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Geography – this post relates to the area between the Dennis Knoll and Upper Burbage Bridge areas of the northern flank of the Hope Valley in the Peak District National Park The Resources Committee of the Peak District National Park convened on 23rd January (2026) to discuss and subsequently unanimously approve the implementation of aContinue reading “Crossing The Five Hundred Pound Line”

Saturday night for we three @eastern_moors_partnership volunteer patrol rangers … Usual patrol ranger routes and nattering with a lad out night bouldering (* for the thermal imagery geeks tonight was one of those rare nights where almost the entire landscape was the same temperature so the optic can’t ‘see’ by differentiating temperature so all youContinue reading “Dress Rehearsal”

The felling of trees has commenced as part of the (Planning Authority approved) extension of Dennis Knoll car park (under Stanage). The car park extension will accommodate 59 cars in total (the current capacity is 10) The works here and at the Hollins Bank (aka Plantation) car park are part of the PDNPA efforts toContinue reading “Big Yellow Taxi”

A book about a man that eschews normal interactions with society and instead spends countless hours, day and night, all year round, caring for, monitoring and rescuing wild animals in Yorkshire.  The person that bought me the book (for Christmas) read the sleeve notes and thought it might have been about me! On reading itContinue reading “Interrupted Journeys”

… across the Peak District. Storm Goretti should shift the balance whitewards when it arrives on Thursday evening ❄️❄️❄️

Egg sucking time …. 🥚 If you click this link and then add your postcode you’ll get to the gritting maps for your location Link from which you can discern the likeliest clearest route to the bingo, dog groomers or kebab shop.*Priorities may differ. Most councils split the gritting commitment in to Primary and SecondaryContinue reading “Grit for Victory”

That’s me in the photo. This is my account of my year as a volunteer countryside ranger for an organisation called the Eastern Moors Partnership on a small part of the eastern edge of the Peak District National Park in England. My reasons for writing it are a few-fold … principally so that people canContinue reading “A Year On The Moors”

The part of the Peak District that i rove about isn’t all that different to many rural parts of the UK …. except for ‘what lies over the hill’ … People. >800,000 of them minutes away in Sheffield and about 19 million of them within one hour. So as well as everything that ‘normally’ goesContinue reading “Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy 2025 – 2028”

Two vehicles off roading in the walled enclosure on Houndkirk Moor last night. Various technology solutions used to confirm and record their presence off the Houndkirk track. One of them left its engine oil on Houndkirk. Thanks. One of them wasn’t insured at 1946hrs but was magically insured at 2117hrs after the lack of insuranceContinue reading “Cause and Effect”

Same old same old for me for Christmas Day Early rise and a cold walk to the cabin …. it was empty 🥳 Unfortunately i found it had been recently used by firestarters and rubbish leavers So Grumpy Santa had to do ten minutes of tidying and cleaning before he could put his kettle onContinue reading “Down the Usual”