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Sheepwash Bridge, Ashford in the Water, Peak District, England

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Asford on the Water,Peak District, Sheepwash Bridge

 

On the way back from our recent-ish trip down as far as the south west of England we visited Derbyshire/the Peak District. I think this is one of the most scenic areas of England. The old stone humpbacked bridge above is called Sheepwash Bridge and has been named as one of the best bridges for  people to play poohsticks from. It’s in the quaint village of Ashford in the Water. This village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and it used to be owned by the Cavendish family of Chatsworth fame, but they had to sell it at some point to pay death duties.

The bridge spans the River Wye, it’s a very pretty area as you can see.

River Wye , Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire

There was a constant stream of people going over the bridge and I took the first photo of it with people on it as I had given up hope of it ever being empty, but then Jack managed to snap the one below with his camera –  before anyone else went on the bridge –  but by then I was in the way!

Sheepwash Bridge, River Wye, Derbyshire

It’s a lovely wee village and river, but I bet the locals get fed up with the tourists!

Fracking = Crazy!

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At the weekend I switched the TV on and saw a load of people clapping and generally behaving like they had just won the lottery, but of course it was just the politicians at the Paris Climate Talks behaving like a bunch of idiots. Possibly it was because they could at last go home after coming to some sort of climate emissions agreement.

Anyway I knew then that it was a lot of nonsense as they will all say anything and sign up to anything, knowing that none of it is legally binding. Each country will expect all the other countries to stick to the agreements, but will have no intention of doing so themselves.

But even I was somewhat taken aback when there was an announcement on the BBC news tonight saying that fracking was going to be allowed in England. Apparently they’re going to be fracking in the Peak District, despite the fact that it’s a National Park. You can read about it here if you’re interested.

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t fracking just going to produce more fossil fuels, which is exactly the opposite of what was agreed at the Paris Climate Talks?

Yet again, I feel like I’ve fallen down some sort of Alice in Wonderland nightmare of a hole.

If you want to see what the Peak District/Derbyshire looks like, have a keek at the images here. It happens to be one of my favourite parts of England, but I don’t suppose it’ll look like that for much longer.