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2014.07.16 - Derwent Valley Heritage Way - Belper to
Derby* - leaders Gillian Manasse & Angela Coles - Wednesday
*Belper, (Memorial Gardens, The Park), Milford, Makenay, Bridge Inn, Peckwash
Mill, Rigga Quarry, Little Eaton, Roundabout A61 / A38, under A38, across
Talbots Turf Farm (flood plain), Darley Abbey (Mills, Inn, School, Park etc),
along River Derwent, Derby Railway Station
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| Belper Memorial Gardens |
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| an uneven playing field - England's training ground for the
world cup? |
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| Holly Bush Inn |
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| Bridge Inn near this |
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| Bridge Inn gardens to left of River Derwent |
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| Peckwash Mill chimney (steam replaced water power briefly
until neighbours objected to the chimney fumes & shut the paper
mill down) |
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| Derwent House |
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| a glimpse of the Peckwash Mill now converted into
residential accommodation |
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| Face of the disused Rigga Quarry - stone from this quarry
was used in the construction of Derby Cathedral |
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| Little Eaton village school |
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| The A61 / A38 roundabout under reconstruction |
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| under the A 38 |
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| over Talbots Turf lands following a series of 'air
shafts' in a flood plain - what do/did they vent? |
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| turf |
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| Darley Abbey Mills |
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| cycle times - walking takes rather longer |
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| weir creating headrace pond for mills |
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| The remnant of the actual Darley Abbey now an Inn |
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| the stocks? |
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| the old school |
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| Handyside Bridge |
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| Derby Cathedral |
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| swing bridge |
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| Tour du Derby? |
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| some stopped at The Brunswick Inn for refreshment |
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| near Railway Station car parks |
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