Day 9
Very wet. Paused in Ashbourne for a coffee before heading to Derby and the train home. I envisage issues with the trains but I live in hope.
Finishing in style
I'm staying in a stately home!
South of Buxton
This is more like it!
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Pause for lunch. Haven’t enjoyed this morning much. Bad weather to start the day and lots of uphill! I am missing the Dales. But I am making good progress albeit by not following the 68 and taking the mainly A roads. Very scary in the fog this morning! […]
Day 8
Climbing the hills just outside Holmfirth – Last of the Summer Wine country and the official start of this part of the journey. I’m back on the 68!
On the road again
Almost. Setting off again tomorrow for my most taxing day of the trip: a 65 mile journey from Elland to Ilam, near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. I'm booked into the YHA place in Ilam. Looks like a stunning place to stay. I hope I get there before nightfall to […]
