The best traffic-free bike rides around Reigate And Banstead

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As in probably every other profession, there are also a few so-called “black sheep” among the many honorable millers in the milling trade. In this context, the popular children's book author Otfried Preußler recounts the following short episode in "The Flight to Egypt": "And they didn't even get all the way to Klostergrätz that evening, but there was a mill on their way, the Klostermühle, where they lodged until the next morning. At first, the Klostermühlen miller was almost shocked when the Imperial and Royal Gendarmerie suddenly knocked on his door: There had been some disputes with a customer last week over a few sacks of milling material that had inexplicably disappeared from the mill here [...] but it could have been that he was reported for it anyway - and now they're coming for him... so, of course, all the disputed sacks of milling material immediately fell from the Klostermühlen miller's mind, just as [Sergeant] Hawlitschek was now simply requesting a place to stay for the night."

Nowadays, only a few of them are still in operation in their original function, but are often merely technical and historical monuments to a long tradition of craftsmanship: the heavy millstones inside were moved solely by the power of the wind as driving energy and, for example, grain was ground into flour (so-called grain mills) or oil was pressed from fruits (e.g. olives) (so-called oil mills). These old windmills are therefore the best proof that people were clever enough to harness the power of the wind a whole series of centuries ago - long before the discovery of electricity and the inventions that followed from it.

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, human or animal muscle power could be easily replaced by the power of the natural elements through a watercourse - natural or artificially created - in order to grind grain into corn or press oil from fruit, for example. There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills: * Either the flowing water simply hits the blades of the water wheel from below to set it in motion; or * the water is guided above the wheel - usually through a so-called "mill channel" - and falls onto the blades; this type of construction is more efficient due to natural gravity.

Nestled by the River Mole, the Dolphin is a lovely country pub that serves traditional pub food and seasonal specials too. It's on the Greensand Way, a 108-mile (174 km) long-distance trail through Surrey and Kent. There's plenty else to explore in the surrounding countryside too, such as Betchworth Castle's ruins, the historic St Michael's Church and the ever-popular Box Hill.

Reigate Castle is a former castle in the town of Reigate in the county of Surrey, England. The castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century, probably by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey. The castle was shaped like a motte-and-bailey castle and was originally built of wood, but the curtain walls were rebuilt in stone about a century later. None of the original castle buildings have been preserved, with the exception of the Barons' Cave, a cave beneath the castle that still exists and is occasionally open to the public. The castle grounds are now a public park and the castle gate is the main feature of the municipal coat of arms of Reigate and Banstead.

St. Bartholomew's Church is a church in Leigh, Reigate, Surrey, England. It was built in the 15th century and is made of Reigate stone. It is an attractive church notable for its ancient oak tree next to the lych gate, said to be five hundred years old.