#19 peak district cycle monsal trail or the Manchester Buxton Matlock Midland rail, Name like that no wander it closed down #richiewellock #peakdistrict #monsaltrial With a walking trail as good as this you almost want to thank Lord Beaching, well may be a bit over stepped the mark there. We go on a disaster video as my bike looses a derailer as I try to rescue the time I have with you today in this video. As well as loosing train of thought and start a rant about John Ruskin as he thwates to demoralise the tunnel Engineers workers and navies of the time with his brown dale odes and poem's. mentioned in this video Patrick Dickinson here is a link https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfn3jiFPuraxHFp-Aunl94NeXO503HJ89 The Monsal Trail is a traffic free route for walkers, cyclists, horse riders and wheelchair users through some of the Peak District's most spectacular limestone dales. The trail runs along the former Midland Railway line for 8.5 miles between Blackwell Mill, in Chee Dale and Coombs Road, at Bakewell. Most of the route was opened to the public in 1981 but four former railway tunnels had to remain closed due to safety reasons, with public footpaths taking people around them. From 25 May 2011 the four railway tunnels - Headstone Tunnel, Cressbrook Tunnel, Litton Tunnel, Chee Tor Tunnel – will also open for trail users. Each tunnel is about 400 metres long and will be lit during normal daylight hours. Two shorter tunnels - Chee Tor No.2 and Rusher Cutting – already formed part of the Monsal Trail. The public can now experience the full length of the former railway route at their own pace and see breathtaking views at places like Water-cum-Jolly Dale that have remained hidden since the railway closed in 1968. Other former railway lines now open to the public as traffic-free trails can be found at the High Peak Trail and Tissington Trail, with bike hire centres also servicing these routes. Monsal Trail Tunnels The Monsal Trail tunnels offer one of the most spectacular leisure routes in Britain for cycling, walking and horse riding. It is the first time the public have been able to go through the tunnels since the former Midland Railway Line closed in 1968 Following work by the Peak District National Park Authority – using £2.25 million funding from the Department of Transport – the tunnels have been repaired, resurfaced and lit to form an extension to the existing Monsal Trail. mentioned in this video in order Monsal trail https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/places-to-visit/trails/monsaltrail Chatsworth House https://www.chatsworth.org/ J Ruskin https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/mar/14/john-ruskin-wedding-effie-gray James Abbott McNeill Whistler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne_in_Black_and_Gold_%E2% ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGjKlqFZxp4