Saturday, December 29, 2012

A Few Weeks Ago

A few weeks ago, before the young man in a woolly hat driving a white estate car on the A38 near Ripley deciding he wanted the exact bit of road we were travelling on caused us to brake hard to avoid him hitting us, which action made us spin round in the road facing the oncoming traffic and skid backwards into the kerbside barrier which left our sturdy, reliable 'little car' so damaged it will probably cost more than it is worth to mend it!   We were going to change it next year as it is ten years old but we didn't want to do it quite yet.  In case you were wondering no, he didn't stop!  He was completely oblivious to what he had done.  A kind man did risk life and limb to stop and make sure we weren't hurt.  We weren't thank goodness, just shaken up a bit.  Anyway, before all this we visited Tideswell and walked a little way along the Monsal Trail near Miller's Dale.

The weather was mild for December and for once it wasn't raining.  We walked for about an hour or so and then drove down into Tideswell.  The church of St John the Baptist, also known as 'The Cathedral of the Peak,'  looked majestic in the sunlight. 

The contrast of the dark spires of the church and branches of the trees against the blue sky was stunning.

We didn't go inside the church this time but just wandered around the village which was very busy with both locals and visitors.

I was attracted by the sunlight streaming through the windows of the nave.

There were crows calling and flitting amongst the branches of the trees.

Tideswell is an interesting village which we have visited quite a few times over the years whilst doing Paul's family history.  In this village's parish records we have found the earliest references to his family name.

Inside the church is the bronze memorial to Bishop Robert Pursglove  1504 - 79 and there are also references in the streets around the church.

Above is Pursglove Lodge which can be found on Pursglove Road.  There is also a Bishop Pursglove School just down the road at the back of the church.

As we were wandering around taking photos a group of people on an historical treasure hunt were also buzzing around looking for clues, all wearing red santa hats and having great fun, their shrieks of laughter and animated chatter accompanying the cawing of the crows.

The afternoon was drawing in, the sun was disappearing and it was getting cool.   

Time to go home!

40 comments:

  1. Lovely photos as ever, but oh Rosie, thank goodness neither of you was hurt! It certainly does shake you up, something like this. I hope all is well now.

    Mike is researching his own family history too. It's a fascinating thing to do. Jx

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    1. We are managing without a car at the moment whilst we wait to see if anything can be done to mend our poor little car or if it really will have to go for spares. We've been doing family history for quite a while now and are always finding something interesting along the way:)

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  2. Hello Rosie

    I wish you and your family a very Happy New Year full of joy and prosperity and good health. How shocking for your to have that horrible accident. Thank God you are all safe.
    The village is so beautiful and I yearn to visit the cathedral and sit quietly in thought.

    Thanks for your blog which always educates and entertains.

    Helen xx

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    1. Thank you, Helen and a Happy New Year to you and yours, too. The church is beautiful inside with plenty of corners to sit quietly:)

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  3. What a lovely post - good that you'd had such a pleasant day before that road hog caused you to have an accident. His head must have been in the clouds - certainly not where it should have been.

    Pleased to hear that you are both okay.

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    1. Thank you! He was so intent on getting out into the outside lane to overtake a car ahead of him he didn't see us - not much going on under his woolly hat!:)

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  4. How lovely to find a road with your husband's family name! I am so sorry to hear about the car incident. I am glad that you are both ok but I am sure that you were very shaken up, especially finding the car facing the oncoming traffic! x

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    1. Spinning across the road and seeing the traffic coming towards us was very strange it almost seemed to happen in slow motion. I was holding myself rigid as I was afraid of hitting the barrier and rolling over into the field below:)

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  5. What a scarey accident! Glad you were OK. Hope your car can be salvaged. Pursglove's a great name! Happy New Year.

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    1. It was scary, Abby. Nice to see you back blogging by the way. Happy New Year to you too:)

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  6. Glad you're ok, bet the other driver was texting, we see it all the time.

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    1. Thanks, Janet. I'm not sure what he was doing or thinking, if we hadn't breaked he'd have hit us:)

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  7. So many 'nutters' on the road and thats the polite name. Glad you were OK.

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    1. I'm glad too! Cars are expendable when it comes down to it, there is so much silliness on the roads at this time of year:)

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  8. I was sorry to hear about your little car - but I'm glad you walked away unscathed both of you. I love Tideswell and I have never noticed Pursglove Street before! Hope you get some wheels sorted soon xxxxxxxx

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    1. Ah, next time you visit you will have to seek out
      Pursglove Road it's not far from the churchxx:)

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  9. Oh gosh. We hear reports of accidents on the A38 but never expect to know people involved. It's usually just an annoyance for poor K because it causes tailbacks on the M6. I'm glad you weren't hurt, but sorry about the car!

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    1. Thanks, as soon as things are back to normal after new year we are going to see what, if anything, can be done about the car. We were on our way to visit relatives in Mansfield so nearer the M1 than the M6. Now there is a road I don't like travelling on!:)

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  10. Well, its wonderful to know you escaped without harm.. Some people should not be driving on the road.. Anyway, your lovely blog was so calm and serene with all the photos, its difficult to imagine how shook up you must have been... Thank you for sharing and I h ope that you and yours have a splendid New Year**
    Janzi, just down the road in Sawley Derbyshire!

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    1. Thank you, Janzi. We always travel to see friends in Nottingham down the A50 and through Sawley and Long Eaton to Beeston. I love it down by the river and canal at Sawley - not in this weather though. Happy New year to you too:)

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  11. Oh dear, but glad you are ok and those photos are wonderful ! Xxx

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  12. Hello Rosie! I hope you had a lovely Chtistmas! WHat a horrible thing to happen though- glad you are ok though! What an interesting blog entry- love the different historical places you saw and the idea of the treasure hunt sounds great!!!

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    1. The people doing the treasure hunt were having great fun! We had a lovely Christmas hope you did too:)

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  13. I think I once preached at Tideswell Methodist Chapel many years ago!

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    1. Ah, I think we walked past it as we wandered around! As it was Sunday late morning people were coming out after a service:)










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  14. Sorry to hear about your scary accident and hope you can still get out and about to take such interesting photos. Tideswell is on my list to visit in the new year. Hope you have a good New Year. I enjoy reading your blog.

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    1. Thanks Linda, hope you get to visit Tideswell soon it is a lovely, lively village with such interesting old buildings:)

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  15. Thank goodness you're safe. Your tour of Tideswell is so good I was there, I could hear the crows and feel the sunshine on my face. Happy new year Rosie.

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    1. Happy New Year to you, too! The sound of the crows comes into my mind when I look at the photos:)

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  16. What an awful thing to happen Rosie. I'm so glad that you were both unhurt. I like Tideswell and like your other half I have ancestors from there - though not so illustrious I'm afraid:)

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    1. I think all the Pursglove references are about the Bishop. We haven't been able to trace Paul's family back to any of the Bishop's siblings as the parish records were destroyed in the Civil War. Pursgloves then crop up in the Stoney Middleton, Eyam, Hayfield and Edale areas:)

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  17. Lovely photos - but I'm so sorry to hear about the accident that followed. Thank goodness that you weren't badly hurt. I hope that the right replacement car soon comes into your life! Jx

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    1. Thanks, Jan! I hope so too. Happy New Year:)

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  18. Happy New Year, Rosie. I'm glad you're ok after the accident & thank you for the lovely photos of your day out.

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    1. Thanks, Lyn. Glad you enjoyed the photos. Happy New Year to you, too:)

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  19. Oh my good ness what a shack up you poor thing glad you were OK. lovely group of photos.

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    1. It was a bit scary! Glad you enjoyed the photos:)

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  20. "He was completely oblivious to what he had done."

    What a moron - T.

    p.s. glad you and family are ok, Rosie. Sending your family good wishes from America. Q: What was that good Samaritan's first name? (Sorry, I'm known to ask odd questions).

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    1. Thank you, Tony! We didn't speak to the man long enough to ask his name, he had left his car at the side of a busy road and run down to make sure we weren't hurt, as soon as he saw we were ok and could get ourselves off the road into the next layby he dashed off:)

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