Tis' Tissington

One of the joys of this trip is that we have been able to fit in a few walks.........Tissington was one. Love the fact that you can view the local "Hall", take the public footpaths through landscapes of ordered farm land and wilderness, and see the odd eccentricities such as strawberries growing from wine bottles (Champagne no less!) to the banalities of calling a street ...well, The Street!

I just LOVE the stiles, but I wonder ......how do people get through some of them. MMMMMMMM too much Yorkshire pud means we struggled, But seriously each one is different and the thing I love is that it is preserving an age old right....the right to walk unhindered through the countryside.....as you will see from earlier blogs...even dogs!

The Tissington Trail though is a bit different in that in 60's a guy called Richard Beecham had a good idea which was to close down heaps 'unproftable' railway lines and services to save money !!!!!

Not a good idea BUT they have now come into their own as many of them have become walking or cycling tracks. Tissington is one. We decided to walk which probably wasn't one of the best ideas as we spent the first part of the walk dodging bikes, but the walk itself was glorious, lovely trees, plants, churches and how I adore those archways of trees!