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Wow, sounds great, shame you didn't have time to visit the cafe.
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Must be a first. DG encounters a dog and describes the dog as nervous.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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..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.
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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.
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DG encounters a doge.
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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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