Aug 8, 2024
Above: The smallest of the surviving Grey Ladies is marked on the OS map and now stands in a nearby wall with Robin Hood’s Stride on the horizon. Lying close to Robin Hood’s Stride on Harthill Moor, between the villages of Elton and Birchover, The Grey...
Aug 5, 2024
Above: Rowtor Rocks stand behind Birchover’s Druid Inn. The longest walk featured on this website – 14 miles from Bakewell to Robin Hood’s Stride – passes a number of historical sites, including Rowtor Rocks on the outskirts of Birchover, next...
Aug 2, 2024
Above: The crucifixion carving was vandalised in the past and is now protected by iron railings. Also known as Cratcliff Hermitage, the hermit’s cave lies close to both Robin Hood’s Stride and the Grey Ladies Stone Circle, and is within walking distance of...
Jul 23, 2024
Above: A group of young cyclists coming through Great Longstone Station heading towards the Buxton end of the Trail. It was Dr Beeching’s 1963 report on the decline of Britain’s railways that sounded the death knell for many of the country’s less...
Jul 12, 2024
Above: Thirst House Cave lies beside the footpath crossing Deep Dale, just southwest of King Sterndale. Fissures in the limestone rock of the White Peak were ideal places for our ancient ancestors to shelter from both the weather and the many wild animals that once...
