The Guardian

Country diary: Wild daffodils are rarer than you’d think

Monsal Dale, Derbyshire: Compared with their cultivated cousins, they’re subtly different in shape, and endlessly restless Last month, I saw wild daffodils for the first time in my life. Despite its ...
BBC

Peak District: Fire rips through double-decker bus

A woman who witnessed a fire ravage a double-decker bus has said she is "relieved" that no-one was hurt. Suzanne Beattie said she saw the tyres and fuel tank explode on Castlegate Lane, near Monsal ...
BBC

Watch: Double-decker bus engulfed in flames

The moment a double-decker bus is engulfed in flames has been caught on camera. It happened at Castlegate Lane near Monsal Dale, Derbyshire, at 17:05 GMT on Tuesday. Suzanne Beattie, who witnessed the ...
The Guardian

Country diary: These remarkable carvings are, at least, beautiful in miniature

Monsal Dale, Derbyshire: You would never know from this beetle’s intricate grooves that it’s also responsible for widespread, much-lamented destruction The series of grooved lines in the tree trunk ...