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Peak District holidays

February 2024

  • A Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) in flight.

    Country diary
    Country diary: Like a twilight magic trick, a woodcock bursts into the sky

    Stanage, Derbyshire: At this time of day, the moorland can seem otherworldly, and full of the unseen

December 2023

  • All Saints church and the surrounding area in Bakewell, in the Derbyshire Dales

    ‘People are devastated’: anger and anxiety as Peak District loses its last bank

    Early next year, the NatWest in the market town of Bakewell will close, leaving the whole area ‘de-banked’

November 2023

  • A view across Bretton Clough to Abney Low in the Peak District national park, Derbyshire.

    Country diary
    Country diary: A marginal place with a touch of magic to it

    Bretton Clough, Derbyshire: A huge window of blue opens above us, and the slopes catch fire with coppery bracken

April 2023

  • TRAILS FOR DAYS: running the Peak Divide route means spending 90% of time on trails and traffic-free ways. With the use of six ‘beacon’ runners, you’ll also largely be running in convoy from Manchester-Sheffield Peak-Divide-01 2023-Reportage Elliot-Waring-144

    ‘It’s not a race, it’s a journey’: why a two-day, 75km trail run is a brilliant way to see the Peak District

    Billed as an ‘ultra fun run’, the Peak Divide from Manchester to Sheffield is part of a growing trend of trail runs where excellent food and camaraderie are part of the experience

October 2022

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    The pub walk
    A wild Peak District walk to a great pub: The Three Horseshoes, Staffordshire

    Craggy, harsh and wild, this stroll could be straight out of the Lord of the Rings films

September 2022

  • Flowering heather on Stanage Edge, including a stone wall, the sunset and a valley in the distance

    Steam trains, sculpture and street food: fill your boots hiking Derby and the Derwent Valley

    With its Unesco-protected mills, rolling dales and outstanding pubs, Derby is one of the Midlands’ most underrated cities

August 2022

  • Miscos Cake Truffles Salted Caramel Halved-WEB

    Notes on chocolate
    Keep spirits high in the Peak District with cake balls

    An instant feast guaranteed to keep tempers sweet. By Annalisa Barbieri

April 2022

  • People walk from Edale to Kinder Scout to mark the 90th anniversary of a mass trespass at Kinder Scout

    Kinder Scout 90 years on: UK’s national parks still largely white and middle class

    Right to roam only covers 8% of England and national parks remain inaccessible to people from working-class backgrounds

February 2022

  • Kinder Pub Walk - The Pack Horse Hayfield HR 1

    The pub walk
    A great walk to a great pub: the Pack Horse, Hayfield, Peak District

    Following in the footsteps of the mass trespassers who battled their way up Kinder Scout in 1932 – then raising a pint to them in the friendly local

December 2021

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    The Muslim hiker inspiring his community to hit the hills

    The Muslim Hiking group received racist comments when they posted pictures of their Christmas day walk in the Peak District. And that makes their leader Haroon Mota more determined to ensure the great outdoors is a diverse and inclusive place

November 2021

  • NEW MILLS, 04 November 2021 - The Headstone Viaduct along the Monsal Trail in the Peak District, Derbyshire, where there is a proposal to reopen a section of the Peak and Dales Railway. The proposals are opposed by railway enthusiast Lee Cooper Smith in his old rail van at home in New Mills. Christopher Thomond for The Guardian.

    Peak District railway restoration plan divides local opinion

    The Monsal Trail is a much-loved walking and cycling route, but pressure is building for trains to return, restoring a direct link between Derby and Manchester

June 2021

  • Common bistort.

    Country diary
    Country diary: a thriving verge thick with wild flowers

  • The four standing stones of the bronze age Nine Stones Close on Harthill Moor near Birchover in the Derbyshire Peak District<br>BY0XXF The four standing stones of the bronze age Nine Stones Close on Harthill Moor near Birchover in the Derbyshire Peak District

    Peace in the Peak District: walking the Limestone Way

April 2021

  • View of All Saints Church in Bakewell, in the Derbyshire Dales, England.

    ‘It’s about keeping safe’: Peak District welcomes visitors as Mansfield cases rise

    As Britain inches towards normality, school outbreaks reveal socially distanced caution still wise

October 2020

  • Buxton Crescent Hotel and Spa at night

    Buxton Crescent review: the grand old spa and hotel comes back to life

    It’s taken 17 years and £70m to restore this architectural gem on the edge of the Peak District to its former glory. Has it been worth the wait?

July 2020

  • Ross Back Sands, in Northumberland

    Far from the madding crowd: UK staycation destinations to try this summer

    From Northumberland to Essex, beauty can be found in less touristy areas

May 2020

  • A bank of cowslips, Deep Dale

    Country diary
    Country diary: spaced-out cowslips nod their mellow yellow heads

    Deep Dale, Derbyshire: Though they cover a whole eastern flank of the valley, their abundance is oddly difficult to detect from afar

March 2020

  • Two walkers on Kinder Scout, High Peak, in Derbyshire

    Brief letters
    Papers that rub me up the wrong way

    Letters: Derbyshire police | Spurs | Toilet paper | Dominic Cummings

February 2020

  • Rain and mist over Axe Edge moor

    Country diary
    Country diary: a bleak mining history springs to mind

    Buxton, Derbyshire: The miserable weather makes me pause and consider local workers in the 18th century

December 2019

  • View from Sir William Hill, Peak District, Derbyshire

    Country diary
    Country diary: unexpected treasures on a dark day

    Eyam, Derbyshire: Shreds of mist began racing up the moor from the valley below and everything changed
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