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The second day found us
travelling to Hope, where we climbed up Lose Hill. |
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Here we rest after climbing a
few hundred feet up from the village towards the ridge. |
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The lovely weather had
brought out the masses, and it must have been as busy as on a summer's
day. |
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A rare shot of the
photographer and his wife caught on camera on the ridge path. |
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Ahead we see the former main
road now abandoned die to subsidence below Mam Tor, the shivering
mountain. We were heading along the ridge for the summit. |
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First we had our lunch break,
pestered by the papparazzi (Bruno this time). |
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Over the other side of the
ridge the railway thundered between Scotland and London. We could see
the village of Edale, where the Pennine Way begins, and the great mass
of the Dark Peak with Kinder Scout nearby. |
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Wrapping up warmly we climbed
up Mam Tor. |
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We decended via Winnats Pass,
the original road route, which has now been improved after the other
road was abandoned. |
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We arrived in Castleton,
looking in cave entrances on the way, before having cream teas there and
admiring the blue stone mined there. Afterwards it was a pleasant river
side walk back to Hope. |
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