High Peak District, United Kingdom Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Alton Towers
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- Apr 12, 2024, 1:22pm
- 🌬 14 °C
- Altitude: 430 m
- England High Peak District Buxton 53.242716, -1.92053753°14’34” N 1°55’14” W
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Buxton
April 12 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
A walk through Grin Low Wood, up to Solomon's Tower with Coen navigating. Then down to the town for food and a wander round the old bathhouse (now a shopping arcade), the Crescent, to the Opera House and pavillion hothouse, before refilling our water bottles with the famous local mineral water at St Ann's Well.Read more
Traveler St Anne's well. It is the Buxton bottled water but kind of warm and for anyone to use
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Traveler Coen was very mesmerised
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- Sep 19, 2019, 10:07pm
- 🌙 11 °C
- Altitude: 107 m
- England Derbyshire Dales District Bakewell 53.213158, -1.67526253°12’47” N 1°40’31” W
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Day 21
A Day in rhe Peak District
September 19, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
A fabulous day. Met Gill and Bob for breakfast and they had worked out a plan for the day - our one full day together. Instead of wandering round Buxton, they took us round the area in the car, visiting and passing through so many picturesque villages - stone houses, pretty gardens - going on 2 walks - one beside a small stream and at the end of the day we went up to a high rocky edge which we walked up and what a wonderful view from the top over the whole countryside. And again it was perfect weather! After starting quite cold in the morning (about 10° I think) it warmed up until we only needed t-shirts walking in the sun. Then deliciously cools off again after sunset. This wonderful weather now makes me nervous for what will be in store for us next week!

A highlight of the day was a visit to Chatsworth - the Stately Home and estate of the dukes of Devonshire. It is in this area so we drove in and parked and walked round the grounds. It is enormous and you can pay quite a lot and visit inside the house and garden, but that would be a serious several hours, so we walked and admired from outside.

One small town we stopped in was Bakewell, very pretty, where we bought cheese and had a tea break, with their local specialty Bakewell tart, and we stopped for a beer and nibbles before we did the walk up the ridge. So we were nicely hungry when we returned to Buxton and had a Thai meal. We had seen the restaurant last night and that it was busy and full so thought we’d try it. Excellent, and now ready for bed.Read more
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Traveler USA, UK and Norway
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- Sep 20, 2019, 11:55am
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 430 m
- England High Peak District Buxton 53.24273, -1.92048753°14’34” N 1°55’14” W
Day 22
Buxton to Carlisle
September 20, 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A very varied day. We heard from Carole and John yesterday that they had arrived in Edinburgh but that their bags had not, and that they may not be able to meet us in Carlisle today as planned...frustrating situation, people didn’t seem to know where they were....anyway, to cut a long story short (bags mis-tagged etc) the bags miraculously arrived this morning, and all the original plans came back into action- and we have met them here in Carlisle this evening, had dinner together and all is well!

So to start at the beginning of the day, we met Gill and Bob who had to leave early afternoon to drive almost to London for a 50th wedding anniversary with friends. But we spent a lovely morning with them. First had breakfast and had substantial food, brunch really, and it did keep us going till dinner. Then Gill knew a nearby walk up to another high spot above Buxton and it was magnificent. On top is Solomon’s temple, nothing to do with king Solomon or religion, but I believe I was a folly of one of the Dukes of Devonshire a few hundred years ago. Anyway, it had a magnificent view over Buxton and the surrounding countryside and amr says we walked about 12 kms, so that was good before our train journey.

We got to the train station early as we had checked out of the hotel, and Gill and Bob had gone, and realised we could catch any train back to Manchester as they were not booked seats and local trains, and also the second train from Manchester to Preston which was similarly unbooked seats, but this second one turned out to be extremely busy, and we were glad we weren’t even later on a Friday afternoon. Each journey was almost an hour, and we got to Preston in tons of time to find the platform for our last train to Carlisle. We had to wait for the correct train this time as it was a big express from London to Edinburgh and thank goodness we did have seats as it was also madly crowded.

All went well and we are now safely ensconced in our Ibis near the station and have enjoyed catching up with Carole and John, and ready for new adventures.Read more
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- Sep 18, 2019, 10:20pm
- 🌙 11 °C
- Altitude: 322 m
- England High Peak District Buxton 53.254313, -1.91529553°15’16” N 1°54’55” W
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Train to Buxton
September 18, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Another fun day! Amr and I started by having a walk along a cycling/walking track near Omnia’s house where we have walked before...as we were embarking on another train journey. Not such a long one this time, but involved 2 trains, changing at Manchester Piccadilly. Omnia drove us to Lime Street, and on the way we passed the famous Beatles landmark Strawberry Fields.

Each train journey was about an hour, all on time and efficient, and we chugged through lovely countryside arriving at Buxton about 3.30. Gill and Bob met us at the station. Lovely to see them! They just got back last night from 10 days in Crete.

Checked into the hotel and had a little walk in this very charming town. Had early dinner in a pub (pie and beer!) and went to the Opera House, a lovely old theatre, as we had tickets for an evening listening to Ranulph Fiennes. Gill had seen that this was on and we had agreed we’d all love to go. And it was absolutely fantastic. What a man! Explorer and adventurer, broken all sorts of records crossing Antarctica, circling the world on water and land via the Poles...and at 75 he’s still going. He was extremely funny, speaking in a droll deadpan way about his exploits. So that was a highlight. Tomorrow a full day here with Gill and Bob.Read more
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C'n'A Travelling News Auf nach Wales
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- Jun 14, 2022, 12:30pm
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 510 m
- England High Peak District Edale 53.349266, -1.80964253°20’57” N 1°48’35” W
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Mam Tor
June 14, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Heute waren wir unterwegs zum Gipfel des Mam Tor. Der Anstieg auf den Berg war wirklich sehr leicht. Vom Gipfel führen dann verschiedene Rundwanderwege weiter. Die Sicht vom Gipfel ist richtig toll 🙂.
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Traveler We're going to England!
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- Nov 21, 2023, 11:07am
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 468 m
- England High Peak District Edale 53.347803, -1.81293653°20’52” N 1°48’47” W
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Walking Ma'ams Tour and up a Devils Bum
November 21, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
With yet another lovely sleep in, we made a plan for the day. Having first a relaxing morning and easy breakfast, everyone started getting ready.

Around 10:30, we hopped in the car and we were on the way for our hike. Picking up Julia's mum on the way, we found a parking spot straight away. With the weather on our side and a bit of a cranky Eve, we started our hike.

There were so many beautiful views, and after some food Eve was full of energy again. We finished off the walk through a grass fields with some cows.

Moving on, we got some lunch at a cute little cafe, and walked through the town and looked at some of the shops. Backtracking, we went back to the ducks and fed them and went back to the car.Read more
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Traveler England 2022
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- Jul 18, 2022, 7:52am
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 194 m
- England High Peak District Derwent 53.399033, -1.73795353°23’57” N 1°44’17” W
Day 8
Hope Valley
July 18, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
… heisst die Gegend um den grossen Stausee und die verschiedenen Staumauern (Dam). Die Landschaft erinnert an Kanada und man könnte stundenlange Walks und Outdooractivities / -survival machen. Wir begnügen uns nach einer sehr ruhigen, warmen Nacht mit einen Morgenspaziergang mit Lias, einem feinen Frühstück auf der Terrasse mit unseren Freunden und Chillen im Schatten 😎Read more
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Traveler UK 2023
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- Jul 16, 2023, 10:20am
- 🌬 14 °C
- Altitude: 326 m
- England Bradfield Hollow Meadows 53.383333, -1.67333353°22’60” N 1°40’24” W
Day 9
Wieder unterwegs
July 16, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Das Festival war gut (bis auf das Wetter), aber jetzt bin ich auch froh, dass ich wieder unterwegs bin (Stiefel trocken fahren) und heute Nachmittag dann wieder ne heiße Dusche bekomme. Immerhin regnet es heute nicht - zumindest noch nicht.Read more
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Traveler Summer in Yorkshire, UK 2022
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- Jul 5, 2022, 7:55pm
- ⛅ 55 °F
- Altitude: 604 ft
- England High Peak District Castleton 53.343833, -1.7773953°20’38” N 1°46’39” W
Day 43
Peak District National Park
July 5, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
We are housesitting in Thurcroft, east of Sheffield. Today we drove to the Peak District National Park, to take a peek! Wish we would have had more time there as it is very pretty. Scenes from Pride and Prejudice were filmed there.

The village of Castleton is named for the 11th century Norman castle on the hill above the town. The town has lots of rock buildings and rock walls, a brook, (called a" beck" in the UK) and a museum.

In the museum the story of 18th and 19th century lead mining history was explained. The area now has several caves to tour, including two that produce Blue John stone, a semi-precious stone found nowhere else on earth! The name Blue John is thought to originate from the French words, bleu et jaune meaning blue and yellow.

The park also has some reservoirs, which were built in the early 1900s to supply water for the industrial areas of Sheffield, Manchester, and Derby.Read more
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- Nov 20, 2021, 10:00am
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: 187 m
- England High Peak District Castleton 53.343826, -1.7751753°20’38” N 1°46’31” W
Peak District🌲🌿
November 20, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Afgelopen zaterdag zijn we met een klein groepje naar Peak District geweest. Peak District is een groot natuurgebied in het midden van Engeland en dus vlakbij Sheffield. We zijn vroeg op pad gegaan om vervolgens 12 km te voet af te leggen. Dit was zeker weten een van de mooiste plekken die ik tot nu toe in Engeland bezocht heb, wauw! 🌿Read more
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fantastisch uitzicht. het lijkt wel Escape to the country [Opa Rien]
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Traveler Zeker weten! Het was prachtig.
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