Leonie Martin discovers why actor and adventurer Brian Blessed is backing a pioneering family-friendly walk this summer to help care for the Peak District National Park’s traffic-free trails.
The hiss and whistle of steam engines at Monsal Dale have long since been consigned to history, but on a gusty day in January, walkers along this popular Peak District trail were greeted, instead, by the booming tones of actor and adventurer Brian Blessed delivering his familiar refrain, “Gordon’s Alive!” from the trail’s Victorian tunnel…