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Day 101

April 11, 2010
Slayley Green in Barlborough usually bursts into flower in March with the thousands of daffodils planted by Friends of Barlborough volunteers as part of the Marie Curie Field of Hope bulb planting project.
This year the Spring warmth is much delayed and we are well into April before the Green has come alive.

Field of Hope

The project was made possible through the generosity of Dobbies Garden Centre.
“We were delighted to be able to donate 6,000 daffodil bulbs to the local community of Barlborough and to continue the tradition of previous years.

Slayley Green

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Day 103

April 13, 2010

The daffodils are looking nice in Whitwell Woods, but it is a very crisp and cold day!

Daffodils in Whitwell Woods

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Day 110

April 20, 2010

We had a beautiful walk this morning, through Clumber Park.  The river and bridge over it made a very nice picture.  Kairen was fretting that I was going to fall in.  Given my track record with doing just that she was relieved that I only paddled to get the photograph.

The bridge was the original approach to Clumber Park prior to the development of the famous lime tree avenue. Those who run Clumber Park say they know it was built in the 1760s. It was built in a classical style over the River Poulter, which was dammed to form the famous Clumber Park lake.

Clumber Park Bridge

We have a diary from a visitor who came in 1762 and we know work was underway then,” says Simon Chesters-Thompson, regional curator for the National Trust who run the park.

Threats

The bridge has survived for more than 200 years but Simon says it still faces modern day threats.

“The bridge has had two terrible threats in recent decades

“Many of the balustrades have been replaced due to people driving through them on a regular basis.

“The other threat has come from mining. The mines run all the way under Clumber Park and many of the structures have suffered terrible subsidence. But the bridge has survived.”

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Day 111

April 21, 2010

We had a ‘long lunch’today and spotted this beautiful garden on the way home.

Rose Cottage was built in 1898 and the garden is a picture postcard English country garden.

Rose Cottage, Eckington

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Day 121

May 1, 2010

A Bank Holiday week-end and we take a pleasant walk around Thornton Reservoir near Leicester.

Thornton Reservoir

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Day 139

May 19, 2010

There are a number of fields nearby that have these plastic cloches arranged in quite intriguing patterns.

Patterns in the field

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Day 157

June 6, 2010

We are near Cambridge for the week-end and treated to a punt on the River Cam to view ”The Backs’ .

Punting on The Cam

The Backs is an area to the east of Queen’s Road in the city of Cambridge, England, where several colleges of the University of Cambridge back on to the River Cam, their grounds covering both banks of the river. The name “the Backs” refers to the backs of the colleges.

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