Travel special - Peak district: Away from the flock
Derbyshire’s landscape is hauntingly beautiful, says Stuart Reid, so long as you can make your peace with the sheepSheep are ugly, dirty, stupid and cowardly, but by far the nastiest thing about them is that in the countryside they are given precedence over dogs. Take your dog for a romp in the Peak District, for example, or on the North York Moors, and he will tear about like a mad thing, tongue out, eyes wild with excitement, his whole being alive with unconditional gratitude.