Hike to Corbar Cross

We were lost. Then Roo decided to run straight up a very steep hill to see what was what - turns out we had found IT. 

My sister is an adventurer and she is the best person to spend a day wandering in the woods with. Even when we thought we were very lost we were laughing and running and singing and having extremely good quality conversations. 

Too much goodness. 

Corbar Cross - at 1,433 feet (437 m) it is a magnificent viewpoint, west, south and east.  The view north is blocked by the higher land of Combs Moss, and the view westwards in constrained somewhat by Axe Edge, the Cat and Fiddle and Shining Tor, but southwards and eastwards the view is very extensive, reaching right to the hills of the Upper Dove, the East Moors and to the Losehill-Mam Tor ridge.  On the summit of the hill stands Corbar Cross.  The original cross was given to the Roman Catholic church by the Duke of Devonshire in 1950 to commemorate Holy Year.  The cross was replaced in the 1980s but was cut down as a protest  in 2010 during the visit of Pope Bendict XVI to the UK.  The cross, a simple wooden structure, was replaced in May 2011. 

Buxton in Derbyshire

 This was a very, very good day. Michelle and I took a trip to Buxton, a spa town in Derbyshire. Buxton it is known as the home of a geothermal spring and as the gateway to Peak District National Park. The small market town is very sweet. It has shops, a beautiful park and cultural center with a conservatory and opera house. Roo,  however, was in this for a classic countryside walk, so we bought a small walking guide and set out. We decided to take two short hikes that ended at high elevation points with iconic points of interest. We followed the walking directions closely, but our first attempt was completely wrong. We ended up in a very nice, but very unexpected golf course. All of the golfer's were very nice. They tried to help the lady hikers, but none of them seemed to know the trail that we were looking for. Ah well, we didn't need them. We found our way eventually.

On the train

 On the train to Manchester

At the Horseshoe

The Horseshoe is not Brian's favorite Horseshoe, but it was pretty good. 

Fenton House Apple Festival

The 17th-century house in Hampstead hosted an Apple Festival in its 300-year-old orchard and walled gardens. The house has post-Impressionist paintings of the Camden Town Group and an impressive collection of early keyboards that still play and fill the house with music. Visitors are allowed to play and Brian took advantage.

SAATCHI GALLERY: PAPER

Marcelo Jácome, Planos-pipas n17, 2013, Tissue paper, bamboo, fiberglass and cotton thread 

José Lerma & Héctor Madera, Bust of Emanuel Augustus, 2012, Paper bust

Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Couch For A Long Time, 2009, Couch, newspaper, ceramic. 73.7 x 193 x 90.2 cm

Storm Tharp, Love Nothing More, 2009, Series of 21 works on paper, ink, coloured pencil, graphite on paper,  76 x 56 cm each

Han Feng, Floating City, 2008, Tracing paper (laser print) and fish tackle thread. 150 x 600 cm

Han Feng, Floating City, 2008 (detail)

The Saatchi Gallery aims to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK. This exhibition, Paper, presents 44 young artists working with paper in collage, sculpture, drawing, painting and installation in a society that is becoming increasingly paperless.  

Spitalfields, Brick Lane & The Chili Fest