Above: The route of Fell’s experimental railway has never been revealed by any archeological evidence, but many believe it ran through the tunnel underneath the Bunsal Incline. Above: Railway engineer and inventor, John Barroclough Fell. I recently posted about...
Above: The recent clearance of the drive has revealed a series of upright stones bordering Shooters’ Clough. The early 1900s postcard below shows a lady sat between some of those same stones. At the time of writing, in early June 2025, the water level in Errwood...
Above: The lane from Derbyshire Bridge to Goytsclough served as a barrier to the flames. It’s good to see the green shoots of ferns starting to rise above the ashes. It’s now over a month since fires ravaged a large area of the southern Goyt Valley. Clouds...
Above: Spot Joe’s clue! They’re never easy to find, even when you have a good idea of where they are. There are quite a few posts on this website about Joe Brown, known as the ‘Human Fly’ and acknowledged to be one of the finest climbers of his...
Above: The numbers are carved on a stone to one side of the old bridge near the bottom of the Bunsall Incline. I had an interesting comment this week from Liam, asking whether I knew anything about what looked like an additional set of Joe Brown’s Numbers,...
Above: A view up the incline with the cottage on the right. The engine house would have been to the left. I’ve always been intrigued by a grainy photo of a building which once lay about half-way down the Bunsall Incline, the long and steep road that today leads...
Above: The front cover and a sample spread from the book. I’ve been planning to publish a book on the Goyt Valley for some time, using the information and photos I’ve managed to collect over the years working on this website. And now the great day has...
Above: James Braddock (left) alongside his younger brother, William. Both were gamekeepers on the Errwood Estate. They look like they can handle guns, but perhaps not to hold up travellers on their way through Goyt’s Bridge! This is a bit of an off-topic post to...
Above: I’ve highlighted the earthworks in yellow on this map from the 1950s. And the C&HPR line in green Watford Farm lies on a popular walk into the Goyt Valley from Buxton (walk 21). On the right, as you approach the farmhouse from Cavendish Golf Course,...
Above: A wonderful view looking down Bunsall Incline as it was being resurfaced. It was once the longest and steepest of six inclines on the Cromford & High Peak Railway, but had been abandoned in 1892 when an easier route was opened through Buxton. Today...
