I recently posted two entries (Peak District and Peak District Part 2) about visiting the Peak District in a snowstorm. This is the last entry with some more photographs, most of which are from driving around in the snow. I hope you appreciate these photographs. I am hoping to make a visit to the Peak District in the summer or autumn so that I can see what it looks like without the snow.
A snowy road in the Peak District.
A snow-covered village is quiet and the cars and piled with snow.
On our first day, we visited the cavern at Castleton, known Peak Cavern. It was also known as the Devil's Arse, probably because of the sound of the water escaping the cavern when the water level in the caverns changed. We were in a small group with five others and learned how to make rope and toured the caves. This cave was one of the wonders of the Peak District.
The entrance to Peak Cavern in the snow.
To get to the cavern, we walked down a narrow path following a river. We would have loved to see the castle, but it was closed due to the weather. We will have to go back a different day. The castle is located on top of the hill above the entrance of the caverns.
A nice riverside walk in the snow in Castleton.
Pathway up to the caverns in Castleton.
Castleton covered in the snow.
The next day, we visited Speedwell Cavern, which is just up the road. The entrance to the caves is near Winnat's Pass. This cavern is formed of water-filled tunnels, which were created during mining. The tunnels can be navigated via boat, and at the end of the tour, we visited "The Bottomless Pit", and we could see it from looking onto a platform.
Winnats Pass in the snow.
After visiting that cavern, we walked up a snowy-covered path to Treak Cliff Caverns, and there was luckily someone around to give us a tour. This was my favourite cavern in the Peak District because it has a lot of nice features, fossils, and some very nice Blue John Stone. Blue John Stone can only be found in the Peak District, and it is a purple-blue colour laced with white, yellow, or reddish-coloured stone.
Treak Cliff Cavern stone, fossils
In a previous post, I showed photographs of the lovely cottage below.
Lovely cottage in the snow
I hope you enjoyed these photographs of the Peak District in the snow.
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