We leave the Dales today to stay with Joel and Lindsay in Sheffield. Joel and Lindsay stayed with us earlier this year and Joel’s parents have actually stayed over at our house back home in Port Macquarie in the last couple of weeks!
On the way we make a determined stop at Buckden, a quaint little village in the Dales. Marks mother, Anne, had a great aunt who lived in this village and Anne used to visit when a youngster. The great aunt left the house to her house keeper. The house was a little run down from when we had seen it before so we enquired of the local shop keeper what had become of it. Apparently, the last owners had been descendants of Jane Austin and the husband, Colonel Austin had just passed away and being childless has left the property to his niece who lives overseas. On his death the property was valued at $1.5 mill AUD!
Another very important thing on our list was to visit the village that Mark grew up in, Kippax. Here we drive down the street where he lived and stroll through the graveyard where Arthur and Georgeanna Atack are buried, Mark’s great, grandparents. A visit to the library for some directions leads Mark to a lady who was in his class at school!
Joel and Lindsay make us very welcome!
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