Cover of novel White Peak Farm by Berlie Doherty

The limestone uplands of the White Peak in Derbyshire inspired Berlie Doherty in her story White Peak Farm. “My home is on a farm in the soft folding hills of Derbyshire. Not far from us the dark peaks of the Pennines rise up into the ridge that is called the spine of England. We’ve always lived there; my father’s family has owned the farm for generations. He never wants to let it go. Nothing ever seemed to change there. The seasons printed their patterns on the fields, the sky cast its different lights across the moors, but our lives, I thought, would never change...”