A Wonderful Windmill

Hello Lovelies,

yesterday was gloriously mild and sunny. We have been soooo lucky with these March weekends up until now.

I had to make a trip to the city of Nottingham, but as soon as my errand was done I asked eldest (my only companion on this trip ) if he would mind a short Windmill visit.

When we arrived the cloud was building slightly but the Mill still looked glorious.......

I really like this old building. Windmills are beautiful in my eyes...........

It's many years since we last visited , and when my boys were very young we only peeped inside the ground floor as there just seemed to be too many hazards to make it a good idea to go any further.
But Eldest and I now had the perfect opportunity to have a proper look around.

This is a working mill ( though sadly they are not milling at the moment as two of  the sails need urgent repairs ) and it's such an interesting place.........

I loved looking at all the milling equipment, like these old weighing scales...........

 

The stairs are really steep and eldest counted six sets of them, going up and up......



Past huge mill stones.........

 Till we were almost at the very top of the tower. I was so happy that you could open this window and take in the view, thought it was very windy up here..............

And this is the view. Are you surprised it's in such an urban area ?

 The reason it's survived when all other mills in the city have been lost is it's link to a gifted mathematician and scientist. You probably haven't heard of George Green but there is a short summary of his interesting  life HERE  (Click on "about George Green" at  the top of the page)

Looking down from the open window the building you can see is a small but engaging science centre, dedicated to his memory. It's got lots of hands on exhibits and is great for families............

Back inside the tower I loved all the natural wood and white painted walls.........



everything had a coating of flour dust including the trap doors that are used to move the grain around........



This is the view from a window on the opposite side of the tower. I like this aspect over the neat brick terraces and out towards the countryside............

I really hope the funding  to get this lovely windmill producing flour again is sorted out soon.

 Yesterday it looked magnificent though it has had mixed fortunes over the years which you can read about HERE (Click on" about the windmill" at the top of the page )

If you are in the U.K. and fancy a windmill visit in your area I came across THIS list of places to visit around the country.

And if you are visiting Nottingham any time I recommend Green's Mill and  Science Centre. It's a wonderful place and free to visit.
Jacquie x

Edited to Add.....Thank you for your lovely comments on this post.....I do wonder if my love of windmills started HERE....Windy Miller was my favourite character in Camberwick Green :0)