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Fire Warning For Peak District
By Jon on 19/04/2011 16:36:04
Prolonged dry conditions have left the Peak District moors vulnerable to fire.
The Peak District National Park Authority is putting up warning signs over moorland fires on sites in the Peak District this week with rangers warning that the moors are currently very vulnerable and carrying out extra fire patrols.The past few
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Poetic Benches For Peak District
By Jon on 24/11/2005 11:11:34
I wandered lonely as a cloud, er, some 50 Peak District benches are having short poems carved into them to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the park ranger service.
Poetry and the outdoors have always sort of gone together - 'Iwandered lonely as a cloud' and all that sort of thing - and now, inthe Peak District, the relationship is being formalised with poemsbeing carved into commemorative benches...The 50 new
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Some Cracking Peak District Photos
By Jon on 14/09/2012 11:19:22
Peak District photography partners capture the landscape of Britain's most visited National Park
If you're looking to while away a few minutes looking at stunning outdoor images, you might want to know about the Peak District's Destination Photography Partners. They're a group of professional and amateur photographers who work with the Peak
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Peak District Walking Festival For 2005
By Jon on 02/12/2004 09:09:46
Coming next spring, the first ever Peak District Walking Festival with walks above and below ground, apparently. You can pre-register for a guide right now.
If you can see past the looming pantechnicon of festive fun thatis Christmas, that distant speck further up the road might just bethe first Peak District Walking Festival hurtling towards you.The programme's set to run for two weeks next spring from
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Walking Route - Western Edge - The Peak District
By Dave Mycroft on 25/10/2005 11:12:40
A circular walk along the western edge of the Peak District, with extensive views over the Cheshire Plain.
The Western Edge, The Peak District Grade: 2 Overview: A circular walk along te western edge of the Peak District, with extensive views over the Cheshire Plain
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Walking Route - Hope Circuit, Peak District
By Jon on 18/08/2008 17:11:38
This week's OM route is a classic wander above Hope in the Peak District.
.This Week'sRoute: HopeAnd Castleton CircularLooking back from Mam Tor - Jon Doran Hope AndCastleton Circular -Peak District Average Time: 4hours 30minutes Distance: 8.6miles (13.9Km
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BMC Urges Action To Save Peak District
By Jon on 23/04/2008 14:46:38
Legal reversal over quarrying in Peak District threatens more than just Longstone Edge.
The BMC is calling on people to write to their local MPs after aHigh Court judge reversed the planning inspector's decision to blockfurther quarrying at Longstone Edge in the Peak District - below.Effectively this means that the quarry owners can
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Walking Route - Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
By Dave Mycroft on 12/09/2008 12:51:18
Bracken-covered Peak District moorland makes this a cracking scenic wander.
, check out other OMers' routes complete withGPS data and a real Ordnance Survey map. Win free Anquet mapping everyweek! Walking Route - ErrwoodReservoir, Peak District [Full Route] ErrwoodReservoir > Derbyshire Bridge > Buxton
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Well Dressing in the Peak District
By Simply Walk on 22/05/2006 13:44:40
'Simply Walk' presents an OUTDOORSmagic advertorial, describing a holiday with a difference. Well Dressing might not be the first activity you associate with a trip to the Peaks, but it goes back a long way in the area...
The origins of the tradition of Well Dressing in the Peak are lost in time - they certainly pre-date Christianity. The first large population of the area was by the Celts in about 500BC, bringing iron as they escaped the worsening weather
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Video - Peak District Climbing
By Jon on 05/07/2011 12:00:15
Considering some cragging in the Peak, this new video gives a great taste of what it's like...
Another Let's Stay Peak District video from terrybnd - see his Monsal Trail tunnels production from the other week - this time a short but scenic and uncharacteristically gentle look at some Peak District rock climbing, mostly on the grit
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