"SEIZE THE DAY"

Organised by Mike Smith

Many of our long term members [That means the Oldies. Ed] will remember that every year we ran a year-long event called Carpe Diem in which members visited numerous pre-arranged locations around the country and the one who visited most won the Carpe Diem trophy.

The idea is that you visit a series of landmarks and accrue points for each one visited, with differing points allocated depending how far each landmark is from a central location. For 2021, the central location is the PEMC building at Nottingham University on Triumph Way in Nottingham (right). PEMC stands for Power, Electronics, Machines and Control, of course.

This is what you do: take a photo of your bike as close as possible to the landmark - most are at kerbside with a few just 20 yards or so away, but still visible from the road - then you post your photos on the PEMC Facebook members' page. We’re using Facebook as it’s the most efficient platform for the transmission of multiple photos; the alternative would be for you to send photo prints or email them, and that could be very cumbersome. Apologies if you’re not on Facebook, but perhaps if you fancy taking part someone could help you access it for this event. Mike Smith will monitor Facebook and keep a tally.

Listed on the following few pages are the 44 landmarks to whet your appectite. Anyone that visits 30 or more will win a bottle of bubbly and the member who visits the most will win the Carpe Diem Trophy. In the event of a tie, then a draw will be carried out to determine the winner. Bubbly and Trophy will be presented at the Xmas party on 4th December 2021. The start date for this event is January 1st 2021 with the end date being 30th November 2021.

The list of the landmarks, a brief description of each, their longitude and latitude, plus a .gpx file for your satnav will be emailed to you shortly by the Chairman.

Note: Due to likely Covid restrictions, the landmarks are all in England as it was felt it could be difficult if you had to cross borders if we were still under different national Covid restrictions.

The 44 landmarks are on the following pages. CD01 ARTHUR’S STONE Arthur’s Stone, a Neolithic chambered tomb, is over 5,000 years old. Today only the large stones of the inner chamber remain, though these were once covered by a long earthen mound. The chamber is formed of nine upright stones, with an enormous capstone, estimated to weigh more than 25 tons. Like many prehistoric monuments in western England and Wales, this tomb has been linked to King Arthur since before the 13th century. According to legend, it was here that Arthur slew a giant who left the impression of his elbows on one of the stones as he fell. CD02 ASKHAM PINFOLD Pinfolds were originally built to hold animals which had been found straying from their owner's land or grazing on the common without common rights. The animals were driven into the pinfold and kept there at the expense of the owner until a fine was paid. The person in charge of the pinfold was the 'pinder', giving rise to the surname Pinder. CD03 BATTLE MEMORIAL The Battle of Blore Heath, one of the first battles in the War of the Roses, was fought on 23 September 1459 (St Tecla's day). The stone is at the site of the camp. At least 2,000 Lancastrians were killed with the Yorkists losing nearly 1,000. Local legend says that Hempmill Brook flowed with blood for 3 days after the battle. Legend also has it that Margaret of Anjou (consort of King Henry VI) watched the battle from the spire of the church in nearby Mucklestone, before fleeing. CD04 BESSIE SHEPPARD’S STONE Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth (Bessie) Sheppard failed to return home in July1817, after looking for work in the nearby town of Mansfield. She had been beaten to death with a hedge stake by Charles Rotherham who had been drinking in the nearby Hutt public house. After the seemingly random murder, Rotherham relieved Bessie of her only saleable possessions, a pair of shoes and an umbrella, and disposed of her body in a ditch. He returned to the Hutt, where he failed to sell his stolen goods, before continuing south towards Nottingham. He attempted to sell them again at another pub on the way, before finally succeeding in offloading the incriminating umbrella and shoes ina third pub in Redhill. After a manhunt on an unprecedented scale, Rotherham was finally apprehended loitering on a canal bridge in Loughborough, Leicestershire, and sent back to Nottingham, where his subsequent trial and public execution by hanging drew large crowds. CD05 BIRDOSWALD FORT Guarding the crossing of Hadrian’s Wall over the River Irthing, Birdoswald Roman Fort was initially a turf and timber construction. It was rebuilt in stone and remained garrisoned until the end of Roman Britain in the Fifth Century. CD06 BIRTH OF RADAR MEMORIAL On 26th February 1935, in the field opposite, Robert Watson Watt and Arnold Wilkins showed for the first time in Britain that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By 1939 there were 20 stations tracking aircraft at distances up to more than 100 miles. Later known as Radar, it was this invention more than any other that saved the RAF from defeat in the 1940 Battle of Britain CD07 BRILL MILL The most dominant feature of Brill is the 17th-century post mill built around 1680 and is one of the few remaining post-mills in the country - certainly one of the best preserved. A post mill rotates on a central post so that the entire building can be turned to face the wind. The name "Brill" is an odd mix of the Celtic "Bre", meaning "hill", and the Saxon "hyll", meaning "hill" also. So the name Brill can be literally translated as "hill-hill". CD08 BUCKET OF BLOOD According to local folklore, the Bucket of Blood got its name when the landlord went to the on-site well to get water but found there to be just blood. Further investigation discovered the badly mutilated corpse of a local smuggler at the bottom of the well. An alternative theory is that the well on the grounds would provide red water due to run off from local tin mining. CD09 BURROW MUMP Burrow Mump is a hill overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of in . It is a scheduled monument, with the ruined church on top of the hill a Grade II listed building .The hill stands at a strategic location overlooking the point where the and the old course of the River Cary join the . Although there is some evidence of Roman visitation, the first fortification of the site was the construction of a Norman motte. It has been called King Alfred's Fort, however there is no proof of use by . A medieval church was built on the hill in the 15th century. The current ruined church on top of the hill was built in 1793. CD10 CANADIAN MEMORIAL The memorial recalls World War ll Canadian forces present in the New Forest before the D-Day invasion of June 6th, 1944. A plaque with inscription reads: ‘On this site a cross was erected to the glory of God on 14th April 1944, by men of the 3rd Canadian Division RCASC’ - the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. On D-Day, RCASC soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Division and 2nd Armoured Brigade landed on Juno Beach, suffering fourteen fatal casualties on that day and many more in the weeks and months that followed. CD11 CAT & FIDDLE The Cat and Fiddle Inn is the second-highest public house in England. The inn gives its name to the Cat and Fiddle road, a stretch of the A537 linking Macclesfield to the west with Buxton to the east, which features many sharp corners. And is notorious for the high number of motorcycling accidents; an AA survey in 2003 named it the most dangerous stretch of road in the United Kingdom. The pub was built in 1813 and closed in December 2015. CD12 DUNSOP BRIDGE The village is at the confluence of the River Dunsop and the River Hodder. The bridge from which the village takes its name consists of two simple arches which span the river. It is often cited as the geographic centre of Great Britain, although the exact point is at Whitendale hanging stones 4 1⁄2 miles north of the village. On 8 august 1967, Dunsop valley entered the UK weather records with the highest 90-min total rainfall at 117 mm - so you may need your waterproofs. CD13 DUTCH COTTAGE Canvey Island was drained and embanked by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden in the 17th century. Numerous Dutch workers and their families settled here and they built rather unusual octagonal cottages of which two still survive. This cottage was built in 1618 and is now run by the Benfleet and District Historical Society as the Dutch Cottage Museum. CD14 FOSTER BECK MILL Built in 1887, which is late for a water powered mill, it produced linen until the 1960. The wheel is apparently one of the largest of its kind in the country. It was installed in 1904 and is a 30-horse power high-breast wheel, 35 feet by 5 feet. CD15 FREE TRADE OBELISK Richard Cobden (1804-65) is remembered for his success in getting the unjust Corn Laws repealed which reduced the price of bread. The stone monument stands on the lane to Dunford, over-looking Cocking Causeway. It was put up by Henry Court, a tenant farmer, as a memorial to Cobden. The revenue from the land around it funded Court's Charity for apprenticing poor boys and educating natives of Midhurst at the Grammar School. The inscription reads 'Free Trade, peace and goodwill among nations'. CD16 GUILDHALL The Guildhall is one of Lyme’s most iconic buildings, standing by the corner of Church Street and Bridge Street since the early 17th century. By the 19th century the building had fallen into disrepair and was remodelled in 1887 to mark the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. CD17 HAM SANDWICH SIGN Signpost at Finglesham West Street, ½ mile to Ham and 3 miles to Sandwich. Rumour says it keeps being taken as a souvenir. CD18 HUGGLESCOTE BEAR Since 2008 a statue of the Hugglescote Bear by Thomas Kenrick has stood at the gateway of the village. Legend has it that many years ago, when brown bears were still native to our shores, a villager named Huggle was unlucky enough to be chased by a bear. His heavy coat was slowing him down, so he threw it aside. The bear stopped in its tracks to take up the coat instead of pursuing the man, and so Huggle was able to escape. Huggle's story became so popular in the area the village was christened Hugglescote. CD19 JACK O’LEGS STORY POST One of the most curious tales of Weston is that of a giant called Jack O’Legs, a Robin Hood type character who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Legend has it that Jack O'Legs lived in a cave near Baldock in the village of Weston and is said to be buried in the graveyard of the Holy Trinity church, where two stones, 14 feet apart, mark the spots where his head and feet are supposed to be. A sign on the village green tells the story and his picture is part of the village shield. CD20 LIFEBOAT STATION Silloth lifeboat station was established in 1860. The current building is modern and operates an inshore lifeboat. Sixty years ago one of the worst tragedies to hit the Cumbrian coast led to the loss of four lives. On December 10, 1956, a crew of four volunteer firemen from Silloth were called out on a rescue mission. This followed reports that someone had got into difficulty on the marshy edges of Moricambe Bay (CORR), near Skinburness. John Johnstone, Alex Ramsey, Joseph Bell and Stan Graham never returned. CD21 LORNA DOON STAUTE The Lorna Doon statue, Dulverton, Somerset. The heroine of R D Blackmore's novel set in Exmoor. The statue was created by George Stephenson and given to the town in 1990 by an American, Dr. Whitman Pearson, she stands by the head- quarters of the Exmoor National Park. CD22 LUGGERSAL CASTLE Was probably built in the late 11th century by Edward of Salisbury, sheriff of Wiltshire, and had passed into the hands of the Crown by the early 12th century. Lying on the edge of a medieval forest, it was frequently used as a royal hunting lodge. The castle was much improved in the 13th century by King John and his son Henry III, but had fallen into ruin by the 16th century. CD23 LYCH GATE AND WALL Widdecombe-on-the-Moor Lychgate and Boundary Wall, on south-west and south sides of St Pancras Churchyard. CD24 MAJARAJAH’S WELL The 368-foot deep well was paid for by the Maharajah of Benares. He had met the young Edward Reade, the local squire, who spent many years in India where among other work he helped to sink a well for a village in Benares. He told the Maharajah that drought conditions also occurred on parts of the Chilterns. Moved by Reade's stories of water shortage in Ipsden – the water had to be fetched by hand from miles away – the Maharajah paid for a well to be dug in Stoke Row, at a cost of around £400, as well as a small well-keeper's cottage and a cherry orchard. The cherries from the orchard provided an income to help pay for the well’s upkeep. The well is 4 ft in diameter, dug by hand mostly through chalk, and is deeper that the height of two Nelson's columns. CD25 MILLENIUM CROSS The cross stands at the top of Heygate Bank over- looking Rose-dale. It stands on a double-stepped plinth on land owned by the Faccombe Estates. Stonemason Geoff Hutchinson was commissioned to make the 9ft cross from sand-stone supplied by the Limber Hill quarry at Egton Bridge, and its design matches two others on the moors: White Cross - better known as Fat Betty - and the Steeple Cross. The pattern of the monument is based on a 9th Century Saxon wheel-head cross. CD26 MILLENIUM CAIRN On a bend on the Cliff Gate Road in the Buttertubs pass above Thwaite is the cairn with plaque reading 'Muker Parish 2000'. CD27 MINERS MEMORIAL In Midsomer Norton, commemorating the Wells Way Colliery Disaster of 1839, situated in St. Johns churchyard. "The men and boys were hooked to the top and when their weight was felt fully on the rope it broke asunder precipitating the twelve to the bottom of the pit, some 756 feet. Only one body was sufficiently whole to be recognised. The rest were smashed and dissevered, limb from limb. The unthinkable was suspected for the rope was nearly new after six months of being worked with 37 cwt, had the appearance of being cut with a knife or chisel passed over the fibres.” An early Midsomer murder perhaps? CD28 EUROSCOPE MOST EASTERLEY POINT It is the most easterly point of the UK. Apart from the EuroScope which has international markings around it there isn't much near the spot. All the other cardinal points are in lovely countryside. It's just unfortunate this backs onto the industrial estate! CD29 OLYMPIC RINGS Portland was host to the London 2012 Olympic’s sailing events. The sculpture is 2.5m high, 3.8m long and weighs 9 tonnes. CD30 PEPPERPOT The Bell Tower (which some refer to as the 'Pepperpot'), which dominates the main approach into Upton on Severn, is the oldest surviving building in the town and has great value as a local landmark. The main body of the Tower is probably fourteenth century, although its base is thirteenth century and it is possible that an even earlier wooden structure of Saxon foundation once stood on the site. CD31 QUEENS STATUE The bronze statue at the Newmarket Racecourse entrance was a gift from the town in the year of her 90th birthday. It shows the Queen with a mare and a foal. The piece was created by Etienne Millner, who sculpted the Queen, and Charlie Langton, who was responsible for the animals. CD32 ROCHESTER WAR MEMORIAL Dating from c.1920, the war memorial is an ashlar tabernacle with 4 round columns, located at the southern end of the small village of Rochester on the A68 between Hexham and Jedburgh CD33 SHORT BROTHERS STATUE Short Brothers Statue by Muswell Manor, Shellness Road, Isle of Sheppey. Britain's first aircraft manufacturers, Horace, Eustace and Oswald Short achieved many firsts in aeronautics. They designed and built the first British-powered aircraft to complete a circular flight of a mile and created Britain's first-ever purpose-built aircraft factory on an aerodrome on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. CD34 St PETERS CROSS BUILDING Also known as the Old Gaol, St Peters Cross in Lingfield was built in 1473 to designate the boundary of two manors. However it also served as a gaol, wording on a plaque says 'the cage for the detention of petty offenders added in 1773 was last used in 1882 to detain poachers”. CD35 THATCHED PUMP An unusual thatched pump house on West Street, Fontmel Magna. The village is mentioned in both the Saxon Chronicles and the Domesday Book. CD36 THE KNOCKIN SHOP Its not what you think! It’s a post office in the village of Knockin which was anciently called Cnukyn and was the scene of a defeat of Welsh insurgents, under Madoc, in the time of Henry III. CD37 LION BRIDGE The Grade 1 Listed Lion Bridge over the River Aln at Alnwick was built in 1775 by John Adam. The stone bridge has 4 arches and in the centre of the bridge, on the east side, is the lead cast Percy Lion. The bridge carried the old Great North Road over the river Aln. CD38 THE OLD WELL Castle Street Winchelsea. The well was sunk and the small building housing it erected in 1851, a Mr Thomas Dawes paid for it and presented it to the town. It is 130 feet down to the water level. The well equipment still survives in the building even though piped water was introduced in 1896. CD39 THINE BE THE GLORY STONE At the side of the Clun to Woodside road, adjacent to a seat. CD40 THREE SHIRES STONE At the summit of Wrynose Pass, in the heart of the Lake District National Park, stands a carved stone marking the traditional meeting place of the old counties of Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmorland. The summit, at 393m (1281 feet), is reached by a tortuously long, winding road from Little Langdale to the east or from Cockley Beck to the west. The Three Shires Stone is made of limestone, quarried in Cartmel in 1816 for William Field, who held the post of Furness Roadmaster. At that time Cartmel and Furness were both in Lancashire. Curiously, the stone was not erected until 1860, after Field's death. CD41 TOMMY STATUE Tommy is a statue of a Great War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale, displayed on Terrace Green by the seafront in Seaham, County Durham. The corten steel statue weighs 1.2 tonnes and is 9’ 5” tall, with a rusty red patina. It depicts a First World War soldier, wearing boots, puttees, greatcoat and tin hat, sitting on an ammunition box, with downcast eyes, holding the barrel of his grounded rifle in his right hand. It is officially named 1101 (or Eleven- O-One), referring to the first minute of peace as the armistice came into force at 11am on 11 November 1918, but is more popularly known as Tommy, referring to the archetype private soldier Tommy Atkins. CD42 ORNATE VILLAGE PUMP The very elaborate structure was built to house the village pump in main Street, Over Norton. The plaque reads "This fountain was erected in the memory of Colonel Henry Dawkins of Over Norton and of Emma M Dawkins his wife by their four surviving children" CD43 WE'LL MEET AGAIN MUSEUM The museum is on the outskirts of Boston. It evolved from the passion of one man and his wife for collecting artefacts from World War II. Initially Paul and Linda Britchford toured around local schools with their treasured collection helping children to learn about the World War II by actually seeing and touching real objects from that time. Eventually they decided that they would set up a museum to display their collection and they chose the site at Freiston Shore as it backs on to the sea defences where there are old pill boxes and gun emplacements from the War. CD44 WINDING WHEEL Like many of the former coal mining villages in the North-East, a winding wheel commemorates the local colliery at Chopwell. A stone dates the colliery from 1896, but on the wheel itself is a plaque listing about 70 known fatalities from 1782 (presumably including those from an older colliery on the same site). Mining ceased in 1966. CARPE DIEM 2021 LOCATIONS

REF NAME POINTS LAT/LONG CD01 ARTHURS STONE 2 N52° 04.942' W2° 59.725' CD02 ASKHAM PINFOLD 1 N53° 15.926' W0° 53.833' CD03 BATTLE MEMORIAL 1 N52° 54.869' W2° 26.134' CD04 BESSIE SHEPERDS STONE 1 N53° 06.101' W1° 10.702' CD05 BIRDOSWALD FORT 4 N54° 59.457' W2° 36.065' CD06 BIRTH OF RADAR MEMORIAL 1 N52° 11.753' W1° 02.999' CD07 BRILL MILL 2 N51° 49.315' W1° 03.258' CD08 BUCKET OF BLOOD 8 N50° 11.717' W5° 24.842' CD09 BURROW MUMP 4 N51° 04.266' W2° 54.851' CD10 CANADIAN MEMORIAL 4 N50° 52.926' W1° 39.621' CD11 CAT AND FIDDLE 1 N53° 14.628' W1° 59.977' CD12 DUNSOP BRIDGE 2 N53° 56.747' W2° 31.212' CD13 DUTCH COTTAGE 2 N51° 31.445' E0° 33.392' CD14 FOSTER BECK MILL 2 N54° 05.599' W1° 46.490' CD15 FREE TRADE OBELISC 4 N50° 58.263' W0° 44.368' CD16 GUILDHALL 4 N50° 43.493' W2° 55.954' CD17 HAM SANDWICH SIGN 4 N51° 14.293' E1° 20.057' CD18 HUGGLESTONE BEAR 1 N52° 42.883' W1° 22.292' CD19 JACK O'LEGS STORY POST 2 N51° 57.321' W0° 10.145' CD20 LIFEBOAT STATION 4 N54° 52.207' W3° 23.610' CD21 LORNA DOON STATUE 4 N51° 02.415' W3° 33.170' CD22 LUGGERSAL CASTLE 2 N51° 15.570' W1° 37.335' CD23 LYCH GATE AND WALL 8 N50° 34.595' W3° 48.694' CD24 MAHARAJAS WELL 2 N51° 33.072' W1° 01.288' CD25 MILLENIUM CROSS 2 N54° 21.638' W0° 52.307' CD26 MILLENIUM CAIRN 2 N54° 22.174' W2° 11.221' CD27 MINERS MEMORIAL 2 N51° 17.129' W2° 29.143' CD28 EUROSCOPE MOST EASTERLEY POINT 2 N52° 28.863' E1° 45.727' CD29 OLYMPIC RINGS 4 N50° 33.347' W2° 26.536' CD30 PEPPERPOT 2 N52° 03.871' W2° 13.098' CD31 QUEENS STATUE 2 N52° 14.354' E0° 23.609' CD32 ROCHESTER WAR MEMORIAL A68 4 N55° 16.482' W2° 15.799' CD33 SHORT BROTHERS STATUE 4 N51° 23.246' E0° 56.162' CD34 St PETERS CROSS BUILDING 4 N51° 10.469' W0° 01.133' CD35 THATCHED PUMP 4 N50° 57.076' W2° 11.577' CD36 THE KNOCKIN SHOP 2 N52° 47.644' W2° 59.518' CD37 THE LION BRIDGE 4 N55° 25.072' W1° 42.446' CD38 THE OLD WELL 4 N50° 55.493' E0° 42.594' CD39 THINE BE THE GLORY STONE 2 N52° 24.948' W3° 01.137' CD40 THREE COUNTIES STONE 2 N54° 24.904' W3° 06.906' CD41 TOMMY STATUE 4 N54° 50.387' W1° 19.945' CD42 ORNATE VILLAGE PUMP 2 N51° 57.159' W1° 32.459' CD43 WE'LL MEET AGAIN MUSEUM 1 N52° 57.534' E0° 04.484' CD44 WINDING WHEEL 4 N54° 55.123' W1° 49.056'

Link to map showing all the above locations