While browsing the 1815 map of the Tamworth Timehikes area, I came across the name Dosthill Spa, between the then village of Dosthill and Two Gates on a bend of the river Tame and next to Dosthill house. 1815 ordnance map with orange arrow pointing out Dosthill Spa Many of the ´discoveries´ in the blog [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Dosthill Spa
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, tagged abe and ernst, country houses, Dosthill, rivers on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tamworth Timehikes souvenirs
Posted in Musings, Souvenirs on January 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I´m giving Tamworth timehikes it´s very own souvenir section, which gives me a chance to show my artistic dabblings or ideas on tamworth timehike themes, tongue in cheek style or not. Here´s the first installment for the Tamworth Timehikes souvenir shop: Archaeological framed section Archaeologists use vertical cross sections to understand the stratigraphy and interpret [...]
Bundle of search tools as forgiveness part II
Posted in Exploration kit, tagged resources, Tamworth on January 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As in the first part of a bundle of map links of forgiveness my posts are lagging far behind. There´s a lot of changes at the moment in the physical world which I´m not going into, as this blog is strictly obsessed with ´things´ of the past in the the Tamworth area. I´m convinced that [...]
Tunnel vision
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Underground, tagged abe and ernst, dungeon, Fantastic Mr Fox, hints, housing estates, underground, urban legends on January 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Since writing this series on underground spaces(see underground categories) in the Tamworth area, I´m seeing and imagining tunnels, subterranean spaces everywhere! Here´s a short incomplete list of some of the places I´ve seen, read or heard about subterranean spaces the last mont; Exploration Forums like Dark places and organisations Subterranea Britannica.Queries about rumours of underground [...]
