Walk to the Roaches........2.

A good crop of berries.

  

View from the road.

  

Through the trees.

  

I decided I could probably get to where I wanted to go across this field. I don't take maps as it spoils the fun!

  

Keeping an eye on things, the police chopper.

  

   

Walk to the Roaches.

Start of a new walk today.

In the distance "The Roaches".
  

A track to follow and a bridge to cross.

  

Eco roof.

  

On guard.

   

Poole's Cavern, Buxton, Derbyshire.....5.

The calcification dish, just down and right of centre. In Victorian times people would pay to leave items in the dish to get calcium coated.

  

Cavern lighting.

  

Rock patterns.

  

Broken 'mites and 'tites.

Poole's Cavern, Buxton, Derbyshire.

I have returned! A lot more images which I hope you will find interesting.

Entrance to the cavern.

  

Making our way in. Wheelchair access is available but only part way in.

  

Old lamps.

  

Mind your head!

 

Trip to Chesterfield, Derbyshire....2.

Anglican church.

 

The organist.

 

 

A very modern LED cross.

  

The Altar.

 

 

Trip to Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

During the 19th century an official architectural survey declared the sprie unsafe and dangerous;
the town council were ordered to either take it down, or repair it and make it safe-they repaired it!
The octagonal spire is timber framed and constructed of oak with platelets of lead cladding rising in herringbone rows from the flat roof and crenallated battlements of the clock towered belfry, up to the golden cockeral atop the weathervane, 228 feet above the ground.
The spire currently leans 9ft 6ins to the south west and leans more every year.
The spire has a twist of 45% from west to eastat it's base which is thought to be attributable to the use of green, unseasoned timber, and the weight of the lead cladding.
The spire was added to the existing tower around 1362, but is not attached and is only held in place by the weight, 32 tons and perfect balance.

Spire and cross.
  

Above doorway.
 

The spire.
 

The weathervane.
 

Church clock.
 

I only discovered this afterwards when I was editing, I am assuming these are the names of the guys involved in the manufacture of the spire.
  

Staveley, Derbyshire.....2.

What a great sign, must be dog lovers.

 

Over the garden wall.

 

  

Welcoming doorway.

Plaque close up.

 

Ebenezer row, built in 1860.

Staveley, Derbyshire.

Today is the start of our trip to Staveley in Derbyshire.

The monument in the market square.