PB Cloud Test

Helen Moat (helenmoatsite.wordpress.com) is a freelance landscape and travel writer, writing regularly for BBC Countryfile, Wanderlust and Derbyshire Life. She grew up in Northern Ireland then moved to England as a young adult. After spells in Germany and Switzerland, she settled down in the Peak District, which has become her adopted home. A keen walker and cyclist, she is happiest when outdoors and on the move. When not peddling alongside Europe's rivers and seas, camping in the East African bush or trekking in the Thai rainforest, she is likely to be found wandering on the Peak's moorland or spinning her wheels through the dales. Having learnt that 'slow travel' is always the best, she is constantly inspired by the landscape, and by the people and places shaped by the Peak. Moat is always on the hunt for a good local story: the Peak District offers her plenty of material.