Several of us spent Saturday hiking in the Peak District. I can't even begin to describe how beautiful the area is...so green and natural, sheep everywhere...it just looks old!! :) We visited Ilam, Dovedale and Milldale. Our travels to these areas took us through Buxton, Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and a few other villages. Most of these areas lie within northern Derbyshire...the whole of the Peak District lies in central and northern England. Lyme Pard, which doubled as Pemberley in the 1995 BBC television version of Pride and Prejudice is also located in this area. If you haven't seen this version of Pride and Prejudice...YOU MUST!!! Be ready for a marathon as it is approx 6 hours of viewing...but I promise you won't be disappointed!!!
Dovedale is a limestone valley that is full of rocks, caves, sheep and the river dove which runs through the middle. The pictures I am posting were taken as we walked through the Dovedale valley. The three mile hike through Dovedale leads to the village of Milldale. Milldale is a quiet village today but used to be a busy place with a calamine mill, a corn mill, sheep washing and many pack horses travelled through daily. The bridge in the pictures is where we entered into the village of Milldale.
There is so much history and beauty in the English countryside. I could get lost forever in one of these lovely little villages. :)
3 comments:
Cindy, those pictures are beautiful! For some reason you a little hungry in your picture :)
I am jealous!!!! YOu have to post some more pics of Pemberly. I have seen this movie too many times. My favorite part is when Elizabeth flips when Darcy comes out of the pond. :)Praying for you!
I hope we get to see that area at some point. It looks beautiful!
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