The Snake Pass (Peak District)

Member Name: cindy1

Product:	Peak District
Date:	12/09/00 (408 review reads)
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Advantages: Beautiful breath taking scenery

Disadvantages: Weather unpredictable

I actually lived in Glossop Derbyshire about 2 years ago, it was one of the most wildest places I have ever lived.
Most weekends I would go for drive, because the scenery was so breathtaking.
The most beautiful place near me was the Snake Pass, when you reached the peak it was so amazing the majority of the time the road would just be full of fog, you couldn't see anything, when you could see it was so barren and bleak.
The Snake Pass has a pub called the Snake Inn, it's a really friendly little pub, most interestingly is the pub is adorned with pictures of every really bad snow storm, some years it was about 20 foot deep.

Further down the Snake Pass towards Sheffield is a country park, which has loads of activities for walkers and hikers, cyclist's etc.
This park has a big dam, which is really famous it has been used in some dam buster films.

I'm just talking about one road in the peak district, the area has mile upon mile of similar stretches, each with it's own characteristics, the area is a haven for everybody whether you’re a cyclist, hiker or you just want to drive the roads and take in the scenery.
Smell the air the air is different maybe because of the height, you see steam coming off the hills, it can be sunny one minute and the next minute it's snowing or hail stoning.

The Peak District is probably one of the most beautiful and yet horrible places I have ever been, if you understand what I mean.
Maybe because I lived there I saw so many sides to this unpredictable place.

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