Ten walks on the footpaths created from the disused railway lines of Derbyshire.

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A view from underneath Bennerley Viaduct, showing the latice-work iron girders that form each of the columns holding up the deck, which is also made of iron.
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Walk 2 - The Bennerley Viaduct

The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, on…

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A sign that reads General Waiting Room on the side of a building overrun with brambles
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Walk 1 - The Great Northern Greenway

'But,' he skewed towards the castle, 'it's worse in there. There, the map says, the boundary is undefined.' Alan Garner, Red Shift. The forecast was for thunderstorms, so it was with some trepidation I set off on my first walk this morning. Fortunately the weather…

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