DISTANCE: Approximately 8 miles This walk explores a section of the Manifold Valley which is a fascinating and beautiful dale on the Staffordshire fringe of the Peak District National Park. In this narrow and isolated little gorge it is hard to believe that a railway line could have been constructed. However in 1904 the 2ft Read more…
Eight or Nine miles, mostly fairly easy, with a few short climbs. The shire in question is, of course, Staffordshire, though from the look of these four villages – Grindon, Ford, Onecote and Butterton, you could be forgiven for expecting hobbits in their front gardens. It is surely the kind of English landscape that Tolkein Read more…