Well-Dressed Beauty Spot ; Peak District

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It's only an hour or so from Birmingham but it could almost be another country. IOLO GRIFFITHS visits the Peak District.

EVERY year in villages across Derbyshire, there's a most peculiar practice.

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Well-Dressed Beauty Spot ; Peak District

They decorate wells, which were once the main source of water, with intricate pictures - often religious - made from thousands of flower petals.

Known locally as well dressing, it's thought the practice began back in pagan times, long befo...

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