The Peaks continued

Considering we only had a week we packed a whole lot into this holiday, The Dark Peaks was a particularly spectacular day out, and the very picturesque Castleton was a particular favourite, but on this holiday there were so many lovely lovely places.

There were so many different caverns to choose from we weren't sure which one to pick, Blue John was the obvious choice but we didnt want that another had about 160 steps down to an underground lake and a very claustrophobic tunnel didnt fancy that, we did go and  have a look at the the spectacular entrance of Peaks Cavern

In the end we decided on Treak Cliff Cavern a working Blue John mine, the guide was very friendly and took us on a wonderful tour, I bought a beautiful piece of Blue John which now hangs in my window and which shows amazing patterns and veins of Blue.Another Cavern is Pooles Cavern  which is in Buxton.

The amazing views of Mam Tor took you breath away, I believe it was in the 1970 s that the side of the Tor slipped into the valley below thus covering the road below.