Cromford (265)

I had to wait about here for ages for the church to open. I was in my transport bag (it’s an M&S carrier bag that’s seen better days – I really should be carried around in something more elegant.) [Well you do insist on being out of the rain, and it’s what was available. We are looking to upgrade you to a Waitrose bag, Big Ted.].

Anyway, when I got inside, I found it was well worth the wait – what a lovely St Mary’s and it has some splendid pictures on the walls (you can see them behind me in this picture). The church was built by some mill chappie and he did a very good job. [St Mary’s, Cromford, was built by Sir Richard Arkwright the industrialist and inventor. He died before the church was finished, but the building was completed by his grandson, Big Ted.]