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worker. Perhaps it is a morbid or unnatural 

 restlessness : but the mere fact of distance in an 

 express train adds to the luxury of the outing. 



DOVEDALE. 



A week end trip to a very different line of 

 country is that to Dovedale in Derbyshire. The 

 train has for many years past left Huston at 

 ii a.m., never stopping until Nuneaton, and 

 setting you down at Thorpe Cloud a little before 

 three o'clock. 



I have stayed at both the * Isaak Walton ' and 

 the ' Peveril of the Peak ' hotels, each of which 

 gives access to fishing in the Dale. The Isaak 

 Walton has a portion of the Manifold as well 

 as the Dove a stony stream below the hotel, 

 containing good grayling in the autumn. The 

 Peveril water is above the stepping stones on 

 the right bank, looking up, and leads you 

 through the narrow Dale, where the sport can 

 be better described as pretty than actually good. 



For a trip to Dovedale, May and October are 

 by far the best months for the angler, owing to 

 the comparative absence of trippers. Those who 

 can take a week in the latter half of a fine 

 October, and who lay themselves out to enjoy 

 the crimson, brown, and gold masses of foliage, 

 which rise for hundreds of feet above you on 

 either side, as well as the mountain air, can 

 hardly be disappointed with the fishing. They 

 can climb Thorpe Cloud on Sunday morning, 

 then taking their luncheon with them, can spend 

 the day wandering up the Dale, returning at 



