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Regions - Trip reports, destination advice, recommended routes, etc. => Peak District => Topic started by: pleb on 11:14:52, 11/08/16
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Yesterday I dug beefy out his semi retirement on the alpaca farm. Having prised off his ankle tag, we met at Buxton station as arranged, beefy having managed to fare dodge! He wanted a coffee so we found a Morrissons with a coffee machine, we paid at the checkout, lets just say he managed to get a white coffee for the price of a black! Naughty beefy............
He had never done chee dale......
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Here he is with the coffee he nearly paid for............any police on here? ;D
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can you see the stream in the gorge? We were now above it
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all he did was fart n moan all day......................... :( :P
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we stopped at millers dale but ignored the pub as beefy was too tight to pay for owt and it was his round..........
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no explanation needed if u have walked with beefy!
Up monks dale
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monks dale is a bizarre place
this looming green thing is a drystone wall, believe it or not, with more moss than you can shake a stick at
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we came through Wormhill village and cut across country a bit to get back
a view of some crags, you can see the monsal trail in the bottom, the cycle hire hut was still open so we got 2 coffees and an ice cream for moi, I was paying again of course >:(
hats about it, think he liked chee dale but not monks dale!
Until next time................... O0
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Enjoyed your TR pleb O0
Have I missed something re Beefy, as I always enjoyed his TR and VR of his and April's exploits, and there doesn't seem to have been anything for ages?
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Enjoyed your TR pleb O0
Have I missed something re Beefy, as I always enjoyed his TR and VR of his and April's exploits, and there doesn't seem to have been anything for ages?
They quit.
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Nice place/walk - good photos too O0
What's this about alpacas - I thought it was whippets/greyhounds these days ?
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Hiya pleb
Great snaps looks like I missed a good walk
Your mate beefy is a diamond geezer
I've seen a few of his movies
And Aprils reports are top notch too
When did he get back from Dubai ?
Herb O0
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Nice photos pleb O0
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Nice place/walk - good photos too O0
What's this about alpacas - I thought it was whippets/greyhounds these days ?
With a man like that, who can tell the difference?
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Nice photos pleb O0
Yep its not a bad walk! To say the least :)
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They quit.
Shame, they contributed a lot to the forum :-\
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Shame, they contributed a lot to the forum :-\
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Enjoyed the photos pleb :) I love Chee Dale :)
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Chee Dale looks beautiful - you got some great photos, Pleb! O0 I'll have to make a point of paying it a visit myself.
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Just noticed the comment about April and Beefy leaving the forum too - also very sorry to hear that. I really enjoyed their reports and their sense of humour. :(
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Probably my favourite routeing route - at least of those within 45 minutes from home. I love the way you go from Middle England to Middle Earth as you enter Monks Dale.
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Forgot to say, its East of Buxton a few miles, not far. U can easily find it on OS maps.
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Forgot to say, its East of Buxton a few miles, not far. U can easily find it on OS maps.
O0 Good to know, as I don't drive and rely on public transport for some of my solo wanderings.
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Think the best bet for public transport is to walk from Buxton along the Wye............which is one walk I aint done. You can still do chee dale, but there will be lots of miles involved!!!
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Cheers, I just took a look at that on the map - it's not really clear if there's a path along the Wye from Buxton and haven't found much in the way of info online. Might be a trip for me and the OH in the car one afternoon rather than a long solo walk. Mind you, we're planning on moving over that way next year so I suppose it'll be easier to ramble out and just explore then.
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I've walked in Chee Dale, accessing it by bus. The Transpeak and the 65/66/68 buses go to that area from Buxton. Here's a link to the timetables and a route map
http://www.derbysbus.info/times/
The walk through Millers Dale and Water-cum-Jolly Dale is lovely too :)
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Lovely pics, I don't know there I must try to investigate next time I am in Buxton. O0
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Thanks for posting this walk Pleb. It gave me the impetus to finally walk Chee Dale today although I had scheduled it for a few weeks back.
As I walked I hummed the old hippopotamus song. Mud, mud, glorious mud. How I didn't slide into the river I'm still working out!
But a really enjoyable few hours with the autumn colours just coming through. Recommended.
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No probs.
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Absolutely love Chee Dale walks its such lovely walk . I`ve a few friends along chee dale and they loved it too
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Superb photos and TR.
I'm missing getting out to the dales, hills and moors of the Peak District, so it was great to see Chee Dale photos again.
Hopefully the end of next year, I'll be able to start walking again, once my leg has healed after a major rebuild.