Daily walk

[Davycc]

Hard to believe they are still standing after a millennium, especially with such shallow foundations Apparently before I moved to Antrin there was a wooden staircase up to the doorway and you could also climb to the top.

[ChilwellWhite]

Joining in the spirit of this thread went for a walk this morning deliberately to photo this.



Known locally as The Canary Girls. To this day it’s still not proven was it an accident or was it sabotage ?

[Selby White]

Joining in the spirit of this thread went for a walk this morning deliberately to photo this.



Known locally as The Canary Girls. To this day it’s still not proven was it an accident or was it sabotage ?

Didn't know that story so looked it up and found this with photos -

https://heritagecalling.com/2018/06/29/ ... ome-front/

[NottinghamWhite]

One for me to Google later, after the cricket a stone commemorating The Old Contemptibles from yesterday’s walk around the cemetery .

[Deleted User 728]

Those towers are ace.
Tenth century

That's just mindblowing.
You can't imagine anything being built today lasting half that, can you ?

[ChilwellWhite]

The house of Albert Hall, chief engineer and survivor of the Chilwell explosion, sorry about photo but it’s really high on the building.

[kk white]

Hard to believe they are still standing after a millennium, especially with such shallow foundations Apparently before I moved to Antrin there was a wooden staircase up to the doorway and you could also climb to the top.

Wow, would have been great to add to the 2 that can be climbed, but takes a lot of money to keep them accessible to visitors.

Luckily, St. Canice's is a very active parish in the city. Lots of regular mass goers, bell ringing teams, classical concerts etc, so money is always coming in.

As an aside, St. Canice is where Kilkenny got it's name:
Irish = Cill Chainnigh (pronounced Kill Kyanig - there's a guttural role of the letter 'h', but not worth arguing about )
English = Church of Canice (Cainnech)

To Riggers point above, yeah, it's amazing what could be built so long ago.
Actually, St Canices Tower is 2 feet off plumb, but it hasn't fallen yet, so I think we're ok for a while

[NottinghamWhite]

Today’s walk just over 4 miles according to Sue’s fit bit which took in the local cricket club.

[NottinghamWhite]

Just back from my walk nice & early no one around at all, bliss.

[Barlow Boy]

Just back from my walk nice & early no one around at all, bliss.

Bit too early in the year for my really early morning walks, not unknown for me and the dog to be out in the countryside at 5.30am in the summer.

Me, the dog, rabbits, deer and the birds, heaven.