Drought unveils lost village
Derwent was a village in Derbyshire that was demolished (or technically drowned) in 1944 to make way for the Ladybower reservoir. The extremely dry summer/autumn has allowed the left over structures to emerge and visitors went there in their hoards to…
Alport Castles
Dave Horton and I went for a circular walk that took us up Win Hill, over to Hope Cross, down to Alport Farm, and then up to Alport Castles. The final leg was a descent to Westend and round the reservoirs, Derwent and Ladybower. Back over the bridge to…
Cycle around Ladybower
We drove over to Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire and cycled around the three dams with my son William. We parked just before Fairholmes and cycled along the road to Derwent Reservoir then Howden Reservoir and over the old packhorse bridge at Slippery…