tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54790497974546606082024-03-05T14:00:04.250-08:00Ambient ImagesFloating Concretehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11795302986460431921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479049797454660608.post-87934559220262656302015-01-18T07:29:00.000-08:002015-01-18T07:29:49.968-08:00Sunday 18th December 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Floating Concretehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11795302986460431921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479049797454660608.post-47311785168477395822015-01-11T13:48:00.000-08:002015-01-11T13:48:24.434-08:00Sunday 11th January 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire</div>
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<b>Longshaw Estate</b> is an area of moorland, woodland and farmland located within the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_District_National_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Peak District National Park">Peak District National Park</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="England">England</a>. The Estate has been in the ownership of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">National Trust</a> since 1931 after being first bought by the people of Sheffield in 1928. It is part of the larger <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">National Trust</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_District" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Peak District">Peak District</a> Estate and is run along with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Peak_Estate" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="High Peak Estate">High Peak Estate</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Peak_Estate" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="South Peak Estate">South Peak Estate</a>. At Longshaw there is a tea room, shop and a learning centre called 'Moorland Discovery Centre' which is a joint venture between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">National Trust</a> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_National_Park" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Peak National Park">Peak National Park</a>. Also staff and volunteers run many events throughout the year on the estate relating to wildlife, the estate itself and many other topics.</div>
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The name of Longshaw is thought to have derived from the long wood in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padley_Gorge" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Padley Gorge">Padley Gorge</a>.</div>
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T'was very windy, and the sky was quite boring, threatening rain, but it was a good walk.</div>
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