Goyt Valley… and Its People
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The Cat and Fiddle was some distance beirind, aucl clr.tlitrg people of the valley in providing built near the end of the 18th the ninter of 1892 it lvas imp, ,r:ihi. employment. centtlry b;, Mr. J Ryle of to open the front dooq or 3n\ r rf 1l whose rvindolvs seven weeks. No one in those lovely early days, Macclesfield, a rich b:rnker for ice-bouncl were the\. could have possibly foreseen that it son became the Bishop of completely would all come to an end, with the Liverpooi. Mr. RyIe or'vnecl the Irr lact. rr'hert the tIoot rvas oper]rii moors at that on rvl-rich the inn constmction of Fernilee resen'oir time it r,,r'as only r,vith the aicl of an a\e after 1930. rvas built. When out shooting on the and pick. h.r the winter of 1880 a moors, a friend of Mr. Ryles u,ell knor'vn'packman' (traveller-). For visitors travelling by caq there suggested the newly erected inn are two main routes into the Goyt was lost in a snowstornl near the should be called "Kit Cat" after the "Cat arrd Fiddlc". 'I}amping alorrg Valley. The most popular one n-hich once famons "Kit Cat CIub" of reaches car the with his bag of srnallwares oler his all the parks in which he was a mernber. Or he valley is the A5004, the Lorrg Hill shoulcler, he became snorvblind and addecl, "as the place is high enough road between Buxton and !\rhaley altrost insensible. Still he marchecl for a cou' to.jump over the moon, Bridse. on thinking he rvas walking in a rvhy not call it the Cat :rnd Fiddle?" straight line, nhen in reality he u,as second the The main route into going in a circle. H:l,ing becorne valley is via the Cat and Fiddle road, perf-ectlv blincl, fiozen and the A537 between Macclesfield and speechless, he nas disccivered by a Buxton. Nowadays, owners of motor shcpht'r'd a[ter being t\^('nl\ six vehicles must leave cars etc in their hours on foot, rvith his circular the car parks provided. here. trzrck troclden qriite harcl. He 'rvas This is becanse of the very necessary taken to the "Cat ancl Fidclle", ancl ol]e wav s).stem now emploved due though he recovered, it was long to the very narrou,' roacl, u,inding its after before he rcgairred the use of \^a) throrrgh the rnorrntainorrs I'ris arms. The inn has alrvays been zr hillside, into the valley. rvelcome refirge, as I am sure many The Cat anci Fiddle inn is a lesend modern day rvalkers r,l''ill testifv. On itself, standins a{ 1,690 feet abovc calm Spring and Summer davs. 'The Cat tmd Fiddl.e Inn, the second highest in sea level one the wildest there is a woncierful panorarna to in of En,gland at 1,690 ;t'eet. The Ttuetnttn .farnill remote parts of the Pe:,rk l)istrict, stand'near lhe doonttny set: up hele. One of the ivilrlest the second highest pr-rblic hor.rse in views in England, ser,eral connties Ensland. In the winter time thc \{eather up can bc seen stretching onto the clim horizon. It is saicl that tire \\'elsh There has always been a difference here can be very severe indeed. and mounftrins ancl Snorvdon can be of opinion as to the origins of the over the years there have becn seen on clear days. Cat and Fiddle name, but the truth st'rt'ral tcrrible reporls. is, no one really knows. One is that About the year 1879 a terrible wind From these l'reights is found the it came from La Chatte Fidele, an carried the roof of the inn source of the Rir,cr Goyt, near old inn in Devon in memory of a completely away onto the moor Whetstone Riclge, which many THE G,OY'I \'ALLEY Af,T'IVA JAO' SHJ '049I punorE 1€ duEdtuol I€Aourar 'I68I pue plo Jarpo aerql lsesl lE aJe,{r aJaql sprollfrd er{t Jo uets 3r{t 'pro}lfrd 1pg1 srea,( aqt uee.4\teq 'ool eraq ,(a1pn /o3 sql Jo uels orlt sprenol wruoqJ ,(q paryom 1s-rrg d:olsrq Surag rq8uleaq.^4. pu€ uoseru euols pl?oJ plo aq] u,{\op elrur B lsoru[v Surleurcseg e seq 'peo; aqt eprs € s€,r\ 's-rea.( Jo areqJ &ua-nu ueql eroru 'puo.(eq pue alrsoddo aq] uo l:"runb q8nolost,(o3 roJ 'Uel uol3urqcre141 qleqr?zrlg 068I reue uerplrr{f e rJ -roq qll^^ uur reu€ asnoH ssotr ot ulrl aql '896I uI l aqt tdal ueluenra q}aqezrlg 'parp ruor; rrmop Sur.totu urer11 uqof puz JIoArsSer poo,rl.ilg erD roJ pepoou qdasof pueqsnq req reqry 's:ea,{ go 'ssotrX te spr€M aqt 'srze.( aqt se,tr .(s11e.r. aqt ueq,&\ ereq tlrnqer t{og requnu poo8 r roJ uur eql p€q oq,\4, JeAo serlrurq .(q perdncco se,&r pue 'a8pug u,(o3 go tapr?q aq] IeJeAas .(11ue3 u€uren{ eq} pue talce;zqc ged era,4r surr€J o,4l1 rettl aq; 'Surppnq ;o eruo sB^,!.'a8ppq anbsa:ntcrd e Surqleuros eq ot pr€s s€,4{ 'a8pr-rg -ra8ue6 aqr Lq ;o aptll srql esrorl{red aq} {rud IEad ^reu oq.41. 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