Leawood Pumphouse
The architect of this fine engine house is long forgotten, like so many others, but many people comment on its design, often remarking that it looks like a town hall. Finding this place was a very pleasant surprise. Not being in a Hillman Imp for the National Rally this year, I couldn't really join in the trip into the Crich Tramway Museum so poked around Matlock Bath in my own so I toured around for a bit and noticed a sign for High Peak Junction, which I already knew was where the Cromford & High Peak Railway met the Cromford Canal. There's a small museum and a very interesting shop at High Peak Junction The sewage works nearby niffed a bit but the footpath was well signposted and led me to the canal and the foot of the quaintly named Sheep Pasture railway incline. However, there was a vaguely smokey quality to the air and, picking up an air scent, I ran along the towpath, passed the trans-shipment shed and saw a chimney through the trees on the opposite ban...