This weekend was the designated Joint anniversary of my Bro & His wife (8th), and My Mum & Dad buying the house in the Peaks (12th ish) so... we decided to drink champagne and eat lardy cake.
What follows is an account of that!
After an early start Friday afternoon and a successful journey (no major hold ups, the map reader helped on that one!) and many Sherlock Holmes tape we arrived in New Mills, and joined in the relaxation and bean breaking... the Meal was good the company good as you would expect!
Saturday (after a late start!) saw us walking over Kinder Scout (nearly, we went up the valley to the North side, and around it, just for a change!) then across to the Snake Pass in, where there was a wedding reception and the choice of three fairly unremarkable beers (John Smiths cask, Marstons pedigree and Theakstons
Mild) but it was nice views, so whose complaining.
The night was food drink and good times, one particular good time was the champagne and aforementioned lardy cake :o) with a fine musical interlude courtesy of Daz :oD \m/
Sunday we rode from the house (in New Mills) out and over Lantern Pike through some brilliant (little) singletrack sections, mostly on rocks, some marish, but ultimately instructive loose rocky and steppy climbs, and some long almost gravel track descents (with some minor road riding, a pub with a huge water wheel, and a fair few horses) to end up in "The Sycamore" in Birch Vale, for some proper pub grub and proper beer (Timmy Taylor Landlord, though not in the best condition) before a decidedly bloaty ride back along the sett valley trail to the house, then returning...