Peak District - Monsal Trail

Litton Tunnel

The weather this summer has been terrible, that is no understatement, it really has been rubbish. I know it must be digitally programmed into our British DNA to complain about the weather but this year it really is a valid complaint. We have had the odd day here and there where it has been nice but it always seems to fall when i’m at work . I can’t let a little thing like the weather stop me from getting out into the Peak District though, I simply had to adjust my expectations a little and just get kitted out in

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Peak District - Monsal Head - Social Hiking Meet Up

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I’ve just got home from a fantastic meet up in the Peak District with my friends from Social Hiking – ShareYourAdventure.com. It was great to finally meet some of the people who I’ve been chatting to for the last year or so, we have all become friends while Sharing our Adventures on this fantastic website that was created by Phil Sorrel. The weekend event took place at Monsal Head but I could only make the Friday night and Saturday daytime due to other commitments.

Padley Gorge

Friday was a great day indeed, I had been out filming that day

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Peak District - Bakewell and Monsal Loop

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I have just returned home from another rather impromptu walk in the glorious Peak District. This time we headed for the White Peak, Bakewell to be precise. I had been wanting to do a walk in that area for some time but the lure of the slightly more mountainous feel of the Dark Peak pulls me back every time, we only had limited time so it was the perfect choice as it’s a short ride from home.

We parked the car near Bakewell Station and set off along the Monsal Trail, I haven’t walked along this trail for some

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