High Peaks by Tom Chesshyre.
A 363 mile walk around the #PeakDistrict. This is a travelogue, not a walking book. An enjoyable, easy read, informative, and gently funny. I really liked it. Though much of the narrative (and walking) is outside of the National Park, it adds context. #BookSky #Books 💙📚

Grindleford hike

#peakdistrict #hike #photography #countryside

A sunlit swan on the calm waters of a large ornamental pond. The swan's body is facing toward the left of the frame but its neck is turned so that its head, seen in profile, is looking the opposite way over its back. Its body is mirrored in the gently rippled water in the foreground but the reflection of its head and neck is blocked by the low stone wall of the pond, which runs along the bottom of the picture. In the background, ivy is growing at the edge of the pond on the left and in the centre of the frame, while white bubbling water on the right reveals a water supply inflow.

Today's Bird of the Day theme is "Long Necks"

I passed this swan on the rather large garden pond of a rather large house on the outskirts of Buxton back in 2019.

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#BirdOfTheDay #LongNecks #SwanDay #Nature #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfBluesky #ECK #EastCoastKin #Hiking #PeakDistrict

East Midlands Railway backs use of discounted educational trip travel fares East Midlands Railway (EMR) is urging schools across its network to take advantage of discounted group rail travel and a government subsidy scheme for educational visits to the Houses of Parliament. The rail operator is offering tailored group fares for parties of 10 or more, with discounts of up to…

East Midlands Railway backs use of discounted educational trip travel fares www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/04/east-midlands-ra... #derby #EastMidlandsRailway #london #midlands #PeakDistrict #SouthEast #westminster

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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Sunrise in the Peck District. The bottom third is moorland dotted with a few trees. Just before the land meets the horizon it dips and in the dip is a layer of morning mist. The sky nearest to the horizon is yellow and orange as the sun begins to rise. Above is blue with stripes of clouds.

A New Day Dawns

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#BluSkyArtShow
#New
#ECK
#Photography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#PeakDistrict
#Sunrise

Langsett #photography #landscape #Yorkshire #Penistone #Pennines #PeakDistrict #7km #Flâneur #psychogeography #DarkFairytale #RuralMarginalia #SonyFE1635PZf4

My next read.
Wild Peaks by Tom Chesshyre.
A 363-mile ramble through the #PeakDistrict (and some diversions outside it).
Timed for the 75th anniversary of the first UK National Park.
#BookSky #Books 💙📚
#Walking

A couple more of Dovestone Reservoir.
#Scape #PeakDistrict #ForestFriday
📷 #photography #landscapephotography

Dovestone Reservoir, near Oldham.
#Scape #PeakDistrict #ForestFriday
📷 #photography #landscapephotography

The Crescent Buxton

Town Hall

Buxton

Church Buxton

#Buxton #Architecture #PeakDistrict #Derbyshire

A path through woodland. Sunlight is shining through the trees' upper leaves so that foliage and shrubs lower down in the foreground are in dappled shade. The path subsequently opens out into a sunlit clearing in the background. On the left, on the border of the two areas, there is a large crooked tree. Its trunk and branches appear dark, pretty much in silhouette against the rest of the scene.

Bretton Clough, Derbyshire.

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#ForestFriday #Scape #Trees #Nature #Photography #LandscapePhotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #PeakDistrict #Derbyshire

The wreckage, crash site, and memorial of Superfortress Over Exposed. It crashed in 1948 with the loss of all 13 aboard.
Near Higher Shelf Stones #PeakDistrict #Walking

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An #abandoned ruin, this #barn in the #derbyshire #peakdistrict #nationalpark, the #farmer who owned the land was #amused by us asking to #photograph his property. Shot in #blackandwhite adding to the #dramatic #scenery of the region #photography #blackandwhitephotography

An sitting room in a stately home. There is a fire glowing in a hearth in the background. The fireplace is tiled and has an ornately carved wooden surround. Decorative, illuminated stockings hang in a row from the mantelpiece. The room is low lit by lamps and by Christmas decorations. There is a tree covered in baubles and fairy lights in the foreground on the left hand side. The ceiling is festooned with twisted garlands of foliage and more fairy lights. There are several leather armchairs dotted around the room.

A festive twist...

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Christmas garlands decorate the ceiling in one of the sitting rooms at Chatsworth.

#PalacesAndGardens #Twisted #Christmas #ThrowbackThursday #ECK #EastCoastKin #Chatsworth #PeakDistrict #Derbyshire

Colour image taken on Burbage South Edge looking towards Carl Wark and Higger Tor on the edge of Sheffield on a warm sunny day in April 2026. A climber dressed in blue and secured with ropes peers over the edge towards Burbage South Valley. Camera : Fujifilm X-T5 Lens : 16-55mm f2.8 Fujinon @ 30mm Aperture/speed/ISO : f8 1/210s ISO125 Processed raw file

Burbage South Edge looking towards Carl Wark and Higger Tor on the edge of #Sheffield April 2026 #fujifilm #fujix #photography #landscape #peakdistrict

Hunting Wendigo

#peakdistrict #horror #horrorwriters #ghoststories

First post work wander of 2026 #hiking #peakdistrict #sunshine #eyam

I've been inside the Devil's Arse today.

#peakdistrict #castleton #peakcavern

We'll be exhibiting at Bakewell Book Fair Saturday, 11th April at the Agricultural Business Centre DE45 1AH ~ around 25 booksellers with antiquarian & secondhand books & ephemera ~ large car park onsite, cafés nearby.

#booksarebrilliant

#bakewell #highpeak #derbyshiredales #peakdistrict

Light seen in the Dark Peak #PeakDistrict it has been a long Winter

A bank holiday wander #lambs #spring #outdoors #hiking #peakdistrict

Unfurling ferns at Rowtor Rocks, Derbyshire. #peakdistrict #macro #uk #nothingphone #wildguide

Stanage Edge, Derbyshire – September 2020 This was a walk along Stanage Edge in Derbyshire, one of those gritstone ridges common to the area.

Unfortunately migration from Wordpress to Substack last year meant images were lost, so I'm editing the posts. It's a bit of a faff but nil desporandum!

Stanage Edge - September 2020:

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#Derbyshire #PeakDistrict #walking #hiking #photography #nature

A boulder near the top of the Grindslow Clough scramble, Kinder Plateau. In the distance is Ringing Roger, The Nab and Lose Hill. #PeakDistrict

An Afternoon with L. C. Winter | EVENT TICKET (Please select in-store pick up at the checkout as we won't send out physical tickets.)Saturday 12nd April | 2pm - 4pm | Hestia Books Join us for an eerie afternoon as L. C. Winter discusses her ...

Next Sunday afternoon I'm talking about my book Spider, Spider at Hestia Books in Wirksworth.

#derbyshire #peakdistrict #booksky #histfic

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Female Northern Wheatear

Male Northern Wheatear

Male Northern Wheatear

Great to see Northern Wheatears back on their breeding grounds in the limestone heaven 🪨 🪨 of the @peakdistrict.bsky.social #PEAKDISTRICT #DERBYSHIRE #birds 🪶 @rspb.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #UKbirds @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #wildlifephotography

Reflections of some clouds from last week.
#Walking #PeakDistrict
Moorland pond just down from James's Thorn.

Some clouds from last week (not like today's blanket grey)
#Walking #PeakDistrict
A lovely round walk from #Glossop Up Doctors Gate, onto Higher Shelf Stones, Lower Shelf Stones, and back down via James's Thorn.
(I think three plane crash sites near by).

The Toothbrush Trees (from Brightgate)
4th April 2026

#trees #peakdistrict #googlepixel10proxl #teampixel