Calke Abbey NT Ticknal Visit South Derbyshire The National Forest England UK Tourist Information
Places to visit in South Derbyshire and The National Forest, England, UK
Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre has commissioned a set of videos promoting History and Heritage venues within the local area. All of the music contained on the video was composed and recorded by Local composer Matthew Rhodes.
Where to Pick Your Own Strawberries near Derby. A Time-Lapse drive to Scaddows Farm, Ticknall.
Do you like the taste of freshly picked English Strawberries with cream?
There is nothing quite like the taste and its cheaper than buying them from the supermarket.
Even if you have no interest in Strawberries I'm sure you will enjoy my nice summer drive through some English villages on the way.
Here in my video I have recorded a time-lapse car journey from Derby to Scaddows Farm near Ticknall in Derbyshire.
As you will see its not too far from Derby City to this pick your own fruit farm and well worth the drive.
As well as Strawberries they also have blackcurrents, Raspberries, Redcurrents and Gooseberries, also locally produced fruit and veg etc available in their farm shop.
The PYO Season is June to late July.
and its open 7 days a week from 9.30am to 7.30pm.
Driving Details:
The car journey starts on Osmaston Road (A514) in Derby and ends at Scaddows Farm, Ticknall, Derbyshire.
The ENTIRE journey from start to end is on the A514 road so very easy to drive.
It starts in The Osmaston area of Derby then through Allenton, Shelton Lock, Chellaston, Swarkestone, Stanton by Bridge and Ticknall.
This trip is 9.3 Miles and takes about 17 minutes if there is no traffic.
When you arrive at the farm entrance you need to turn left and follow the track along and down to the parking area.
Here you can get your plastic punnet or basket with a handle (you pay for the basket when you weigh in your Strawberries).
Speaking personally from experience I find that the best quality Strawberries are found furthest away from the entrance to the field as
most people are lazy and just walk to the nearest plants but of course those plants tend to have been picked the most of all.
Also you can find some good crops of berries near weeds and Thistles as people don't like picking near them.
Because you are picking the fruit yourself it means you can select the best of the crop, no point in picking fruit thats not quite ripe or
fruit that has started to go mushy. Remove as much of the stalk as possible and don't leave discarded fruit in the walking areas as it ends up
all over your shoes!
If you don't want to pick your own Strawberries then you can also buy punnets of Strawberries in the farm shop but seems a bit silly going all that way only to get some picked by someone else.
Costs:
As of July 3rd 2011
We picked 7lb 15oz of fruit and it cost £7.10 (including price for two baskets).
Music :
Mighty by Olaf used under creative commons license
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Olafs music :
Driving Route Map :
Detailed map of Scaddows Farm:
Time-Lapse details :
The driving video is made from 1115 photographs (at 2272x1704 pixels) taken using a modified Canon Ixus 430 camera. Sequenced using Sony Vegas 10 Pro. Video rendered in 1080p (519Mb uploaded video file).
Hope you found my video of use.
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Andy
P.S. How to you like your Strawberries?
SkyEye Britain - Your stunning guide to Great Britain
SkyEye Britain is the new smartphone guide to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Whether you're already a lover of stately homes, national parks, historic cities, castles or simply visiting Britain for the first time, SkyEye Britain puts you in control of a stunning aerial guide filmed in glorious High Definition!
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Amazing Interiors & Gardens @ Calke Abbey - Baroque Mansion near Derby
Calke Abbey probably took its name from the presence of an Augustinian Priory on the site in the 12th century, but is actually a Baroque mansion built by Sir John Harpur from 1701. This country house remained in the Harpur family for around 300 years, until passing to the National Trust due to massive death duties after the death of Charles Harpur Crewe in 1981. The Harpur family struggled to maintain the house in the later years, and the Trust have maintained the appearance of this gentle decline, which makes it a particularly charming house to visit. I've been a NT member for over 10 years, and this was the first occasion I'd visited a Trust property where interior photography was allowed - adding a whole new, but very challenging, dimension to my visit and hobby. My camera is at least 2 generations behind current technology, so low light performance is rather noisy, and the windows at Calke Abbey (like many National Trust properties) all have blinds to prevent light damage to the delicate fabrics, forcing me to use shutter speeds as low as 1/20th second at 1600ASA! Even so, I was surprised how steady hand held shots could be at these slow shutter speeds. The soft light from the windows gives great modelling to the contents of the rooms. To recover some of the detail in the highlights and shadows, I opened the RAW files at plus and minus 2 stops, along with the correct(ish) exposure, and ran them through SNS-HDR - a great little HDR package that I think currently gives the most natural results, whilst offering a good range of controls. I also processed the outdoor photos with SNS-HDR, except for some contributed from my wife's G9. The walled gardens are also very interesting at Calke Abbey, offering a great range of photo opportunities - well worth a visit.
The LONGEST stone bridge in England - Swarkestone Bridge, want to drive across it?
This video is about a local bridge.
Swarkestone Bridge and Causeway is the longest stone bridge in England. It is 1.2 Kilometres long (¾ of a mile).
Perhaps you drive over this bridge and spare little thought for it, Perhaps you should as its a Grade one listed Ancient Monument, built in the 13th/14th century and its being destroyed by todays heavy traffic.
A website has even been setup to try and raise public awareness to its declining condition.
The bridge starts next to the Crewe and Harpur Arms at Swarkestone and travels for just under one mile to the village of Stanton by Bridge.
The bridge that goes over the River Trent was rebuilt in 1797, the remains of the original bridge were washed away but the foundations probably remain which is why its very rough water below the bridge.
The rest of the bridge (The Causeway) still survives to this day and winds its way across the marshy wetlands.
According to local legend, the building of Swarkestone Bridge in the 13th century is attributable to two sisters who saw their lovers drowned trying to cross the River Trent on horseback.
They crossed the flooded meadows safely, but then either missed the ford altogether, or were swept off by the strong current. The horrified sisters saw all this happen through a hall window and vowed to ensure no else met the same fate.
They spent the rest of their lives building the bridge and died penniless as a result.
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Some details about my video :
00:00 This is a view of the part of the bridge that goes over the river Trent, this part was built in 1797. To the right of the bridge is the Crewe and Harpur Arms. To the left is the Causeway part of the bridge.
00:10 Time-lapse sequence I shot showing how much traffic uses this bridge. This sequence is made from 959 individual photographs which I took on Thursday 22nd May 2008, the first frame was taken at 15:48:22 and the last one at 16:03:18. If you were on the bridge in this time window then you will be in this time-lapse sequence.
00:48 Photographs showing the bridge from many angles. Its such a long bendy bridge its hard to capture the sheer size of it in one photograph.
01:24 A real-time drive from Swarkestone to Stanton-by-bridge.
01:38 The road on the right leads to the hamlet of Ingleby, where you will find the John Thompson pub.
02:02 The bus mounts the curb !!! No wonder this poor bridge is crumbling away.
02:42 Narrow bit which you have to be aware of as you can end up hitting someone.
03:16 Very Narrow bit.
03:34 End of the bridge so time to do a u-turn and go back in the other direction...
03:48 A real-time drive from Stanton-by-bridge to Swarkestone.
05:26 A few photos showing the type of heavy vehicles that this bridge has to cope with.
05:39 END
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For a great Birds eye view of the bridge see the link below. You can drag the view left to follow the route of the bridge
all the way to Stanton by Bridge :
For more info on Swarkestone see my page :
For more info on Stanton by Bridge see my page:
Hope you enjoy my short video on this great bridge. Please rate and comment if you enjoyed it.
Thanks
Qasr E Zahra Burton Road, Derby - Fine & Country Derbyshire
Full address: Qasr E Zehra, 359 Burton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6AH
Description: Qasr E Zehra is a completely unique home which was architect designed for the current owners in the year 2000 and won awards for its quality of design at the time. It remains one of Derby’s most unique homes with significant improvements being added to the home over the years of ownership. This home boasts more than 8,400 sq. ft. of expansive and adaptable living accommodation which has been blended together with a meticulous eye for detail and concentrating on luxuriousness throughout the home.
Our address: 11 Mallard Way, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8GX
Contact details: 01332 973888 or (0)7496 710557
Link on our website:
Pick Your Own Strawberries at Bellis Brothers
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