Adventures in Windmill Land !

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I was lucky enough to be involved with the penning of an excellent book by Brian Hughes & Michelle Harris - *Beyond Windmill Land * - A wonderful journey ( with lots of me getting lost to locations as usual ) and much history and heritage learned along the way...

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A link if you wish to buy this brilliant book - all self published and the most excellent original drawings just follow the link above !

Intro ....Roughly one century ago (give or take the odd month) Allen Clarke’s ‘Windmill Land’ was first published; a philosophical account of the author’s rambles around the Fylde and Wyre. One hundred years later, armed only with their first-edition copy, Michelle Harris and Brian Hughes pulled on their hiking boots and headed off in search of Clarke’s legacy. This is ‘Windmill Land’ rediscovered, reappraised, re-evaluated – a ‘Return to Windmill Land’ to see what’s become of it.











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  1. Unknown8 March 2016 at 13:20

    This is actually the year (2016) when it should have been released. We might actually sell another copy when people find out.

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  2. Unknown8 March 2016 at 13:29

    Incidentally, that photograph of the 'Pilling Walk' sign...that's the actual walk. What you're supposed to do is unhook the sign from the wall, place it on the ground, and tiptoe round the dotted line. They figured it would be longer and more rewarding than actually walking round the village.

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