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Sunday, January 13th, 2008White Nancy
Friday, January 4th, 2008Just before Xmas I went to Bollington, a small town near Macclesfield, not too far from here. Its notable landmark is White Nancy, a small, sealed, slightly lopsided folly, perched like a Pope’s hat on a hillside above the town. Here is some history.
how do you like them apples?
Monday, March 5th, 2007happy new year!
Monday, January 1st, 2007wallpaper
Thursday, November 16th, 2006tao of what next
Monday, October 16th, 2006lantern procession ‘06
Monday, October 2nd, 2006One evening every year this town congregates at one end of the gorge on which it sits and shuffles through it, carrying homemade willow and tissue-paper candle-powered lanterns…great opportunity to say hi to the neighbours, witness some amazing fire sculptures, eat drink and generally be merry.
Clearly we had angered the gods, though - this year it culminated in an impressive downpour - fortunately the assurances that tissue paper lanterns are more-or-less waterproof were correct.









