Tibshelf
Very often, I don't talk to anybody else on my country walks and explorations but today's adventure began differently. At Tibshelf Cemetery in eastern Derbyshire, I met the two men shown above. They are Dean and Ashley and they work for Tibshelf Parish Council. As well as maintaining the cemetery, they have several other responsibilities within the parish and often receive instructions from councillors. Dean has worked for Tibshelf since 2002 and Ashley joined him eleven years ago. I conversed with them for twenty minutes or so . They were both proud of the fact that they had never had a single day off for illness and I was struck by the pride they clearly had in caring for Tibshelf come rain or shine. After they had driven off in their van, I took the following picture of Nethermoor Cottages and then walked back into the cemetery grounds. There was only one other person there - a lone man leaning over his car door and looking at a floral display that spelled out the ...