Monk’s Dale, Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve, England

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Monk’s Dale, Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve, England

You’ll find a variety of woodlands in the White Peak portion of England’s Peak District National Park. Here in Monk’s Dale, one of the five dales in the Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve, the valley woodland could just as easily be called the valley mossland. A government website warns that trails through the reserve are inclined to be uneven and slippery in wet conditions, particularly here in Monk’s Dale. Judging from this vantage point, we’ll be packing our rainboots.