Protect the rhododendrons

Protect the rhododendrons

Above: I took this photo in May 2018, some 18 months after the FC started clearing the rhododendrons around Errwood Hall . I was hoping they’d be allowed to regrow. But that’s not going to be the case. The recent news that the Forestry Commission will be...
Clearing the rhododendrons

Clearing the rhododendrons

Above: The rhododendrons in full bloom are a magnificent sight. I took this photo in June a few years ago, along the approach to Errwood Hall (see walk 7). Above: This clipping from an 1883 edition of the Derbyshire Times (click to enlarge) waxes...
An 1880 excursion to Errwood

An 1880 excursion to Errwood

Tracing the route: The writer, his ‘Young Man’ fisherman friend, and their ‘Somebody’ artist and lady companion, turned off the Buxton to Whaley Bridge, Long Hill road, along the same winding track used by most visitors to the Valley...