Plovers pose on the dark peat hags

Bleaklow, Derbyshire So sleek, quick and nimble, with butter-gold speckles on its back, this bird is a shy jewel of the moors

The sombre northern flank of Bleaklow has three Black Cloughs, differentiated with admirable directness as Near, Middle and Far. Clough is a northern word, likely Old Norse in origin, for a cleft in a hill.

The overall effect is familiar enough - bleak, desolate, country. But look more closely and the contrasts are spectacular.