A lovely spring day on the north side of Middleton Moor in the Derbyshire Dales

Looks like a lovely week ahead...
Middleton Moor, #Derbyshire
#BlueSkyMonday #MondayMotivation

'The village of Cromford with its rich historical heritage and stunning scenery has become one of my favourite places to visit' A retired teacher has written and illustrated a book which covers a walking route in one of his favourite villages in Derbyshire.

'A Walk Around Cromford Village' includes a fold-out map and seven suggested extensions to the route which take walkers into the surrounding area.

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Rude names, railways and a mass trespass - how the Peak District became a tourist attraction It became the UK's first national park 75 years ago, but has been attracting visitors for longer.

Rude names, railways and a mass trespass - how the Peak District became a tourist attraction

#Derbyshire

Spring view from Middleton by Wirksworth across the wide, open Derbyshire Dales landscape, with an old stone field barn in the foreground and Riber Castle faintly visible on the distant ridge under a bright, cloud‑dappled sky.

Walking into the weekend...
Riber Castle from Middleton by Wirksworth, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Famous Dovedale stepping stones damaged by storms - again Visitors have been told not to use the crossing as one of the stones has become dislodged.

Dovedale's stepping stones damaged by storms - again

#Derbyshire

View across old mine workings below Middleton Moor toward the Peak District villages of Slaley and Bonsall, with spring sunshine brightening the fresh green landscape

Old mine workings on the edge of Middleton Moor...
#Derbyshire #BlueSkyMonday #MondayMotivation

The definitive Peak District bucket list The Peak District is turning 75 So, we’ve put together some great things to do

The definitive #Derbyshire & #PeakDistrict bucket list...

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Identification guide for very young readers. 7 budding twigs stand in a blue vase. The twigs include Willow, Beech and Hazel.

“Seven sorts of tree buds”

Treasure magazine, 1965

April showers sweeping over Harboro' Rocks in the Peak District, with sunlight breaking across the fields

Walking into the weekend...
Harboro' Rocks from Middleton Moor, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Scenic bus route

Scenic bus route

Scenic bus route

Scenic bus route

Discover the southern Peak District by bus - from Carsington Water to Cromford Mills & Matlock Bath.

🚌 Direct links from Matlock
🏛️ UNESCO heritage sites
🚡 Cable car fun

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Two Highland cows on Middleton Moor, standing in sunlit grass with the rolling green hills of the Peak District behind.

A moo-sky Monday on Middleton Moor...
#Derbyshire #BlueSkyMonday #MondayMotivation

A winding road drops from Mam Tor into the green Edale Valley, surrounded by rolling hills and moorland under a bright, cloud‑broken sky in the Peak District

Walking into the Easter weekend...
Edale Valley, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Brooding storm clouds muscle across the Peak District from the vantage of Middleton Moor, casting shifting light over bright green fields, bare trees and scattered stone cottages. A dramatic, restless sky dominates the wide, windswept landscape.

Sunshine and showers to start Easter week...
Middleton Moor, #Derbyshire
#Landscape #MondayMotivation

Village with seaside-style charm once described as a 'little Switzerland'

Matlock Bath in Derbyshire has drawn visitors since the 17th century and offers all the features of a coastal resort including 'amazing' fish and chip shops, arcades and sweet shops - but without the sea

The return of spawning salmon to the River Ecclesbourne is a huge win, as we work to restore 100,000 acres of land and water!

Together with Nestlé UK and Ireland, @wildtrouttrust.bsky.social, and Chatsworth Estate we've bypassed the Poston Mill weir and reconnected 28km of river 💧

#WorldWaterDay

Chatsworth House in early spring, with the River Derwent sweeping through a brightening Peak District landscape

Walking into the weekend...
Chatsworth, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Labelled illustration of a very rich, dense hedgerow featuring white dead nettle, violets, Primrose, ferns and sallow willow

“Find a hedgerow on a bank and examine just one yard of it. Then make a list of all the different plants you can find in that yard. You will be astonished at the variety” (1965)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
Writer: Richard Bowood

A celebration of wildness and wonder: the Peak District national park at 75 The wild moors and gentle dales of the UK’s oldest national park are just as inviting today as they were when it was created in 1951

A celebration of wildness and wonder: the Peak District national park at 75

A steep limestone valley runs through Cave Dale in the Peak District, with Peveril Castle perched on the left ridge above the grassy slopes and winding path, all beneath a bright blue, lightly clouded sky

Walking into the weekend...
Castleton, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Golden sunlight bursts through a tangle of budding trees, casting long beams of light across a mossy woodland floor. New green shoots push up through leaf litter and patches of moss, catching the glow of the morning sun. A soft haze fills the air, with a hint of warmth and life returning to the woods.

It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️

Longer days. Lighter evenings.

Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.

A stone path traces the Great Ridge between Castleton and Edale in the Peak District, climbing a windswept grassy crest toward rolling hills under shifting cloud and blue sky

Walking into the weekend...
Castleton, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

#SpringArrivalSpotlights are back, and we’re kicking off with Chiffchaffs!

Flitting back from Southern Europe & North Africa through March-April, their sweet 'chiff-chaff' song is the sound of spring.

Listen for them in parks and hedgerows.

Have you heard one calling near you?

A walker stands on a rocky outcrop along Curbar Edge on a bright early‑spring day, looking out over green fields and villages in the Derwent Valley. Curbar Edge is a gritstone escarpment near Baslow in the Peak District.

Enjoying the early spring view from Curbar Edge...
#Derbyshire #PeakDistrict #Stunday

In a mixture of #SaxonSunday & #SundayStonework thought we could use a thread of some of the fantastic things on display in St Mary's Church, Wirksworth in the Peak District

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Early March evening sun lighting up a stone‑walled footpath, with dark skies gathering over Black Rocks and Crich, near Middleton by Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Dales

Walking into the weekend...
Middleton by Wirksworth, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Early March on Middleton Moor: silhouetted bare trees on open grassland beneath a sky of sunlit, streaked clouds, with the hills around Wirksworth fading in the distance

A bit of a #BlueSkyMonday on Middleton Moor...
#Derbyshire #MondayMotivation #Spring

Early on Bamford Edge #landscape #photography 📷

Sweeping clouds and shifting light over the southern edge of Middleton Moor, with Alport Height rising faintly on the horizon

Late winter light...
Middleton Moor, #Derbyshire
#Stunday #LandscapePhotography

On Middleton Moor above Wirksworth, a bare tree is silhouetted against a glowing sunset, the sun shining through its branches as soft orange light washes over the surrounding hills and cloud‑streaked sky

Walking into the weekend...
Middleton Moor, #Derbyshire
#FootpathFriday #FridayFeeling #Scape

Two birds on an ivy covered tree stump on a dank winter day. I believe this was a design for an RSPB greetings card

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Nuthatch’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe