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Weavers Down Morning Walk 16th November 2016

Jean and Jennifer led a great walk over Weavers Down, returning to The Deers Hut for some excellent lunch via Foley Manor. Weather was good and the walk was 4.1/2 miles, 340 ft gained.         We passed the fine bronze statue of Lord Strathnairn. It was in storage for 33 years after being found to be in the way of a new subway for Knightsbridge underground station. Eventually Westminster Council gave it/sold it  to Foley Manor on condition it would be accessible to the public. Lord Strathnairn died aged 84 in Paris, was buried in Christchurch, Hants and never married. A heroic leader and strategist, he walked from Mount Lebanon to Beirut so that some of the elderly American missionaries he had rescued could be carried on his horse. When in command of the Central Indian Forces of 1,540 men, he routed 20,00 men of Tatya Tope's army. Guns captured by him during this period were later to be used on his statue.

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Holly Hills above Forest Mere

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Cast in bronze from captured guns

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Lord Strathnairn's statue

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