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Some thoughts, words and pictures around my minor involvement in fighting the wildfire that impacted the Featherbed Moss area of the Dark Peak. Geography The fire impacted the area of the Peak District between Kinder and Bleaklow (and South of the A57 road) bounded by A57 Snake Pass to the North Snake Plantations to theContinue reading “Snake Pass Fire”

Bit of map help please ….. i’m looking for a place called ‘Somewhere Else’ ? I think it’s in or near the Hope Valley ?  I’ve been reading the various reports about, and responses to, the imminent implementation of parking restrictions around Castleton and Mam Tor.  Local MP’s are rejoicing that their campaign to relieveContinue reading “Somewhere Else”

A quote Then a load of photos Then another quote Intended to make you dash out and book The Patheas Travelled for guided walks and navigation lessons in the National Parks of the United Kingdom. 🤞.

Essential viewing. Two brothers learn about competitive birdwatching by becoming birdwatchers—spending a year living in a used minivan, traveling the country to compete in a ‘Big Year’. Free to view here *2 hrs long Caution – may cause an onset of binocular and guidebook purchasing

Here is the clip from Countryfile yesterday (Sunday 19/4) that features some of the Eastern Moors Partnership team (including me) chatting about deploying, recovering and analysing Acoustic Recording Units (ARUs).  I’ve popped the clip on. Maybe the ©️ police will take it down ?  That clip was focussed on ARUs listening for owls. I wentContinue reading “Famous on a Sunday”

I saw a Derbyshire Police reel last week that explained their aspiration that telephone calls to 101 are left to those people less able to use mobile devices to ‘live chat’ with the police.  Hmmmffff thought i, as someone that has cause to ring 101 reasonably regularly as a countryside ranger and sometimes sits onContinue reading “Liking Live Chat”

And so it was that a day after the Peak District National Park celebrated its 75th birthday, another icon of the British landscape climbed out of bed, put on its pipe and slippers and said ‘move aside youth’. Happy 90th birthday today to the humble ‘trig point’.  The Ordnance Survey’s first trig point was erectedContinue reading “Happy Birthday Trig”

What to do on a wet Wednesday … Start on the first stepping stone. Go all the way down the waterside path to the wrought iron gate at the bottom. Come back up.  Go steady on the wet roots and beware all of it after heavy rain.  Carry your winter call-out rucksack for added fun. Continue reading “Mind The Step”

New Bench Day A pedal down to Wyming Brook. Couldn’t get on new bench 1 as it was occupied at the time A pedal down to Wyming Brook. ​ Couldn’t get on New Bench 1 as it was occupied ​at the time  Freewheeled down to NB2  One minor positive of the necessary felling of diseasedContinue reading “NBD”

Miles Richardson @findingnature has written about the feeling of helplessness of those engaged in the effort to protect nature. Another 3 fires on the bit of countryside i voluntarily help look after. The first of these involved my colleagues being verbally abused and physically threatened. The last one only came to light this morning –Continue reading “Anger Management or What Would Alf Do ? “