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The Peak District

A short but fine adventure by Snappy David Read more
  • Trip start
    August 2, 2018

    Thor's Cave, Fawfieldhead

    June 3, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Thor's Cave is a natural cavern in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England. It is classified as a Karst cave. Its accessible via a mile or so walk from Fawfieldhead where we parked the car. A little bit of interesting history, the Cave was served by a railway station on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway from 1904 to 1934; the disused line now forms the Manifold Way.Read more

  • Chatsworth, Derbyshire

    June 4, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    A visit to Chatsworth House which is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales 3.5 miles northeast of Bakewell. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549.

  • The Roaches

    June 5, 2018 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    The Roaches (from the French les roches - the rocks) is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Peak District of England. ... The Roaches are the most prominent part of a curving ridge which extends for several miles from Hen Cloud in the south to Back Forest and Hangingstone in the northwest.Read more

  • Lud's Church

    June 5, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Lud's Church (sometimes written as Ludchurch) is a deep chasm penetrating the Millstone Grit bedrock created by a massive landslip on the hillside above Gradbach, Staffordshire, England. It is located in a wood known as Back Forest, in the Dark Peak, towards the southwest fringe of the Peak District National Park about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the A53 between Leek and Buxton. Over 100 metres (328 ft) long and 18 metres (59 ft) deep, all but the upper third of the slope has slipped forward towards the River Dane.[1] It is mossy and overgrown, wet and cool even on the hottest of days.Read more

    Trip end
    August 6, 2018