Peak District


Derbyshire
May 2011

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Our home for a couple of nights... Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn...



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A very windy hike from Castleton > Limestone Way > Mam Tor > Hollins Cross > Back Tor > Lose Hill > Hope > Castleton

Miche on the Limestone Way with Peveril Castle in the background...


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Me doing the same...




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The sheep were chatty...


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Miche joins in...


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Lose Hill in the distance...


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Miche heading to Mam Tor...


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 Miche at Mam Tor

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Miche at the top of a very exposed and windy Mam Tor...


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Bracing...


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Miche steadies herself below the summit...


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Miche & Back Tor...



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View back towards Mam Tor from Back Tor...


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Not a good day for that just stepped out of a salon look...


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Hope Valley Beer Festival at the Old Hall

Sampling the Old Hag...


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Derwent Water Dam

Used as a practice site for the Dambusters raids...

 

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Just in case I was tempted to bathe or wash(?) the sign warned of a maximum fine of £5...


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Bouncing bomber's eye view from above...



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Stock photo from the 1993 Lancaster flypast commemorating the 50th anniversary of the raids...


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Tame & hungry ducks in the car park...


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Ladybower Reservoir

The overflow was high and dry when we visited as Derbyshire was experiencing a drought. Still a slightly frightening sight...


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Stock photo of the overflow hole in operation - just imagine being pulled towards it! There are some beautiful rights reserved shots by proper photographers on Flickr...

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Blue John Cavern

 

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Looking up...


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Vein of Blue John...





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