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Title: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: inthebagbud on 16:12:39, 05/04/19

I am sure we have all had one of those moments when out walking and this is mine .


I am sure we have all had times where we review our life and there I am having one of those deep thinking walks reviewing past , present and the future walking up Great Knoutberry Hill, minding my own business and I come across the "Chesterfield Book Fairies" who have left a free book at the trig point.


Now its not the fact that fairies appear to be real and leave free books - but the poignant moment is the title of the book...…………...sometimes its best to look more closely at what you have as what you need is closer than you think!


(https://www.dropbox.com/s/4y7cjwcu4qv4eua/2019-03-30%2009.09.53%20%28800x389%29.jpg?dl=1)



I left the book as the title provided with all I needed from the day
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: Bigfoot_Mike on 18:42:29, 05/04/19
What was the name of the book?
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: inthebagbud on 18:45:00, 05/04/19
its in the picture - "Be Careful What You Wish For"
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: Bigfoot_Mike on 18:45:43, 05/04/19
The picture doesn’t show up on my iPad
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: inthebagbud on 18:52:26, 05/04/19
apologies I'm not sure why that is - the picture kind of makes the story
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: Rob Goes Walking on 05:49:31, 06/04/19
What does the white label say? Between the colour of the ink and the handwriting I can't decipher it.
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: inthebagbud on 06:06:29, 06/04/19
The handwritten label says

Free book please take me home love The Chesterfield book fairies 27.03.2019

There appears to be another label to the bottom right but I didn't open the packet so not sure if there was anything else written
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: vghikers on 14:10:22, 06/04/19
Now that's a nice change from the rubbish we often find stuffed into cairns at summits. I wouldn't have taken it though, excess weight for one thing.
The picture appears with plainly readable text here on a monitor, I suspect those having difficulty are using small mobile devices.
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: Rob Goes Walking on 18:30:38, 06/04/19
Now that's a nice change from the rubbish we often find stuffed into cairns at summits.


I've now done 16 walks in the Lakes and summited 10 fells there and haven't come across a single bit of litter. Wonder why the difference.
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: vghikers on 19:11:42, 06/04/19
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I've now done 16 walks in the Lakes and summited 10 fells there and haven't come across a single bit of litter. Wonder why the difference.
That's a small sample, I'm talking about hundreds of summits in England and Wales as well as cairns other than summit ones. It's usually orange/banana peel, choc wrappers and even squashed plastic water bottles. I've read that dedicated volunteer litter-picks are sometimes carried out, that will make a difference. There's also probably a psychological element whereby it sticks in the mind and seems more prevalent than it is.
Anyway the book fairies was a nice story.
Title: Re: Great Knoutberry Hill, Chesterfield fairies and a poignant moment
Post by: barewirewalker on 19:55:03, 06/04/19
By Jeffrey Archer, Perhaps the one current author, who really knows what the titled means.