Author Archives: tpltravelled

It was so q___t in the early evening that we went off on a tour of demolished old farm sites (see previous post). But then normal Saturday night service was resumed. A drone over historic and beautiful silver birch woodland picked up a fire. Five men and a large campfire. They were invited to leaveContinue reading “Normal Service Is Resumed”

around the Eastern Moors that i believe the City Council demolished rather than maintain. A lap of the four informed partly by Nick (‘the oracle’) local farmer and the Chris Goddard book and hand-drawn maps. The view from Higger Lodge down the Hop Valley must have been spectacular at sunset. But the view from PiperContinue reading “Four Farms”

*There’s summat up with how this blog uploads videos – or rather doesn’t as this is the first of about 6 that’s worked. I heard a phrase on a podcast the other day about showing people issues and challenges and problems rather than telling them about them …. something about giving them information to shapeContinue reading “Show Not Tell”

Friday I started the holiday (on Good Friday morning) by finishing listening to the latest Sophy Roberts podcast episode Gone To Timbuktu featuring Rob Cowen then going to straight to my local book shop and buying the Rob Cowen book … for a free podcast that one is costing me a lot of money inContinue reading “Easter Eggs”

The Guardian has an article today on mountain rescue statistics in England and Wales from 2024 featuring data from Mountain Rescue England and Wales analysed by Ordnance Survey Some key takeaways … •Rescues jumped by 24% between 2019 and 2024 •The article states that the ‘rise was most stark among the 18-24 age group, whereContinue reading “Youth of Today”

I got this lot off from the Moor near the cart track on Cam Height (Stanage) last night. Farmer were gathering his sheep off the Moor and spotted it. A few bevvies and cheese burgers on a couple of BBQ’s and a can of Lynx Ice deodorant. Makings of a smashing night out ont’ Moor.Continue reading “Del Amitri”

Another day another fire. The slight difference with this one on Saturday night (apart from the people lighting it were not under the influence of alcohol and or drugs) was that before we flew the DJI drone over a patch of woodland that is often the location for fires (ie there was two there lastContinue reading “Not The Benny Hill Show”

*Your suggested musical accompaniment to this post is ‘When The Sun Goes Down’ by The Arctic Monkeys … Friday 12 April. Dear diary … 0051hrs Buzzed awake by a whatsapp message to a rural crime alert group that a local farmer has just seen ‘4 twats in the yard’ after his quad 0758hrs another localContinue reading “A day off …”

Come at me with all the explanations and valid reasons in the world and i’ll still tell you that considering it appropriate for a dozen young adults on whatever college course it is you’re teaching them to be wandering the moors each carrying wooden cut outs of replica semi automatic weapons is IMHO very irresponsibleContinue reading “Gallery Space”

To be read whilst listening to ‘Wasn’t Me’ by Shaggy … Contrary to public opinion a) i don’t work or volunteer for the Peak District National Park b) i don’t set the car park rates c) there’s nothing i can do if you finger prod me in person or online about the hike in weeklyContinue reading “Wasn’t Me”