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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rivers’
Dosthill Spa
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, tagged abe and ernst, country houses, Dosthill, rivers on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ELFORD LOW(AKA ROBIN HOOD´S BUTT) AND BEYOND
Posted in earthwork, tagged earthworks, elford, rivers on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This post has the particularity(is that a word! it sounds Spanglish to me )that will probably be not much longer than the title. The previous post about Robin Hood´s Butts refers to Elford Lowe a probable bronze age barrow, located by farm of the same name. The other butt mentioned, Wigginton butt (2 miles away) [...]
RIVER JOURNEYS
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, tagged canoeing, Hopwas, ideas, rivers on September 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My search for ways to investigate and ultimately enjoy the surrounding area around Tamworth had led me to contemplate a while back, travelling on the areas rivers(a canoe not a yacht!). This has been held back by many things, thinking about it too much, lack of watercraft,lack of experience, the appearance of that series by [...]
