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I might have mentioned that I have leukaemia. The fact is I rarely mention it other than when I need to talk to somebody, anybody. I use a health website dedicated to my illness and exercise is [...]

Native people seem to carry a lot of conviction these days. I read of conferences where they discuss their death and burial rites. Elsewhere, they highlight their ancient diet or perhaps how they [...]

Ann and I ran from the Goyt Valley last week. I love that area. We climbed up Oxlow Edge, over Cat’s Tor and along to Shining Tor. The Western Peak District, a mix of moor and mountain, [...]

I watched Lucy Worsley describe the renovation completed on the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. It was impressive work and entirely French. However, they bought the roofing lead sheets from Leicester, [...]

I must be getting old because reflection fascinates me. I look back in amazement at my early life and naivety. As a 15 year old I joined Shrewsbury Mountaineering Club in the early 1960’s. [...]

I had never heard of Pete McKee but I could tell I was going to enjoy his art exhibition. Off we toddled to Sheffield by bus and Weston Park was a classic Victorian creation – wonderful. [...]

The areas Keeping warm in the past was a real issue. Fuel, as today, was a major financial outgoing. The poet Wordsworth wrote about how the poor were prosecuted for taking wood from hedgerows [...]

Those Roman Roads never come to an end. I have posted previously on using lidar to identify one local road. However, I now realise that the issue is not quite as simple as it sounds. Firstly, [...]

In my study of Jabez Bradwell’s diary I noted many strange comments about the village in the past. Perhaps the weirdest was that people considered it a veritable health resort in the [...]

When I walk to the Post Office on Saturday morning, I cross the village and often see nobody, not a soul. Compare that, if you can, with the year 1820. The lead miners rise at first light and [...]