Last weekend we visited our son and his girlfriend in Sheffield. He has a passion for vehicles: one he's acquired is a Range Rover in which he likes to go off-roading. I went with him on a short foray on a green lane in the Peak District - nothing too scary.
One of his other vehicles is a van which is his business.
If ever you want anything moving to or from the Sheffield area Andy's your van man.
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Wow, if you hadn't said so, I would have thought it was in Africa. Marvellous scenery there in Derbyshire, isn't it?
The Peak District is indeed a wonderful place, and not without canals, although they keep to the edges: the Peak Forest is the most notable of these. There were various schemes to link this canal with the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire, and eventually the Cromford and High Peak Railway (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway ) was built. There's not much left now, but much of the route, with its inclines, can be followed today.
My son wishes to point out that, technically, we weren't off-roading: we were green laning.
As a walker, I'm happy to hear that your son was acting responsibly. For visitors not familiar with vehicle rules in the Peak District, you can look at:
http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/vehicles
Ah Halfie, what's in a name? Although I suppose green laning follows prescribed routes? The point for me is that you can still find such lovely little populated stretches of beautiful country, even in England! Thanks very much for the link. I'll go take a look, and thanks too for the information about wide beam canals. It's a shame about the Leeds and Liverpool! I'll have to persuade my other half to take his smaller barge over. It's only 15 metres long but still needs the broad beam canals.
Anonymous, my son took great pains to explain to me that all vehicles using the green lanes have to be fully road legal, with MOT, tax and insurance. He knows the very website you draw attention to.
It must come as a surprise to many walking the hills to come across a car driving along!
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