We have a new dog, a rescue from Spain who's very reactive. So, we're looking for quiet out-of-the-way places to walk him until he's more settled and we can be better placed to deal with his anxiety and reactivity. As a result of that today we took a walk along the Limestone Way down through Hay Dale nature reserve, in the White Peak. This took us past some mining remains, much to my surprise. I was even more surprised to find the rusted out body of a Hudson Jubilee skip wagon;
The view above is looking towards the adit, the one below away;
Looking into the adit, there's what looks like an old red tent behind the screen;
Another view;
Fuel tank from what looks like a tractor, the left hand end was for petrol used for starting and the right hand for TVO (tractor vapourising oil, basically paraffin);
By the look of it the line came out of the adit on an incline to a tipping dock. The remains of the dock are very overgrown and difficult to interpret;
Like I said, very overgrown!;
A quick scout around on the web reveals very little information, the most useful being this page from Derbyshire County Council. However, there may be more, I'm not great at searching.
Paul.
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