Derbyshire born, Derbyshire bred, all handmade by me, in a Derbyshire shed! - Rob Thornton
 
In rural south Derbyshire is the family smallholding, with one field called ‘cow close’ and the other ‘millway’. Although there was never a mill called Cow Close Mill, the ‘millway’ name probably refers to a long lost windmill near the farm, and so it just seemed to fit for my ambitions of a studio and workshop!