"SEIZE THE DAY" Organised by Mike Smith

"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 in a
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 Burrowbridge in Somerset. 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 River Tone and the old course of the River
Cary join the River Parrett. 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 Alfred the Great.
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