Taddington, Chelmorton and Chee dale part 1

Chee dale is lovely at ANY time of the year, so i always look forward to going there. Today, we parked in the village of Taddington, just off the A6 near Buxton. It's typical of a lot of the 'cottagy' limestone villages in Derbyshire now, inasmuch as it's had a LOT of money thrown at it, and a lot of the houses are people who have moved in and restored or improved. There are the odd one or two that look to be local owned though.

This is looking back to the village from the first hill. Don't forget you can enlarge any of the pictures simply by clicking on them.

As we crested the first hill, this is wha the sky looked like! Not very promising, you might think, but the day was to be good and clear, so appearances can be deceptive.

The next village we came to was Chelmorton. Another very much in the same vein as taddington. There had been heavy rain overnight, and water was running in a rivulet down the main road, as you can see.

This is Taddington church, it is famous for what is on the spire. From this picture, it just looks like a normal weather vane, BUT...........

Up close, you can see the golden grasshopper. I can't find any information on why this is, or what, if anything, it stands for? Anyone who can, please leave a note in the comments book.

The village also has an impressive trio of troughs. This sign, above them, tells the story, (although I hardly think the 'property of' note at the end was necessary!!)

Nice troughs, though.

Please go to part two (below)