Eastwood Explorations
4th February 2014
Another bright sunny morning for our February outing. We met at the DH Lawrence Heritage centre in Eastwood and drove to Felley Mill for the start of our walk.
The first point of interest - a muddy track!
Spot the Fieldfare!
Our walk started at the site of the old Felley Mill (Strelley Mill in several of Lawrence's novels) which is now nothing more than a depressing patch of concrete. We then followed Weavers Lane up the hill past America Farm, a walk which Lawrence describes in The White Peacock. On over the motorway (which doesn't feature in any of Lawrence's writing) towards Annesley and then on to Kennel Lane which eventually gave us some lovely far reaching views.
The View with Crich Stand somewhere in the distance!
Three Babes 'Sitting and Ayeing a Minute'
Some thoughts on the view from our muse for the day
Our walk continued back on down the hill to our starting point at Felley Mill.
What remains of the Mill Pond
Back in the car (once Sherpa Jackson had removed all her layers!)we drove back to the Heritage Centre where we explored the exhibition
Carrot soup anyone?
Do my legs look long in this?
Just checking your spelling Bert
Mr Gove's vision for the future!
Now we know why Mrs J chose teaching over being a miner
After our very thorough exploration of the exhibition we had a very interesting and entertaining lunch at the Heritage Centre before walking up to the Birth Place Museum
The thin blue line
The day concluded with our guided tour of the Victoria Street house where DH Lawrence was born, thankfully we have come a long way from the days when women were judged by how well they black leaded their ranges -although I am sure the Babes would be brilliant at it!
What a fabulously organised day by our very own guide, Helen M. Excellent cultural walk and lots of fun at the Heritage Centre and Birth Place Museum. Now, where did I put my copy of 'Sons and Lovers'......?
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