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Hi Readers, At the time of writing we have just marked the 1-year anniversary of the first lockdown.

I saw one comedian on Twitter write ‘I haven’t heard anybody say, where did the last year go’. Beyond the joke I think they may have missed the point. For many of us the last year has been a year lost. Lost experiences, lost jobs, lost businesses, even lost loved ones. With the roadmap in place there are reasons to be optimistic as we want to reclaim our lives but I think we are all feeling the same caution. My own thoughts are that we have to be brave.

Embrace the changes we need to make, with vaccines, social distancing, masks and hand sanitising that will allow us to embrace the opportunity to reclaim our lives.

As they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing but I suppose this toll has caused us all the be a bit grumpy, maybe it’s the social distancing we have had to maintain but it seems like there is growing gaps in our ability to empathise and understand each other. But what I would say to that is, it was only just over a year ago when #bekind was doing the rounds as a reaction to Caroline Flack losing her life so tragically. Nobody knows what anybody else is going through behind closed doors – so it’s very simple, just be kind to each other – kindness never hurt anyone.

In other news, Bez and Shaun Ryder (Flake and Rafa’s new nicknames!) have made a full recovery!

They are sporadically trying to pull us back in the direction of the woods – can’t think why! – however, we have managed to divert their attentions and we have been incident free for 1 month! The Vet will be disappointed – this monthly visit was ensuring their optional extra of a personal Butler for the duration of their round the world tour!! (*I am only joking – our Vets do a brilliant job & they have trained hard for their profession*).

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Castleton & its Caverns - Continued Part 3 - Treak Cliff Cavern Head out of Castleton on Buxton Road and you will find the sign and gate for Treak Cliff Cavern. If you have any mobility issues, or have a child in a pram, the cavern itself is going to be out of bounds for you due to the number of steps, up the steep At the top of the steps take a moment to both catch your breath, and drink in the stunning scenery of Castleton and the Hope Valley spread out in front of you.

Treak Cliff was first opened to the public in 1935 by the then landowner, a Colonel Broadbent. There are two sets of caverns known as ‘old series’ and ‘new series’, the second having been discovered in 1926.

The entrance to the caverns is via a tunnel blasted by lead miners in the mid-1800s, it’s quite low so you may have to stoop. This passage leads you into the ‘old series’ of caverns where, long ago, miners extracted by hand Blue John (a type of the mineral fluorspar found only in Castleton).

Veins of the blueish mineral can easily be seen as you progress through to the scarily named ‘Witches Cave’. Don’t worry, the name was coined for a rock formation which (from some angles) was said to resemble a witch’s profile! It’s in this cave that you will find ‘The Pillar’ - the single largest deposit of Blue John ever identified and thought to weigh around 16 tons.

Progressing still deeper into the caverns, and moving into the so called ‘new series’, Blue John ceases to be visible and instead

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you enter into a world of multi coloured ‘flowstone’, stalagmites and stalactites.

Fanciful names, Aladdin’s Cave, Fairyland and Dream Cave, conjure up feelings of walking through something from a fairy tale. Indeed in Aladdin’s cave, a series of stalagmites is nicknamed ‘the Seven Dwarves’. The stalagmite named ‘Happy’ is considered to be a charm and touching his ‘head’ is supposed to bring good luck! Another well named stalactite is ‘The Stork’, and it does indeed resemble that bird standing on one leg.

A tour of Treak Cliff, lasts around 40-45 mins and you are well advised to wear something warm as the temperature is a relatively steady (and chilly) 11°C. And although there is no underground water course, there is a steady drip of water percolating down from the ground above, this makes the floors wet and slippery, so stout footwear is imperative.

A visit to the onsite museum, gift shop selling handmade Blue John jewellery and gifts, and a warming drink in the café, finishes the trip nicely. Of course you then have ALL those steps to descend back down to the road level!

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Part 4- Blue John Cavern Nestled at the foot of Mam Tor, Blue John Cavern is the last of Castleton’s caves we are going to have a quick look over.

Just like Treak Cliff, the Blue John Cavern is not going to be accessible for anyone with mobility issues, or anyone with a child in a pram or pushchair. Once you reach the parking area on Old Mam Tor road (follow the brown tourist signs out of Castleton) a path leads down to the entrance and then there are 245 steps down to the cavern!

The caverns are huge and well, but sympathetically lit. Waterfall Cavern, so called because the left side is a mass of stalactite formations that look very much like a frozen waterfall, is very atmospheric. Stalactite Cavern shows the path of the former underground river and the roof actually resembles an upside down river bed.

The small visitor centre looks like it has been dug into the surrounding hillside and there are some amazing views to take in before, and after, the 245 steps.

More evidence of the force of water at work is seen in Lord Mulgrave’s Dining room, a circular cave created by the confluence of two rivers causing a swirling effect which carved out the space over millennia. This cave was named because Mulgrave was alleged to have treated some miners to a slap up meal there.

The cavern itself was discovered in around 1700 by local miners who were following the ‘Blue John vein’ in search of a source of the mineral (the rarest in the UK). Once you have descended into the first cavern, the one these miners located, you can still see the vein they were following and the pothole, high in the ceiling above you, that they had to lower themselves through…it makes 245 steps seem a much easier option!

The cave system was formed by the action of water, and evidence of this is apparent everywhere you look, in the sculptural markings.

Fortunately for visitors the river responsible for shaping the caverns no longer flows, but you will follow the dry river bed as you wend your way through the system.

Old mining equipment has been left in situ and it’s amazing to think that Blue John was extracted from the solid rock of the caves using only the most basic of tools.

The Grand Crystalline Cavern with its dome shaped roof complete with sparkly multi coloured crystals and stalactites is breathtaking. And the final cave open to the public, the Variegated Cavern is awe-inspiring. A viewing platform, 20 metres above the floor, lets you see areas only cavers are allowed to go, a place littered with rocks and boulders carried there by a now non-existent river.

In Episode 5, the last in this series, we’ll talk about Blue John itself. Still mined and crafted in the area, it has been used for decorative purposes for hundreds of years.

These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved to the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

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Peak time for the Thrushes As winter has gently drifted into springtime change is in the air for the thrush family.

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They need high-energy food like berries to protect from the winter chill and to prepare for the long haul homeward; stopping off to re-fuel on coastal sea buckthorn before the North Sea crossing. Redwings will often feed under stands of beech trees and oaks as they pick through the damp leaf-litter. They will also forage under dense rhododendron bushes and will visit gardens.

In the movement north, these birds are joined by many of the European blackbirds that overwintered with us; often in gardens and local woods. The resident birds are already well on with breeding and are altogether more territorial, and it is the continental migrants that you see in groups. Take a trip to the seaside in autumn and you will see them flying in off the sea Male Blackbird almost touching the wave-tops. The local birds are now in full song and delivering a gorgeous chorus at both dawn and dusk.

The blackbird is arguably the most accomplished of all our song birds, but the other members of the thrush family are pretty good too. Quite large and rather grey in colour, mistle thrushes sing loudly from tree-tops and have been doing so since February. Their song is very loud but rather

limited and unvarying. Their cousin is the smaller song thrush which is much softer and warmer coloured and has a prettier song. However, the song thrush is still no match for the blackbird.

Its tune, delivered beautifully and loudly, often from the mid branches of a big tree or from a roof-top, is a single note repeated three times and then another slightly different also three times. The song Redwing thrush is also a great friend of the gardener as they love to feast on snails. They have developed the knack of cracking open the hard snail shells by bashing them on to rocks until the protective case is broken and then consuming the innards. The evidence of the song thrush feasting is the stone (known as an anvil) and the scattering of shell fragments. Examination will show which snail species the thrush has been eating. So as the redwings and fieldfares depart, the resident mistle thrushes, song thrushes and blackbirds join in the ever-louder chorus at the start and then the end of the day.

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