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Peak District, Derbyshire Holiday July 1999 - page 1

For our 1999 holiday we booked a cosy cottage in a small village called Litton in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire.  From there we visited Buxton, the Blue John Cavern near Edale and did the Coronation Street tour in Manchester.  And in a car-free day we enjoyed a local walk in the Derbyshire Dales from the holiday cottage.
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Holiday cottage at Litton in the Peak District
Here's our lovely little stone cottage for the week in Litton and conveniently located near to Buxton and all the places we were to visit in Derbyshire.

Buxton centre in Derbyshire
On the 1st day we went into Buxton, a spa town famous for well dressing, and the lovely Pavilion Gardens.  That's Belinda off down the main street.

Looking at Well Dressing in Buxton
Well dressings take place in most villages in the Peak District National Park during the summer and attract many visitors, as did this one in Buxton.

Flower map in Pavilion Gardens, Buxton
Here's Belinda in Buxton's Pavilion Gardens, the map is constructed out of flowers.  The gardens had a large lake for boating and a miniature railway trundling around it.  Please visit our tourist links page for Peak District websites you'll probably find useful if planning a visit to Derbyshire's Peak District.

The terrific view at the Blue John Cavern near Edale
In the afternoon we moved on to the Blue John Cavern near Edale and Castleton in Winnats Pass limestone gorge.  Belinda is admiring the view just before visiting the gift shop!

Deep inside the Blue John Cavern - ooo er
Our guided tour of the Blue John Cavern started with a steep stepped descent and lasted around 40 minutes, during which we admired the many well lit rock formations.

Outside the Litton holiday cottage. OK, got the route to Manchester sussed!
Here's Mike outside the cottage on the 2nd day of our Peak District holiday checking the guide book prior to our drive to Manchester for the Granada Studios Coronation Street tour.

Granada Studios Coronation Street tour, Manchester
At Granada Studios we had a helpful guide take us round and we learnt all about TV programme production.  Here we saw how the Coronation Street soap is produced and edited.

The Coronation Street cobbles in Weatherfield
This is the famous Weatherfield Coronation Street cobbles, the actual one seen in the soap which we were able to wander along.  Of course the buildings are just frontage.

Coronation Street tour: I'm going for a pint in the Rovers Return
Belinda outside The Rovers Return, the place where most of the interactions (affairs, rows) take place in Coronation Street.  As you can see, it's rather swamped by tourists!

Writing postcards in the Peak District holiday cottage
After breakfast on day 3 we wrote our postcards in the Peak District cottage, Belinda promptly took a shine to one of Mike's cards and tried to pinch it!

Peak District countryside on a walk from Litton
Later we did a local walk from Litton and enjoyed some lovely Peak District countryside which Belinda's admiring here, looking towards Cressbrook.

Dry stone wall in the Peak District
Mike tries to kick down a dry stone wall.  During our picnic lunch earlier he had an unfortunate encounter with a rather large moth which flew down his T shirt!

Crossing a seasonal river on the stepping stones near Litton, Derbyshire
The guide book called this a seasonal river, but it was dry so we didn't really need to use the stepping stones, but hey, what the heck, let's use them anyway!

Walking back towards Litton, a shower and the pub!
Back towards Litton then, just time to get showered and changed before visiting the local pub for an evening meal at the Red Lion.

 

Peak District and Derbyshire links to the places we've visited are on our tourist links page.

Note: Coronation Street is no longer open to the public as a visitor attraction.

Now please proceed to the next page of our Peak District holiday where we visit Alton Towers and do some more walks - visiting three ships around Baslow and another through Monsal Dale.  Our poor feet!

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