October 2023. Hathersage. Peak District. An hour in Hathersage before the return to Sheffield. I was wearing inappropriate footwear so I couldn’t tackle Dale’s Bottom or Robin Hood’s Stoop. But after continuing to tick the GBG24 in singles at the Scotsmans Pack I did head up the lane to tick Little John’s grave. A cobbled… Continue reading CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT THE LITTLE JOHN
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A HATHERSAGE HOP
October 2023. Hathersage. Peak District. If there’s one thing that characterises the frustration of GBG ticking, it’s realising that the new Guide entry in a town you recently visited is literally the only pub you didn’t visit, despite scouring What Pub for pre-emptives. And more often than not that future GBG tick will have been… Continue reading A HATHERSAGE HOP
STAY LOCAL
Monday 29th March was a big day in England. You were allowed to drop litter in public parks again, as in Endcliffe Park yesterday; And we’re finally allowed out of your own front yard and can (legally) visit honey pot villages like Hathersage over the county border. Before Monday, such a trip would have produced… Continue reading STAY LOCAL
MRS RM WAS RIGHT
This post is proudly sponsored by the Marriage Guidance Council, which says “Do What Your Wife Tells You To, Idiot“. Mrs RM has been trying to get me to go for a walk in “The Real Peak” for a while, oddly unimpressed by my hikes round housing estates near the M1. “But it’s more than… Continue reading MRS RM WAS RIGHT
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