Author: Edwards, Alan S.
Title: The Pride of the Peak Walk
Description: Published By Author, 1990. Soft Cover. The Pride of the Peak Walk was developed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Peak National Park. It is a delightful circular walk that takes in some of the finest scenery of the Peak District - gentle green hills, drystone walls, crystal-clear streams, wooded dales, attractive stone-built villages and gritstone edges bordering heather-covered grouse moors. the route is circular starting and finishing in Bakewell and is 30 miles. Highlights of the trail include the glorious views from Longstone Moor, Monsal Head, Froggatt Edge and Curbar Edge; the wildflowers in Tansley Dale, Tideswell Dale and Water-cum-Jolly Dale; the charming little market town of Bakewell, with its ancient five-arched bridge, wonderful church, welcoming inns and fragrant pudding shops; Chatsworth, the 'noblest house in England', and its magnificent gardens; the isolated and ghostly remains of the Magpie Mine, the finest reminder of the once great lead industry of the Peak; the huge church of St John the Baptist, the 'Cathedral of the Peak'; and the villages of Hassop, Wardlow, Calver, Froggatt, Baslow, Litton and Edensor, a pretty village built to house the inhabitants of the villages of Chatsworth and Langley, whose homes were demolished to improve the views from the 'grand house'. This booklet published by the author who first described and develope the walk. 29p including maps accomadation details. Includes a tyrpwritten letter from the author with annotations. See scans. . Very Good (as such)

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