In spite of the nearby farm shop being full to the rafters - every one of the 20 spaces in the car park is full - all you can hear is the sound of contented cows munching on silage. “They’re always happy to come in for winter,” Andrew says. When it’s cold and wet outside, it’s the best place to be.” Whether he is talking about the cow shed, or the cosy farm shop I am not sure. But he is right on both counts. Hooks Farm Dairy is on Draycott Road, Borrowash. The milk vending machine is open daily from 7.30am-9pm.

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Farm fresh here’s where to find the finest local produce Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop, Pilsley, Bakewell. One of the oldest farm shops in Britain, this award-winning business was set up by the 11th Duchess of Devonshire in 1977. It’s the place to get home produced meat – including pheasants from the estate – and a host of other artisan goodies including 104 types of cheese. Betty’s Farm Shop, The Castle Way, Willington. The seeds of the business were sewn when Emma Ruff started selling the farm’s free-range eggs from a trestle table on Saturdays. In addition to eggs, the shop stocks a host of quality items including cheese, breads and meat from the in-store butchers. Scaddows Farm Shop and PYO, Scaddows Lane, Ticknall. Opens in June and closes in October after all the pumpkins in the field have been picked. This is a family farm run by John and Ann Webster and offers the opportunity to pick-your-own strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries and blackcurrants. Shottle Farm Brewery and The Bull Shed, Handley Farm, Wilderbrook Lane, Shottle, Belper. The Bull Shed a country restaurant is set within a 60-acre farm and the menu features home-grown produce plus cheese made on-site and real ales from the farm-based brewery. The popular ‘Shottle Cock’ brew even contains a slug of next-door’s honey. Because it is a working farm, you must ring ahead for reservations.

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These birds are often mistaken for the familiar song thrush and will have spent the last few months in the countryside. The RSPB is asking people to help these birds get through the winter by providing them with food such as apples and pears. Across the country large numbers of winter thrushes, fieldfares and redwings are turning up on lawns as the temperature plummets. These birds are often mistaken for the song thrush, which can be found in gardens all year round, as they look very similar. Sadly the more familiar song thrush, together with winter visitors fieldfares and redwings are all on the conservation status red list and are globally under threat as numbers have declined dramatically. Redwings are small thrushes with brown backs, streaked breasts and patches of red under their wings. Their larger cousins, fieldfares, have blue grey hoods, grey brown backs, streaked breasts and a pale grey rump. These birds usually spend the winter roaming the countryside in search of berries and other fruit. Redwings and fieldfares will remain in the UK until around the end of March when they return to Iceland and Scandinavia to nest. The popular song thrush, is a songbird that can be spotted in our gardens throughout the year and has a brown back and spotted breast. It has a beautiful and loud song and likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head. When the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch began in 1979, the song thrush was the tenth most seen bird in gardens across the country. But from the latest citizen survey results, numbers reveal they have declined by 77% over the last 40 years. RSPB Wildlife Advisor Charlotte Ambrose says: “At this point in winter much of the natural food supply will have been used up. So with the weather now turning dramatically for much of the UK, these hungry birds have moved into gardens for food, water and shelter. “You can help these beautiful visitors get through this cold snap by putting out fruit like apples and pears and planting winter berry plants such as holly. Remember they’ll need water too, so keep your bird bath topped up and ice free.” Up to half a million people are expected to watch and count their garden birds for this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch over the last weekend in January 2020. To find out more, visit www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch

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About me: Vitamin C is at its purest, most potent and effective in powder form. A pure shot of this vitamin C face powder to your moisturiser will leave you with brighter, more luminous looking skin. Oh, and we also added in some vitamin E for extra oomph. • Suitable for all skin types • 100% vitamin C & vitamin E • Vegan & eco-conscious*

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Vitamin C Shot I’ve never used anything like this before which isn’t already added to a moisturiser so it’s great that you can just pop two shakes onto your hand and add to your own. It leaves skin instantly brighter and looks healthier. VP

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Lip Rush Stunning shades of gloss. Last ages on your lips. Slightly sticky but all glosses are. Lovely product. JP

Shadow Shots Eyeshadow Lovely, crease free eyeshadow. Lasts all day. Easy to apply with a brush or finger. CB

SWANCAR FARM - OPEN DAY SUNDAY, 12 JANUARY 2020, 12-4pm Swancar Farm is exclusive and unique, set within pretty countryside, the beautiful house that you see as you meander up the sweeping drive is just the start of your Swancar journey - having exclusive use means that it’s just yours for your special day. Hold your romantic ceremony in the Gallery or Glass Barn with its rustic beams and sparkling chandeliers. Enjoy drinks and canapes in the pretty courtyard and make your way through to the beautiful Oak Hall for your wedding breakfast and reception. End your day in style in the individually designed elegant bedrooms and wake up the next morning to a hearty breakfast in the Old Farmhouse Kitchen. Swancar have a passionate, dedicated and experienced team and their wedding planners and event team will work with you and support you every step of the way, to make your dream day. To book your private viewing. T: 01159 306528 E:hello@swancarfarmcountryhousem www.swancarfarmcountryhouse.com

Swancar Farm Country House

·exclusive ·unique ·wedding venue DONT MISS OUR OPEN DAY

SUNDAY, 12 JANUARY 2020 12-4PM

Photographs by Chris Snowden

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