Puzzles & Activities
Looking for the answers to the puzzles in the Peak Way Challenge Logbook? You've come to the right place!

>> FACT FINDERS

  • Stage 1 - About 60 homes can be powered by Stockport Hydro
  • Stage 2 - According to legend, the mermaid can be seen by gazing into Mermaid's Pool at sunrise on Easter Sunday 
  • Stage 3 - The Lords Seat is 550 metres or 1,804 feet above sea level
  • Stage 4 - Pilots of the 617 Squadron practised their low level flights at Derwent Reservoir as part of their training for the Dambusters raids in WW2
  • Stage 5 - High Neb is 458 metres or 1,503 feet above sea level
  • Stage 6 - Young men of Baslow would traditionally prove their fitness for marriage by climbing the Eagle Stone
  • Stage 7 - The trail passes along the River Wye and River Derwent
  • Stage 8 - The Carsington Water reservoir was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992
  • Stage 9 - The famous fisherman who wrote The Compleat Angler was Izaak Walton
  • Stage 10 - The widows of the rival miners killed in the Magpie Murders were said to have put a curse on the Magpie Mine, as noone was ever brought to justice for the murders
  • Stage 11 - Headstone Tunnel, which is 533 yards long, is the longest tunnel on the former railway line that is now the Monsal Trail.
  • Stage 12 - Goyt's Bridge was the hamlet destroyed to build the Errwood Reservoir 
  • Stage 13 - Around 1,500 local residents were evacuated from Whaley Bridge and surrounding areas in 2019, due to the risk of flooding.

>> WORDSEARCH

 

>> SQUIRRELABYRINTH

 

>> ODD ONE OUT

  • Alan Newton - Olympic cyclist
  • Arthur Lowe - Starred in Dad’s Army
  • Benny Rothman - Led the Kinder Trespass
  • Izaak Walton - Famous fisherman
  • Richard Arkwright - Founded Cromford Mill

William Clough is the odd one out - and it's a bit of a trick question as it's a valley, not a person!

>> SPOT THE DIFFERENCE


>> CREEPY CODES

  • Coffin Way
  • Hagg Farm
  • Toad's Mouth
  • Magpie Murders
  • Cutthroat Bridge

>> CAMPSITE


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