A short while ago, I mentioned on this blog that there was to be a trail of ram sculptures in the city of Derby, and today (Thursday 10th June 2021), I travelled to the city to see them all. The Derby Ram Trail is organised by Derby Museums, in partnership with Wild in Art. The … Continue reading The Derby Ram Trail 2021
There are a few pieces of blog news to bring you. Recent Blog Posts Since the easing of lockdown restrictions in April, I have not been slow to get back out and about on trains and around Burton on Trent. In mid-April, I took the train to Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire, and walked to a previously-visited … Continue reading May 2021 Blog Update
Previously on Martyn's Blog... I was in Matlock on Friday 23rd April. After a lovely morning wandering up and down the streets of the town, and the glorious Hall Leys Park, it was time to head down the A6 to Matlock Bath. At the end of Hall Leys Park, the pathway up to the Pic … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Return to Matlock and Matlock Bath (Part 2)
Back in April 2019, I visited Matlock and Matlock Bath in the Peak District, Derbyshire for the first time. Two years later, I fancied a return trip, so on Friday 23rd April 2021, I did just that. I wasn't originally going to do a blog post about this trip, but after editing the photos, I … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Return to Matlock and Matlock Bath (Part 1)
Today, Monday 17th May 2021, I ticked off station number 47 on the list of stations in the East Midlands Ranger Area when I made the trip to Leicestershire to visit Syston (pronounced "sigh-stun"). I hadn't been to Leicestershire since the late summer of 2019, due to the area being placed under a strict local … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Syston
It was a fine and sunny May day when I left the house to have an explore around Willington, Repton and Newton Solney. At least it was when I left the house. "What sort of weather did you have on this trip?" I hear you ask. All of it, would be my answer. It rained, … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Willington, Repton and Newton Solney
One of the local places in Burton on Trent (Stapenhill, to be exact) on my long list of places to visit was Scalpcliffe Woods, a nature reserve located near Stapenhill Cemetery. So, on the last day of April 2021, I set out on the journey there. I was expecting a nice, leisurely stroll around some … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Scalpcliffe Woods, Stapenhill
It was a cold start to May 2021, and my latest trip out on the trains. It was early on a Saturday morning, 1st May, when I ticked off station number 46 of 76 on the East Midlands Ranger Area challenge, Attenborough in Nottingham. I had passed through Attenborough many times before on trips to … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Attenborough
It's been 170 days. Almost six months. Today, April 15th 2021, I went on a train again after travel restrictions were eased in England. Last October, I went to Longport near Stoke on Trent to tick off station 44 on the East Midlands Ranger Area list. Today, I went to Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire to tick … Continue reading 2021 Travels – Thurgarton
Following on from the popular blog posts looking at artworks and sculptures around Burton upon Trent's Washlands and elsewhere in the town, I present to you the third and possibly final part. The Burton Cooper by James Walter Butler The Burton Cooper is probably the most well-known and one of the oldest pieces of artwork … Continue reading Burton on Trent Landmarks #11 – Even More Sculptures
