Solidity
To all those out there in the blogosphere who thought that my "Alvin the Avenger" story was true, I have a confession to make. It was all pure, unadulterated fiction! The tyrannic reign of King Blabbermouth is not over. In fact, he has just invaded Switzerland. Sorry. This afternoon I needed some self-therapy after all that fictionalising. With the afternoon brightening, I drove over to Stanage and parked close to the little car park at Dennis Knoll. At this time of year, summer swathes of vigorous green bracken have been replaced by dead and fallen vegetation that is rusty brown in colour. One advantage of this scene of death that is simply waiting for springtime is that you are better able to locate abandoned millstones. The millstone industry probably began at Stanage Edge in the fourteenth century before peaking in the seventeenth century. The millstones were all laboriously hand-carved and were mainly used in flour production though some were used for grindin...