Today I drove to Edale, left at 7.00am from Leicestershire with the intention of taking the country route avoiding motorways as I had developed a fear of them. Well the Sat Nav must have lost its settings as I was lead twice onto motorway restrictions, which was a good thing as the fear has now been broken. Arrived at Fieldhead campsite at 10.00 (90 miles), was feeling a little worried but as it happened there was no need as I got my camping spot. Pitched the tent and then Lady and I went on our first hill walk together. Photos can be seen below. After the walk we went to the Ramblers Inn to meet up with Rich (HumperLumper) and his wife Donna and had a very pleasant evening talking about hiking. They are a lovelly couple who I am sure I will meet up with very soon.
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| Edale Church |
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| Edale Village Centre |
This was Lady's first experience of camping in a tent and she took to it straight away, my fear was her scratching at the groundsheet but all she did was push me off the camping mat. Didn't get much sleep due mainly to the mummy sleeping bag, restricts my sleeping positions. Think next time I will sleep on the sleeping bag and have a blanket over me. Oh yeah there was a lot of snoring on the campsite including Lady.
The journey home was via the M1, the fear is over only taken 10 years to crack, looking forward to next trip to Edale.
Looks like a lovely day. Grindsbrook and Edale are really beautiful. Most people are just aiming at the Kinder Plateau, but these lower levels are well worth exploration.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jules, might go back royal wedding weekend and do some other walks. Its nice to revisit walks from the past but also have a walk that passes through the YHa grounds which I have not done.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos. It looks a lovely part of the country; wish I had it on my doorstep!
ReplyDeleteGlad that Lady took to camping; she's a beautiful looking dog :)