The Peak District,Back Tor,Peak District

Houghton and St.Ives

Houghton MillCottage in Houghton
St.Ives

Battle of Bosworth

The Battle of Bosworth took place on 22nd August 1485 during the War of the Roses in the 15th century. It took place near Market Bosworth in Leicstershire between the King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenets , and Henry Tudor(later King Henry VII). It ended in the defeat and death of Richard.

This is inside Market Bosworth Church

This is a coattage in Market Bosworth

The fields near scene of the battle
The nearby Village church of Shenton
The chuurch of Sutton Cheney where Richard III was supposed to pray before the battle and where a service is held for him each year.


The battle standard of Ricard III which is near the visitor centre on the battlefield

The Peak District,Kinder Downfall from Hayfield

Unfortuneately the hope valley railway does not stop at Hayfield any more so I had to get off at New Mills station and then walk for about 1 hour to get to The car park near hayfield.

This is am old mill in New mills.

The Kinder reservoir
Looking up to the Kinder Plateua over the reservoir.


Kinder downfall which was just a trickle of water when I wentand exteremely windy.



The view from the top looking back to Kinder resrvoir.


A highland cow nearby.

Sheffield,The Peak District and Stanage edge

I had over an hour at Sheffield station which allowed me to visit the cathedral


And the winter gardens which appeared to be nothing more than a few indoor shops with palm trees along the interior.It looked better fromn the outside actually.
Hathersage parish church
and the nearby grave of supposedly Little John
The view over Stanage edge
From the road looking up.
On the way back I went by North Lees hall where Charlotte Bronte stayed and based her novel Jane Eyre.