Finish - Hayfield
Distance - 12 Miles
Key Features - Cave Dale, Peveril Castle, Mam Tor, Great Ridge, Jacobs Ladder
Geocaches - 6
Pubs - 5 Visited, 6 Available
Previous Days - Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4
Final 2 days on the Inn Way and I know the walking starts to get serious. Today, I am aware that I have to climb Mam Tor and Jacobs Ladder. Both have been previously completed but on separate hikes. Tomorrow, it's an 18 mile finale.
It's a wonderful start (as always). A last look at Castleton, a place I kind of fell in love with, and find the correct path to Cave Dale and get up close to Peveril Castle.
How was your Friday Morning? |
The rear of Peveril Castle |
Peveril Castle on the Limestone Way |
Put the GPS Away and head for the lump ahead |
The Great Ridge - Views in all direction. |
2 pub Edale is the downhill prize and out of the two, I'll take the Old Nags Head. Hiker's Bar and the official start of the Pennine Way seems more suited to my needs.
I could lie and say I'm off to Kirk Yetholm |
Still, I'm fortified to do the first couple of miles on the Pennine Way and prepare for Jacobs Ladder.
All Uphill for a bit |
Looking back over Oaken Clough |
Adding Thwaites to my list of breweries on the Inn Way |
And their mode of transport more aesthetically pleasing than a red trannie |
Plenty of time for a rest and put on whatever glad rags I can find in the Osprey before investigating the final three.
The Kinder Lodge is the wrong side of A624 Tracks. The last time I was in here was when Andy Murray won Wimbledon for the first time. They were serving strawberries and cream and it was all so civil.
Tonight, there's a handful of colorful locals getting down to Digital Gold, playing 60s music far too loud. The most refreshed announces its time to leave and puts on his rucksack. Inquiries from the others as to what was contained within are met with "my escort". We failed to determine if this was his partner, a car or a magazine before he fessed up and said 6 cans of Stella Artois.
That's breakfast sorted.
A change of Modus Operandi since Andy Murrays Success |
I'm not going to argue with their pub furniture though. I sank that deep into a blood red chesterfield sofa that its a wonder I am not there still.
Bad Early Evening Photo of a Gastropub - Contains Theakstons |
I would have inwardly groaned, muttered an obscenity about first world problems but I needed to know the answer.
I have exactly the same problem.
Alas, I will forever be pulling into laybys wishing I had an iPhone. Just as a potential solution was being revealed, the big chocolate labrador got excited by an incoming collie, swished his tail and sent their pints flying. His owner went to get mops and replacement pints and the dog escaped into the dining room, to attempt to steal food from the diners' plates.
He was told to put his dog on a lead in the most politest of fashions.
To complete the set, I pop into the Royal Hotel on my way home. No such dramas in here, but the collies owner has followed me in, saying he was after some peace and quiet.
Another old coaching house with many original features and more Stancill Brewery wares to test, this time a Jaxon Brew number 1.
Royal Hotel by Night |
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