The Peak District

In the park the two most interesting features are the “Stand”, a tower on the hilltop whence in Elizabethan days the ladies of the family were wont to watch their squires huntin...

Perhaps the most startling view in all Peakland is that from “Headstone Edge”--as oldfashioned countrymen call the place--at the curve of Monsal Dale. There, after leaving the d...

Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations in color. See 57299-h.htm or 57299-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cach...

Half a mile beyond the “Snake” a path leads from the highway, descends to the stream, and then rises to the heart of the moors. The scenery is impressively grand, but not lovely...