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Wow, sounds great, shame you didn't have time to visit the cafe.
Must be a first. DG encounters a dog and describes the dog as nervous.
A beautiful area and a beautiful railway line, I usually travel on it a couple of times a year. Not sure what Scott would make of the stations though - I think they are all "bus shelter on a platform" stations.
I imagine it also better than working out the details, on a freezing January morning, of how to navigate through the Bow Roundabout so that one exits the roundabout in more or less the same condtion as one entered.
I lived in Manchester for 13 years and was a frequent walker in the Hope Valley (something I couldn't do now having been hit by a car in Stratford E15 3 years ago). On visits to Grindleford cafe I used to be amazed that they advertised Christmas dinner there - can't imagine how fraught the atmosphere would have been with the then newly widowered Philip presiding. But it was great for a hot brew on a walk. The David Mellor factory shop was always a popular visit in Hathersage although much too expensive to buy anything from!
Ah, Padley Gorge. As a kid I thought it was so-named because it was a great place for paddling. Obviously that applies in the winter too, in mud rather than the cooling water of the stream.
..oh and they do fantastic lardy cake in the David Mellor cafe where you can sit among prototypes of other stuff he designed, including street furniture and traffic lights.
Re the nervous-looking dog. An interesting point, Pedantic. Two men in solid-looking boots versus one dog - the boot was definitely on the other foot on this occasion.
DG encounters a doge.

And a cliffhanger at the end!
Not surprised that you got wet with Scott; a man who walks in a ford in his socks even when there's a footbridge avialable!


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The David Mellor factory has a good cafe, albeit commensurate with the shop i.e. not cheap. They provide little plastic disposable overshoes for walkers. It's an incentive for me to finish a walk promptly and fit in a swift espresso before my train. They describe the displays as a museum which is stretching it slightly, but it's nicely presented and outside is some street furniture including a London bus stop which for geeks is worth a visit alone.










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