The symbol of the Peak District National Park is a millstone. These can be seen by the roadside on main roads as you enter the Park. This is on the road between Rowsley and Beeley as you drive towards Chatsworth House.
These benches are in the churchyard at All Saints' Church, Matlock Bank.
This is the dashboard of my Peugeot 206.
I guess it makes sense to have a photo of the camera I've been using for most of my Project 365 photos (the rest are taken on my iPhone!). It's a Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD S2100HD.
Today Tracy ran her first ever 10K run at Tatton Park ( www.tattonpark.org.uk/ ) and made it back in 1 hour 16 minutes.
She was collecting sponsorship money for the Bobby Moore Fund ( www.cancerresearchuk.org/bobbymoorefund/ ) which raises money for research and awareness into bowel cancer - the illness which killed my father.
If you would like to sponsor her still (and that is possible for a while after the event) you can at: www.run10kforbobbymoorefund.org/tracysteadman
My second day helping at Derby Feste had me working at the Luminarium one Cathedral Green.
What an amazing structure.
www.architects-of-air.com
I volunteered to help out at Derby Feste - this evening that involved helping construct the Lotus Flower float which was part of the Sari Sari Nights parade through the city centre, as well as walking along with the parade to stop any members of the public stepping out and being knocked flying by the float and circulating whilst Charity Shop DJ did his stuff in the Market Square.
This hangs beside our bed.
I took a short detour on the way home to St. Helen's Church in Darley Dale.
Our youngest, aged 3, in bed.
Went on a school trip to Buxton Opera House and the new Pavilion Arts Centre.
Buxton Opera House is a fantastic building. This is the ceiling in the main auditorium.
These are "In the Night Garden" cubes - though you obviously can't tell from this angle!
Every September there's a small touring funfair that comes to Matlock. It used to set up in the car park that was Cawdor Quarry but now that's been transformed into a Sainsbury's it takes place in Hall Leys Park in the middle of the town.
The kids had movie night!
This reflection appears on our living room wall for a while on sunny afternoons.
This is our cat, Moortjie. She's pretty old now - thirteen and a half. She's named after the cat that Anne Frank had to leave behind when she went into hiding (I got her at a time when I'd written a big piece of music about Anne Frank!).
The "mosaic" effect is done using Percolator on my iPhone.
The title says it all....
We went for a final day of school holiday treat to Drayton Manor Park.
We went to the Chatsworth Country Fair. Always a fantastic day out with loads to do from bands and dog trials to ferret racing and loads of stands and, of course, lots of food stuffs to try (yum)!
The Royal Signals White Helmets Motorcycle display team performed.
I got up extra early this morning (alarm at 5.20) in order to go watch the balloon launch at Chatsworth which was meant to start at 6.
Due to fog the launch was delayed until after 7 - oh well!
Fantastic event. Amazing sight.
We came home from Bournemouth via Northampton to do hunt the lions! (www.prideofnorthampton.com).
Outside the Grosvenor Centre there is this statue to commemorate the life of local scientist Francis Crick who, with James Watson, discovered the structure of DNA and its double helix shape.
We went to Brownsea Island today, in Poole Harbour.
A beautiful place with fantastic wildlife. There were peacocks (but sadly none displaying their full tail feathers) and, alas, we didn't see any red squirrels.
During the boat journey back to Poole Quay we saw this hydrofoiler which moved very rapidly through (or over!) the water!
We went for a day trip to Portsmouth and the Historic Dockyard. Went on HMS Victory and HMS Warrior, looked in the Mary Rose Museum and had lots of fun in Action Stations and on a Harbour boat trip.
The Spinnaker Tower stands proud nearby - a stuning addition to the waterfront skyline.
