Peak District Mid-Summers evening

[Tinytim]

Just an end of the day bimble to clear the cobwebs away.
From Sheffield out to Ladybower, Hope, Bradwell, Wardlow, Litton-with a party/fete in the middle of the road, Monsal Dale, Eyam and Stanage. Beautiful evening and not one fekkin southerner blighting the roads. Quiet as a quiet thing it was.

A few pics in no particular order

 

[everywherevirtually]

Beautiful I don't mean to hijack your thread but I have a few pics coming from the Manchester side which show the Edale & Hope Valley, Rushup Edge etc No Southerners around here either

Edale Valley

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Lose Hill Ridge

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Lose Hill

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Mam Tor with Bronze age defensive ramparts visible

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Grindslow Knoll with Bronze age fortification ridge visible

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Grindslow Knoll

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A6187 Manchester to Sheffield road

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[Rasher]

I was in the Peak District last weekend, looks like evenings are the time to go. Despite poor weather we found it extremely congested and on Saturday gave up after a couple of Hours and abandoned riding and came home early on Sunday.

My mate lives on the edge of the district and is lucky enough to be able to pop out off-season when the weather is good, but reckons summertime is a nightmare with slow moving tourists everywhere.

A real shame as the roads and scenery are pretty decent.

 

[everywherevirtually]

I was in the Peak District last weekend, looks like evenings are the time to go. Despite poor weather we found it extremely congested and on Saturday gave up after a couple of Hours and abandoned riding and came home early on Sunday.

My mate lives on the edge of the district and is lucky enough to be able to pop out off-season when the weather is good, but reckons summertime is a nightmare with slow moving tourists everywhere.

A real shame as the roads and scenery are pretty decent.

It does depend where and when you go. If you are in the Southern Peak Distrcit around the hot spots of Matlock, Bakewell and Chatsworth you will get caught up in all the tourist traffic. Equally the main biking hot spots such as the cat and fiddle road but it's not hard to avoid those places and find solace in the quieter spots to the South East, Western or Northern parts of the Peaks. I took my photos on Sunday at 3pm and as you can see there was hardly a soul about

 

[(RIP) andrewgsadv]

TinyTim
Great photos and right on my doorstep. So many roads. Suns out might pop out meself after tea.

Andrew

 

[jonnie comet]

Just fabulous...I love the 'Peaks' and always treat myself to a day or two down there every summer.

Wouldn't it be nice if some kind soul would slap all these lovely places, into a Garmin GPS file......

I tried........

 

[JJ's GS]

Great pics

Me and my mate are going up in a couple of weeks for a weekend ride about.
Might use some of those places to check out.


JJ

 

[Tinytim]

TinyTim
Great photos and right on my doorstep. So many roads. Suns out might pop out meself after tea.

Andrew

Fancy a twosome (ooh err missus) gimme a shout anytime.

 

[Tinytim]

Beautiful I don't mean to hijack your thread but I have a few pics....

Cracking pics there, hijack away