Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
A few signs of spring seen on my afternoon walk.
I have nearly completed my mini walking challenge for World Cancer Day. I had hoped to finish my challenge earlier but I needed to fit my walks around helping my mum with her hospital appointments and outpatients care; timings of which were flexible.
I now need to think of a fitting short afternoon walk to complete my challenge tomorrow.
…Later in the day I enjoyed ‘Fine Dining’ with Mr C at Chez Nous. A fish and chip makeover, it was delicious.
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The real trick in life is not to be in the known, but to be in the mystery
Fred Alan Wolf
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For World Cancer day I am embarking on my first mini walking challenge of the year. My aim is to walk 30 miles in in one week, and when complete I will make a donation to Cancer Research UK.
Each year, hundreds of activities and events take place around the world, gathering communities, organisations and individuals in schools, businesses, hospitals, marketplaces, parks, community halls, places of worship – in the streets and online – acting as a powerful reminder that we all have a role to play in reducing the global impact of cancer.
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…followed by ‘Comfort Eating’ at Chez Nous
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The heritage timeline is a series of granite stones stretching over 42 meters on the Market Square from St. Nicholas Church to the equestrian statue of the Marquess of Londonderry. It shows a stylised river and tree flowing through the 1,000 years of time and history, 40 stones have bronze reliefs, others engravings, and most of them an explaining text. The dedication stone was unveiled on 1 July 2011 by 10 year old Stefan Szablewski, who had suggested a Time Line to be included in the designs for the Market Place in a letter to the Durham Times in December 2009 .
Most of the images that make up the timeline can be viewed on this link.
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The first maps of Durham show a surprising direction for Durham City’s first Great North Road. Published in 1598 and 1610, they suggest that South Street was a major route and the strip map in ‘Britannia Depicta’ of 1720 confirms its place on the north-south link. This western route was more direct, allowing mail coaches to avoid the city’s narrow bridges and streets, and they would also pass closely by the ‘cupboard’ at the top of South Street.
Without leaving his seat, the coach guard could then deliver letters and packets through the trapdoor or receive outgoing mail. An antique print from the Postal Museum Archive portrays a similar arrangement on the early morning Bath to London run. In this case, the horses hardly break stride as mail pouches are handed over from a second-floor post house.*
*from Secret City of Durham by Derek Dodds
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