Eyam amazing plague village

Amazing walk through Eyam - the plague village of Derbyshire. 1665 the plague was transported to this village in a bale of material. The villagers made a decision that they would not allow the disease to spread and closed the village down. Money for goods was left in the troughs and wells outside of the town. Geraldine Brooks wrote an incredible book "The Year of Wonders" that describes what it was like in the town during that year. To their credit the plague never reached other villages in Derbyshire and the Great Fire of London wiped out the disease.

People still live in the cottages and I often wonder how they react to tourists eagerly taking photos at any time of the day! I just took the signs... but I was tempted!.

Great to see that the Sheep Roasting still happens.............I just missed it this time but it is a lovely family memory of us all hiking to Eyam and eating roast lamb in fresh crunchy bread mmmm.



Did an incredible walk through the Churchyard, checking out the history and then up a steep path through the woodland. Over stiles and then out onto the pasture land where black faced knobbly sheep baaed balefully as I walked past. Over another stile and suddenly the moors and heathers opened out purple hue stretching out into the far distance.