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How do you pay for parking? Some phones work better than others!
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Gathering outside the Grindleford cafe for today's briefing.
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Sixteen, including newcomers Lucia and David, follow the leader, Diane, and this signpost.
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Past disused dynamite dens, we meet another steady incline.
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On the flat again, through the birches, heading to the abandoned quarry.
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What a sight just over this little hump.
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Sheer quarry walls attract climbers as well as Ramblers. The pools are not so enticing.
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diane explaining about the abandoned millstones owing to cheaper imports.
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Our anonymous poet(ess) has obviously been here before us.
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The first surprise view, a little shrouded in mist and low clouds.
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And there's what we saw as our surprise!
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Mid-morning refuelling stop. Weather improving.
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Diane thanking Angela for the lemon drizzle cake she baked for us.
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What is it with teenagers and their phones?
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Refreshed and revitalised, we're off the Stanage Edge.
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Self-explanatory caption?
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It was quite busy on the Edge.
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This is what happens when you get too far in front of the leader; you have to backtrack.
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Looking up at Stanage Edge.
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Another cricket match.
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Our lunchtime hostelry in Hathersage - Little John Hotel.
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We make some time to stand and stare and guess what flowers we see.
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Into Harper Lees.
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Another wood, another stretch of cooler air and shade.
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One of many muddy paths in Coppice Wood.
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Some went left, some went right.
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Phil and Brian on the homeward path.