Category: History
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Woodlands and forests
While I never found any of the hogs, strung out on acorn and chestnut highs, I did find ongoing set of cultural and forest management practices, and some great legends and fables.
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Bear pit, bulldogs, and Little John of Hathersage
Because I rest a lot and take things at a fairly relaxed pace it can be easy to think that I’m not fitting much in to my days; certainly, I’m not doing as much as I would if I only had three days in Sheffield and had to race around,…
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Four museums in one week..
The week that was – was a a bit quieter, so hopefully not such a long post this week, although you know me – I love to blather! Sunday was a rest day, and Monday pretty chill – we walked up to the old Abbey but there’s not much to…
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Sheffield, Derby and York
So, our first week in Sheffield… we have four weeks here, neither of us had been here before, and we are looking after TWO dogs, so it was definitely a big unknown for us how we’d like it. Happily, we both really like Sheffield! It’s not a pretty city for…
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The history of Chalke
We were heading to Chalke History Festival, which is officially my Most Favourite Thing Ever. It’s held on a farm near the village of Broad Chalke in Wiltshire, and proved a bit tricky to get to as my GPS wasn’t working very well. But in due course we made it…
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Visiting Æthelflæd’s Dad
Last week was a lot quieter than the one before, with the heat sapping all motivation from me to do big long walks. We stayed closer to home – charity shopping, visiting Box Wood, filming a new meditation video up on the common, and walking to the local ice-cream factory.…
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Will work work?
First week done and dusted, now it’s time to see if the new working setup will, well, work for me. I’m working for my NZ employer, covering the after hours support as well as my usual tasks, and it’s all a big unknown for me, and for my company. There’s…
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