The Peaks are beautiful

As James said, the Peaks District really is beautiful. The ride to Hathersage included scenes like this:

and like this:

Bakewell was disappointing, both because of the number of people and the disappointing lunch we had. However, Hathersage is much more interesting, especially for James because it's got three outdoors stores. Today, we went for a walk along Stanage Edge. We've been along here before, but not in the same direction. The views included this:

and this:

Impressive, no? And we managed not to get rained on, which was delightful. It was a good, three-hour walk - up hill and down dale, through a nice variety of landscapes. And the rest of the day... well, quite restful, really.