The Peak District
Monday 30th May 2022
Drove from Mum's to the Peak District in the morning, and met our friends from London (who were also staying in the area for some of the half term holiday) for lunch at the Druid Inn, before going for a walk to the Nine Ladies stone circle. Later on we headed to Buxton (by way of Bakewell) where we stayed the night, and I attempted a wild camp on a nearby hill.
East Midlands and Peak District May 2022
John's Pictures

12:11:39
The beer at the Druid Inn was good.

12:13:21
It looked OK from the outside (if you ignore the plastic flowers) - I think this is the vernacular for the area.

12:23:44
...but inside I had rather hoped it would be a bit more, well, rustic.

13:08:08
Our group (minus me) at our table - we even had a sort of private room, which was nice of the owners given we'd just turned up without a booking. The food was pretty good I thought.

14:00:51
Near the pub. Somebody ha a boring time making this.

14:04:23
On our walk now. An upturned tree.

14:16:43
The walk passed by a former quarry, so there were lots of piles of large rocks everywhere in the early stages.

14:22:15
The Cork Stone.

14:22:59
The girls both had a go at climbing but I think they needed to be a bit taller!

14:23:25
Chie having a go too.

14:25:03
I surprised myself by having a go, and made it to the top. Here's the view from there.

14:26:56
I assume these are more leftovers from some earlier period of quarrying.

14:27:37
More scrambling about.

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14:37:00
We found a trig poing, which seemed like a good opportunity for a group shot.

14:37:21

14:39:12
Erika on the trig point.

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14:42:51
Flowers in amongst the shrubs.

14:43:33
Interesting sky.

14:45:40
We thought this was a bee's nest, but apparently it wass actually a wasp nest.

14:59:17
At the Nine Ladies stone circle now.

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15:09:00
I think this is called the King Stone.

15:09:31
Some ribbons in a nearby tree.

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15:14:55
Consulting the map for the best route back.

15:31:49

15:59:11
Another rock I would have liked to visit on the way back, but there was no obvious public footpath leading to it.

17:06:14
Stopped off in Bakewell en route to Buxton, where we'd be staying the night. I bought some emergency kit as I realised I had forgotten my tarp.

18:07:23
The view from our room in the Palace Hotel in Buxton.

18:09:40
Our room.

18:16:43
The staircase at the Palace Hotel was rather grand.

18:18:17
Erika at the foot of the staircase.

18:18:20

18:21:03
Outside the Palace Hotel.

18:24:55
Walking through Buxton towards dinner.

19:30:32
Dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Buxton.

21:38:57
Later on in the evening I said goodnight to the girls, and headed up into the hills above Buxton for a wild camp.

21:50:06
Brought some wine along with me, a particularly good Gavignet I thought.

21:51:57
Wine on a hilltop.

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23:12:35
Night time view over Buxton.

23:13:29
Attempted to get a picture of me in the dark, but you can barely see me!