tarboat's photos with the keyword: miller's dale

Early purple orchids high up above Miller's Dale. Ravenstor youth hostel is visible upper centre.

Draw holes for one of the four kilns at the Miller's Dale limeworks. The lime was drawn out over a perforated plate with whatever fell through being rejected as waste.

When wandering the countryside you happen upon all sorts of odd things in remote places. In this case it was half of the tank from a railway wagon which was being used as a water trough on a hillside above Miller's Dale. Just getting this here must have involved a lot of effort.

A view over Miller's Dale during a walk on the Monsal Trail. Peak District limestone country at its best.

The oldest part of this group of corrugated iron buildings dates from c1897 and had to be moved up the hill when the scond railway viaduct was built here in 1905. The building on the left opened in 1906 as a refreshment room serving the nearby Miller's Dale station and operated until the railway closed in 1967. Reopened from the 1980s to 2002 these corrugated iron buildings are now fully refurbished as a holiday let. Now known as the "Wriggly Tin" the buildings have their own website: www.wrigglytin.co.uk/aspx001/article.aspx?CID=5&SID=f0fc0b69-dd11-472a-b559-c22ded590799