Tag: railway

  • Cromford and High Peak Railway

    Cromford and High Peak Railway

    Stopped off in the Derwent Valley, a Unesco World Heritage site on account of its 18th/19th-century cotton mills considered to be the birth of the large-scale factory production. It was where Richard Arkwright introduced the latest technology at the time for spinning cotton. But ignoring the mills I headed up the 1 in 9 Sheep…

  • Grosmont

    Grosmont

    A belated birthday treat. Sunday dinner on the North York Moors Railway. A very relaxing afternoon. And we picked a ‘steam extravaganza’ weekend. Lots of shunting, not a diesel in sight, and a lot of patience needed for anyone trying to use the level crossing at Grosmont.