Usual stuff.. it's been a while since I blogged about anything, so thought I'd fill you all in about a superb heritage trip undertaken today. As you all know by now, I'm a member of English Heritage and, as such, I take time as much as possible to visit as many sites as possible. Anyway, the second year of the membership has finally kicked in and, as a consequence, we now get
free access to sites of CADW (Wales), Historic Scotland and Manx Heritage.
The focus will always be on english heritage sites, though, since it's my mother country.
Today's journey was to the lovely derbyshire town of Castleton, and the fantastic Peveril Castle. For the pictures, keep checking on StrangeHub.co.uk (when I get around to posting the images etc.).
While we were there, we went to Peak Cavern (also known as The Devil's Arse), a superb showcave with the largest cave entrance in the British Isles. The cave system extends for miles underneath the stunning derbyshire countryside, and part of the hour-long tour actually goes into the caves underneath Peveril Castle, which is made more intriguing if you've just, like we had, been in the castle literally an hour before!
The tour stops at the devil's cellar, but the cave system carries on for miles more, connecting directly with the other boat-trip oriented Speedwell Cavern.
It should also be noted that the famous Titan cave system, the longest free-hanging cave ever found in the UK, was found in 1999 when cavers first discovered the connection between Speedwell and Peak Caverns.
