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CAT & FIDDLE SIGN by Darkroom Daze

<b>The sign of <a href="http://www.catandfiddleinn.com/index.php/history" rel="nofollow">Cat &amp; Fiddle Inn</a>, at the road summit between Buxton (Derbyshire) and Macclesfield (Cheshire). This is the second highest inn in England, at 515 m (1,689 ft) above above sea level.</b> The inn itself was originally built in 1813 and is just inside Cheshire by a few metres, Derbyshire being not far behind the camera. The inn is completely surrounded by bleak Pennine moorland typical of much of the <b>Peak District National Park</b>. Apart from its own outbuildings, it's completely on its own. The bleak gloomy aspect is how it really was (heavy cloud and rain) when I took the photo - at midday! The inn was shut for the Christmas/Boxing Day holiday. <b>CAT &amp; FIDDLE PASS</b> The road here (<b>A537</b>) is popularly known as the <b>'Cat &amp; Fiddle Road'</b> because the inn is one of the few landmarks and significant buildings along its uppermost stretches. Although not usually referred to as a pass, it is one of several pass-like roads over the high moors between Buxton (Derbyshire) and the towns of the Cheshire lowlands to the W, and I like to refer to it as the 'Cat &amp; Fiddle Pass'. It has long stretches of irregular tight bends and twists on both approaches to the summit especially on the Macclesfield side (behind the camera), and is a challenging drive at the best of times, let alone in winter at night. It is a favourite amongst motorcyclists but has been voted the most dangerous stretch of road on Britain mostly on account of its frequency of motorcycling accidents. However recent improved safety measures have reduced the accident rate. <b>GEOLOGICAL NOTE</b> The view looks S to <b>Whetstone Ridge</b> (547 m). The boggy moorland here is underlain by shales, sandstones and grits of Carboniferous Coal Measures (Westphalian). --- information from <i>British Geological Survey Sheet 111: Buxton (solid edition) 1:50,000</i> (1978) and <a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/viewer.html" rel="nofollow">www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/viewer....</a> ---------- <b>Photo</b> Brian Roy Rosen Uploaded to Flickr December 26, 2015 © Darkroom Daze <a href="http://bit.ly/47tbGf" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons</a>. If you would like to use or refer to this image, please link or attribute. ID: DSC_5489 - Version 2
Cat and Fiddle Inn is a tourist attraction, one of the Monuments and memorials in Flash, United Kingdom. It is located: 256 km from Birmingham, 700 km from London, 850 km from Dublin. Read further
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