Catching Some Sun

We went to a bistro-like food place called Barbarella last night and again our dishes were marvellous. I had a white wine and cream chowder with a poached salmon fillet on top and Rich's chicken chorizo pasta looked lovely.
Went to The Buxton Tap House after for some real ale and I was surprised to find a local medium dry still cider called Pure North. Guy behind the bar said, most customers don't like it and don't consider it "proper cider", because it's still. What do those Northerners know... Nothing!!!
Having a look at the menu and the burgers which come as a double burger, we decided to go there next night for our final night in Buxton.


I've had my eyes on the weather forecast every day for about two weeks before we went up to Buxton and it didn't look promising at all. Now that we're here it's improving every day. The bit of sun we had yesterday changed to a 50:50 mix of sun and clouds today. Perfect for a nice ridge walk.
We had liked the area around Edale the day before and I had the description of a ridge walk starting from there.
Arrived at the car park around 11am and started our ascent of Ringing Roger, a rocky crop just little over a mile out of Edale. The views down to the Vale of Edale were already stunning. We continued along the ridge ever westward, stopping here and there enjoying the view. I practised back bearings and finding three points of reference around me to prove where I was on the map.

View from Ringing Roger

Grindslow Knoll

Wool Packs

After a large field of boulders of all kinds of shapes (Wool Packs) we hit the Pennine Way and stayed on it all the way back into Edale. Took us five hours to finish the 10 mile round and we both had obviously caught the sun.

On the Pennine Way

We weren't completely knackered, but felt a pleasant exhaustion. Deciding against entering one of the half dozen pubs or cafes around, we drove back to Buxton instead and went to the Tap House for food and some cider after a refreshing shower at the hotel. We were both starving and ravenously dug into our burgers washing them down with more of the lovely Pure North cider.

Back at the hotel now relaxing after restocking for the night at Bargain Booze.