Juneathon day 18: cycle 7 miles time 35min
My day has been spent at a local archive of paper making in general and the John Dickinson Company in particular. As a cycled there and back I thought I would count the journey as my Juneathon. It makes it a fairly light day but I think 7 miles is just about allowable.
One of the reasons I have an interest in papermaking, aside from it being one of the most significant inventions in human history, is that our local mills significanct in the history of mechanically produced paper. The first continuous papermaking machine was installed in the Frogmore Mill in 1803, which is next door to the site of the first John Dickinson mill at Apsley.
John Dickson obviously grew to become the dominant producer of stationery in the country but one of the interesting things I found out today was that it was the wealth generated by these local mills that allowed the excavation and restoration of the palaces of Knossos.His grandson, Arthur Evans, used the money he inherited to buy the land at Knossos and undertake all the archeological work.
If my current plan is to try to look for “some one good thing” from every day then today it is the discovery that there is a strong link between Hemel Hempstead and the rediscovery of the Minoan civilisation.
Today’s picture is of Frogmore Mill. You can see the water disappears into the building, where used to drive the waterwheel, which were the original source of power. It now houses the Paper Trail, with its displays on the history of papermaking, an archive and a small, working machine.
Juneathon statistics 18/18
Run 12/18
distance 85.62km
time 7hr 54min
Cycle 4/18
distance 61.4 miles
time 4hr 38min
Gym 2/18
time 1hr 35min
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