The Great Ridge: Walking the boundaries of ancient and modern
Mam Tor is a social media phenomenon, although most of the 700,000 visitors who stand upon the summit every year have no knowledge of the geologically complex and historically significant land beneath their feet. The hill may be the focal point of Derbyshire’s Great Ridge, although many do not progress beyond Mam Tor’s trig point, yet even the generally acknowledged span of the ridge for those that do sells it short. It has to be said that the overwhelming popularity…