I see someone checking out my bike and walk over for a chat. I was meaning to do a bike walk around so got to do an impromptu one.

I take an afternoon rideout to Hartington in Derbyshire and talk about my disastrous summer driving jobs back in 2000

I take a quick stroll around Hartington village and question why such a small village in the middle of nowhere is always packed with tourists.

I take an afternoon rideout to Hartington in Derbyshire and talk about riding in the rain and my week on the training course.

Poole's Cavern in Buxton, Derbyshire, UK. I take a stroll around the car park and visitors centre and begin the guided tour of the cavern.

some photos that i have took when i have been on my walks :)

Poole's Cavern in Buxton, Derbyshire, UK. I go on a guided tour of the cave.

Poole's Cavern in Buxton, Derbyshire, UK. I go on a guided tour of the cave.

a stunning walk
Ladybower was built between 1935 and 1943, and took a further two years to fill (1945). The Dam differs from the other two as it is a clay cored earth embankment, and not a solid masonry   more...dam, as the others. Below the Dam is a cut off trench 180 ft deep and 6 ft wide filled with concrete, stretching into the hills each side 500ft, to stop water leaking round the dam. The building of the dam wall was undertaken by the Scottish company of Richard Baillie and Sons. The two viaducts, Ashopton and Ladybower, needed to carry the trunk roads over the reservoir, were built by the London firm of Holloways, using a steel frame clad in concrete. Both firms encountered mounting problems when the Second World War broke out in 1939 making labour and raw materials scarce. This extended the proposed build time, but was carried on due to the strategic importance of maintaining supplies. The opening ceremony for the reservoir was carried out on Tuesday September 25, 1945 by King George VI accompanied by Queen Elizabeth.

During the 1990s the wall was raised and strengthened to reduce the risk of 'over-topping' in a major flood. The original dam wall contains 100,000 tons of concrete, over one million tons of earth and 100,000 tons of clay for the core. The upstream face being stone faced. Materials were brought in via the Derwent Valley Water Board's own branch line to the site and their sidings off the main line in the Hope Valley.

The dam's design is peculiar in having two totally enclosed bellmouth overflows (locally named the 'plugholes') at the side of the wall. These are stone and of 80 ft Dia. with outlets of 15 ft dia. that each discharge via its own valve house at the base of the dam. The overflows originally had walkways around them but they were dismantled many years ago.  less

Delia Derbyshire 1937 - 2001

Music by 'Clayhill' - 'Northern Soul' from the album 'Small Circle', Video filmed from cab of lorry (truck) along the A61 from Alfreton to Claycross in Derbyshire UK.

UFO Images & Phantom Planes Of The Derbyshire Dales

A classic TV programme that looks at the problems that trick photography, misperception and hoax images that paranormal researchers face as well   more...as several genuinely unexplained anomalies which still defy explanation.

Includes a brief look at ghost images, UFO images, Bigfoot video, NASA footage, Manhattan UFO and a remarkable image of a squadron with the ghostly apparition of a their Naval mechanic who had died three days previous to the image being taken. Classic UFO taken video at Nellis test range footage including audio of pilots discussing it. Includes Robert Irving, a Fortean Times writer and the landed UFO image he created for an article he’d wrote which was later claimed to be a genuine image.

Includes an interview with Tony Ingle who when walking his golden retriever seen a silent wartime aircraft pass about 50 feet above him and appeared to come down in a nearby field, in April 1995!!  less

Ilkeston Charter Fair

The place to find the highest quality of used motorhomes instead of brand new purchases is a dealership of used Gulfstream motorhomes.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=898962348145860257

TV commercial for Derbyshire County Council's fostering and adoption service in the UK. Director Simon Cook, Producer Phil Brice, production company Koala

"Mr Walsh" TV commercial for Fostering and Adoption services for Derbyshire County Council in the UK. Director Simon Cook, producer Phil Brice, production company Koala www.koalatv.com

Radio play about Delia Derbyshire

A 4 mile journey on a steam train between Rowsley and Matlock, Derbyshire UK on the restored Midland Rail Line.