Peak Experience

Vist Royal Cottage in Quarnford to see where a ghost was seen and heard in a snowstorm during the 1950s.  The author Doug Pickford’s father saw the ghost when he was driving a travelling shop van.  These vans visited the lonely farms and houses in the Staffordshire moorlands and often served as a local bus service too.  One afternoon in a snowstorm he saw an old lady trudging past Royal Cottage.  ‘Do you want a lift?’  ‘Yes please,’ she replied and walked around the back of the van to get into the passenger seat.  He waited and waited and, thinking she had fallen, he got out.  But there was no one to be seen – only the footsteps which came to an abrupt end by the van door.  Even though he searched around he never saw her again!

 

Service 118 from Buxton to Hanley via Leek passes Quarnford.  For more details, visit the Staffordshire journey planner, or call Traveline on 0871 200 2233.