After yesterday's long
walk we opted for a short one today especially as we''re going to do
plenty of walking in a few days.
We drove to the car
park at Curbar Gap and then followed the footpath along the top if
this gritstone edge popular with climbers. I often used to climb here
some years ago.
The weather was
noticeably cooler today but there was still a lot of wind blowing,
luckily away from the edge as, we followed the top of the crag in
order to see the excellent views across to Curbar and Frogatt
villages and Stoney Middleton and even further away in the distance.
We noticed quite a lot
of bumble bees who were sheltering from the strong wind in tufts of
grass along the top of the edge.
Part way along we saw
a rain shower coming in and we sat in the shelter of a small boulder
hoping it wouldn't last too long.
It didn't stop very
quickly and I swapped my windproof smock for a waterproof jacket and
began to put my waterproof overtrousers on. Of course as soon as we
set off again, the rain stopped and the sun was out again!
We continued along the
path until we reached a wooded section with a gate, where we turned
around and then retraced our route back to the start.
Afterwards we had a
snack at the café in Outside at Hathersage.
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