DISCOVER DERBYSHIRE
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We are going to Bradwell for a week so
thought I would surf the net to get some information and came across this
site. Have printed out loads of walks and information and now can't wait to
go. The photos are great, will look again when we get back and be able to
see where we have been. This is the most informative site for this area I
have found. Thank You
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We will be holidaying near Darley Dale this Autumn and were SO happy to find the walk you have listed for Darley Dale! My fiancee and I were just talking this afternoon about how we would like to find a walk that would be close to where we would be staying . After a bit of searching online I came across your site with so many walks in the area, not just Darley Dale, I'm sure we will be out and about more than anticipated on our holiday. Thank you for doing the site, I've bookmarked it to come back to when I have more time and can really rummage through all the "goodies" you have on it. Kelly Ash, Norfolk, near Gt. Yarmouth
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Just a note to
say how wonderful I have found your website.
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This is a
really good website. With living on the Notts/Derby border we have been
using our free bus passes into Derby. Now retired, we have time to visit
not only places like Ashbourne and Chesterfield where we can go armed with
info on places of interest, heritage trails etc. but we are also visiting
more local places - Melbourne, Ticknall, Aston on Trent etc. where we can do
the complete walks. The walks have all been easy to follow and it's also
good to know where we can get a decent pot of tea!! There's so much
information and I appreciate the amount of time and effort that has been
spent on producing the site. (I only wish someone would do a similar
website for walking in Notts and Leicestershire.) I've recommended your
website to one or two of my friends who similarly like to go walking now
they have the time.
Carole Bailey Toton, Beeston, Nottinghamshire |
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An
Excellent site, which i stumbled upon accidentally. A link to and from:
www.visitpeakdistrict.com might help. Also a mention in local Government
newsletters such as Derby Homes? Lynne Moore, Littleover, Derbyshire Reply
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Pre 'Foot & Mouth' (2005?), and since, I've attended reunions of ex-members of R.A.F. Harpur Hill, and Stafford, Mountain Rescue Teams in Hope, Derbyshire. In March 2008 I actually stayed in The Old Hall, where the evening event occurs - no B & B this time. As always, the reunion supper was superb but, having stayed two nights, I must state that the breakfasts were unexpectedly good and ample. My bacon was crisply grilled at my request, and the service was friendly and cheerful - although the waitress was also one of the evening bar staff! My room was clean and well stocked with non-alcoholic beverages, and biscuits. On the Sunday morning I was able to loiter in the bar 'til just before mid-day whilst waiting to board the train to Sheffield. Lexie Martin freely gave me coffee & biscuits, and a newspaper to read. Perhaps because I am now lame & slow moving, Alastair Martin insisted on driving me the half-mile to Hope railway station - after insisting that the glass of 'pick-me-up' cider I ordered was "on the house". I have a Master's degree in Tourism Management - and I tend to notice things. One couldn't hope for better hospitality and I hope (the word Hope 'grabs' me!) to keep breathing and return for another reunion in my 74th. year - and several more! Thomas I Anderson, FORRES, Moray, Scotland. (You'll find it mentioned circa five times in Shakespeare's "MacBeth", Act I.) |
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Just
planning our first visit to the Peak District. What a wonderful site, very
helpful and much easier to follow than guide books. It would be helpful to
show a map of the area. Nicola Watson Tregony, Cornwall. |
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Very
nice site, a lot of work has gone into this - well done. Jeff Smith West End Derby. |
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I am
just completing a new web site for the Rotary Club of Wirksworth to replace
our old one which has not been kept up to date. I wanted a link to a site
which gives details about Wirksworth and found yours. Congratulations on a superb site which is full of information and wonderful visual images. We moved to Matlock 1976 and have walked extensively in the county. Your descriptions capture the 'magic' of Derbyshire. On our Home Page I want only two hyperlinks 'About Us' and 'About Wirksworth'. I would like to use your site for 'About Wirksworth'. I hope that is OK. My only worry is that once they visit your site they'll never return to find out about the Rotary Club of Wirksworth. David Udall Wirksworth |
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Absolutely fab
site. plan to holiday in peak district with my mum and her little dog.
looked at your site for ideas on where to stay and possible walks. you
couldn't have been better. info and pictures amazing and the walks plans and
details look bob on! very easy to navigate site, congratulations and many
thanks
Amanda
Robbins, Preston, Lancashire |
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What a find
this site. My husband and I have enjoyed walking in the Peak District mainly
at the weekend for quite a few years following walks in several books-
sometimes the walks have been difficult to follow! Now we have more leisure
time we are able to walk during the week and manage up to 12 miles (2x 6
mile walks). I downloaded the Biggin Walk from your site and we walked it on Saturday. It was so easy to follow - clearly set out and with lovely photographs and map too which added to the experience. Also on our walk we met one of the rangers which was most reassuring.
Christina
and Peter Jones Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire |
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I just wanted to say how much we appreciate the excellent presentation of our Heritage Centre at Chester Green. Thank you very much indeed.
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Great Website, Thanks for our link in your directory and good luck in expanding this great website.
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We make a countryside series for ITV Central and hope to make a programme on Castleton including the lady who rings the Curfew Bell (I have already contacted her). We would love to feature a couple of other interesting stories from Castleton and wondered if you knew a suitable person who might be able to help us. I look forward to hearing from you. Super website by the way, most informative. Many thanks
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First of all let me congratulate you on a fantastic website, it’s much better than most corporate websites in my opinion. Secondly can I give you the contact details for Swadlincote tourist information centre to add to your website? We serve South Derbyshire and the National Forest and we are located within Sharpe’s Pottery Museum. Our opening hours are Monday to Saturday 10am – 4.30pm. Christine Duddy, Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre, Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DG Tel: 01283 222848. Fax: 01283 222848. Email: tic@sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk Website – www.visitnationalforest.co.uk
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What a brilliant site! (In fact Derbyshire seems to blessed with an abundance of far-sighted folk- who have developed a whole range of useful sites about this wonderful county.) Absolutley spot on. I've spent a delightful and very rewarding afternoon visiting the towns and villages along the way. Really looking forward to my YHA weekend in a couple of weeks time. Many thanks.
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Congratulations on such a wonderful web site. I have lived in Birch Vale for 20 years and have just found it!! I like all the links you provide on the site. I was particularly impressed with the local walks of the various areas and will be using your leaflet as my guide very shortly.
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What a superb web site. Whoever has contributed to this, especially all the towns/Villages and walks pages, has done a brilliant job to present your area to the world. We found the site via the Moorside Grange Hotel web site. Sold. We are on our way. Michael Dowdall,
Kirkcaldy, Fife |
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What a superb website. I found it in February and tried out a few walks, they were excellent and not ones I might have planned. Well done. I shall be back in October and have already chosen more than enough for my week's break. You should be praised most highly for the site; it deserves wider recognition. Thanks from us mere walkers and say hello to all the others who enjoy Derbyshire in other, equally rewarding, ways. All the very best Dave Brinkworth London |
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Just started a new job in Derby and will be moving here the end of this month (June 2006). Came across your website quite by accident and am so glad I have! This is exactly the sort of site I've been looking for since my husband and I decided to move to Derby rather than commute from Sheffield every day. Thank you so much for your efforts!! Mrs Goldsmith, Sheffield, Yorks. |
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I live in a little town called Mapleton, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. I see from the history of the town that it was named after a little place called Mapleton in England. It appears that Mapleton in Derbyshire may be the place for which it was named. Your website is interesting, and the Derbyshire and Peak District looks a great place to visit.
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Have enjoyed quite a few walks, all have been most enjoyable, easy to understand routes hoping to do a lot more have many printed to do so on with the walking boots and off i go. many thanks. Carol Osborne, South Normanton, Derbyshire. |
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What an extremely well set out
and easy to use website. It has given me, quickly, all the information I
needed to find accommodation and possible walks in Castleton and surrounding
area. The description of each walk and the maps are excellent. I especially like the lack of background colour and large plain font you use. So often background colours and fancy fonts are used and make it almost impossible to decipher the text, the result is that I cancel the website and they have lost a user for good. Yours is a site I will come back to time and time again. Thanks for all your efforts.
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I was a student at High Peak College (use to say Happy College) and lived in Buxton for a few years. Loved it. Not been back since but browsing this side made me wants to return tomorrow... What an amazing town, countryside and lovely people!! => hope to walk your streets soon. Nest Van den Eynde. Antwerp - Belgium |
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Bev Haynes
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Mandy Harris, Allestree, Derby |
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What an excellent website. Packed full of useful information, especially the walks! Thank you! Lisa Storey, Harrogate, Yorkshire
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Gareth Rees, Belper,
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You have an excellent site which my family and I have used on numerous occasions to help in exploring marvellous Derbyshire. Thanks! Would you consider a link to my web site at www.goingloco.neave.com as it gives details and photographs of the Cromford and High Peak Railway? Kind regards
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Just to say what a very interesting site this is - excellent!!!! Karen Kennedy Nottingham |
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Went to Kingsmoor School, Glossop - Happy Days! Visitors might like to visit the British Club Worldwide at www.britishclubworldwide.com They offer excellent People Finder facilities and many other features of interest to Brits and Expats alike Best regards to one and all
Arnold Parkinson Charleston South Carolina
USA |
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Hi Dennis, nice to see your site featured in the DET today. Keep up the good work ! Darren from NEP (Derby). |
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We found this site by typing in a Google enquiry for Magpie Mine near Shelden. The information given will be most useful later this year when we are leading a walk in the area.
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Great site, but, how about listing walks by length, then people can look for the walk appropriate walk to suit them, I am sure my wife for one would appreciate this, ha ha !! {The length of the walk is shown above the details for THE ROUTE}
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Your website is a jewel.
I am in the process of finishing a new all-UK site tailored for the travel
needs of independent visitors, both from overseas and within the UK. It is based on a (paper) magazine I ran (and founded) for the British Tourist Authority (BTA) - now VisitBritain - until 2002. This translation into cyber space language has been undertaken by an Internet-savvy young graduate from Manchester University whom I have known for many years and happens to live close by. www.gettingaboutbritain.com is primarily concerned with the machinery of movement for travellers though it looks at it in destination terms. Hence this is how I fetched up on your site. I have been infilling "content" - in my language "editorial" - on travel opportunities (much abbreviated) in the Peak and Derbyshire in general. The photographs you use to spread your message are quite wonderful. If you don't mind I will direct my worldwide readers to your site in my narrative. Perhaps we can talk again. Best wishes
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What a great site. The memories a flooding back after browsing this site. I used to live out an Calow, then Stonegravels (Chesterfield) but I always loved going for walks and camping in the Peak District. I will be adding a link back here on my site. www.linklookup.com
Colin Jewison, Trinity -
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Great site -
many thanks.
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Having spent a lot of my youthful hours (and some not so youthful) in the Peak I found your site brought back a lots of fond memories.
John Lewis, Melbourne,
Australia |
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What a wonderful website, found because I was looking for info on the Venetian nights. A definite bookmark for me and my family.
Kate Hingston, Cross Green,
Derbyshire |
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I was surfing the Net
looking for walks in Derbyshire for our
forthcoming
holiday - what a find! Fantastic detailed walks with loads or extra info -
thank you so much. Will let you know how the walks go with 6 month old
puppy!
Pam Johnson,
Llansilin,
near Oswestry,
Shropshire |
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I used to live near Ambergate,
Derbyshire and miss the beautiful countryside dearly. Deciding to treat my
parents to a trip to Matlock Bath for their anniversary, I decided to check
when the Venetian Nights/Illuminations would be showing. I found your site
though Google.co.uk and have to say how impressed I am. It is very easy to
navigate and has all the information needed to plan a great day out. It
reminded me of places I had forgotten and from a passing thought I have now
planned a complete day, including a walk in Bakewell, for my parents and I
to enjoy. Many thanks for providing such a wonderful service. It has certainly been bookmarked for future use. Sharon Weston, Leicester |
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Just found your web site last
week and I have spent a lot of time going over it since then, first I should
say that I know the derbyshire area very well as I lived in Chaddesden from
1936 until I left for Canada in 1954 and spent a lot of time cycling and
hiking all around, have to say that I still love the area and miss it,
always remember going to Mrs Chaddwicks at the village of thorpe for cups of
tea before setting into a good day in the dales, if there is any one out
there that still remembers me give me a shout, love to hear from you.
This is a great web site, keep it up. Joe Matthews, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H-7H9 |
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Great site,
loads of info. I have just down loaded the
tissington walk on the way to try it now.thanks. Paul Gray, Bramcote, Nottingham |
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Denis - the site
is everything you said it was. Very good work indeed.
We will be happy to put a link across to your site as soon as we can.
Iain,
Rock Lea Activity Centre - Hathersage |
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This is a very
interesting site with a great amount of detail
included. It is ideal for finding that walk for a Sunday afternoon. Along
with the information on events this site is a must for visitors.
Donald Leatt, Hazel Grove, Stockport |
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Excellent
site that you have wonderfully created. I lived in Burbage and Dove Holes from 1975 to 1982 and living in Burbage was the best time of my child hood that I have ever had, after moving from Dove, my family took me to Blackpool, but that didn't come close to the magic of Burbage, Buxton. Grin Low woods, Solomon's Temple, Poole's Cavern, nothing comes close to the wonders of that part of England. Living in Taiwan I frequently look back and remember my child hood and always smile, and now looking at your site just brings back great memories. Keep up the great work, promote the beauty of the area and may it last forever.
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I went to the peak district
for a school trip in year 10 and because I choose geography we had to do
coursework on the river Wye. I think that the peak district is a very beautiful place because there is lots of beautiful scenery and this is one in a lifetime chance. I enjoyed staying in the countryside and I loved every minute of it. But my other friends did not like it because it was not like the city. But I loved it.
Now I am in my holidays and I still remember the wonderful countryside . |
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We visited the area during
September 2003. We found our visit to Edensor as well as Eyam ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING. Thank you for an excellent site which has
certainly refreshed our fond memories of this visit. We are definitely planning to return to explore further. Gert & Renee Prinsloo, Centurion, Pretoria, South Africa |
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I found your site information
in the latest edition of Discover Derbyshire I've had the last 3 editions of Discover Derbyshire but was disappointed not to be able to get earlier copies as they were out of print. My problem has been solved with your site I've already recommended it to colleagues at work and look forward to learning more about the lovely County I live in The site is well presented and very informative. I will be a frequent visitor to the site. Thank you
Keith Maher, Ilkeston |
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My
partner and
I visit the Peak District every summer - we have an annual camping holiday
there. We enjoy walking and are always looking out for likely new walks -
hopefully ones which combine plenty of exercise, no sharp drops and a bit of
'green tourism' (no driving). Catriona Cuthbert, Essex |
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We've just moved to Nottingham which isn't too far from
the Peak District and we were looking for some information on nice places to go walking. So thank you for providing this. We're off to Buxton tomorrow to follow your walk there and I'll let you know afterwards how we got on. Nick, Nottingham |
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Very much enjoyed the website but one request please.
Any info on bicycle hire would be greatly appreciated please. Jennie Moss, Oxford |
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I was given your web address by Graham Toons at Derby City Council. I have only looked at it for about 5 minutes and feel I must congratulate you on a superb job. WELL DONE. John Young |
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G'day, Denis, from Tamworth, New South Wales. We have just received a copy of Part 4 of Discover Derbyshire, sent to us by my sister-in-law. We think it is a great production and would be interested to know when you get the web site of these articles up and running. We are sending the paper on to our son who has just returned from visiting the UK (mainly Derbyshire) since we migrated 40 years ago. Thanks for all your work in doing this. You maybe don't realise the pleasure you must have given to a lot of people. Joyce Webster, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia |
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My wife and I are new to walking and have found your Newsletter very useful this week. We are going on the walk around Hathersage recommended in your Newsletter tomorrow and will keep a regular eye on it in future. We live in Sheffield and look forward to exploring more of the Peak District with your help, please keep it up. Richard, Sheffield |
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I just found your site linked from the uk.local.derbyshire newsgroup and just thought I’d drop you a mail to let you know that it looks excellent. Leon |
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Just discovered your new site while browsing the Derby Evening Telegraph and wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed exploring it. I was born in Derby and lived in Belper and Duffield for most of my youth. I have been living in Nova Scotia, Canada, for the last 30 years and still pine for the English countryside getting over for trips with my wife whenever I can. I wish you every success with the project and will follow its progress with interest. Phil Reid, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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What a lovely site! Well done. It came through on my
Google Alerts yesterday. We've done a few of the walks you mentioned, and just happened to have done the 'Youlgrave' one yesterday only starting from Alport, along the Lathkill, over to the Bradford via Meadow Place Grange and Lombardy Hall. Again a
great first go at a site, hope you continue with it. Looking forward Hilary Clayton |
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Just to compliment you on an excellent site. We regularly walk in the peak and shall be trying out these walks Congratulations Adrian Evans |
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We enjoyed your website. Pete and Margaret Cowley |
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