A sunny walk up Stanage Edge, near Hathersage, in the Peak District.
Life would be simpler if I had the source code
A sunny walk up Stanage Edge, near Hathersage, in the Peak District.
My daughter Isla pronounced our April walk up Pen-y-Ghent to have been “a bit boring”. Apparently she enjoyed the scrambling and the views but not…
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