Thursday, 30 July 2009

Day 4: Castleton to Sheffield
























Well, today was our biggest day yet. After a few showers earlier on we where blessed with wonderful weather for the rest of the day. Walking up and down some gorgeous hills and mountain sides, making our way towards Sheffield. Our first stop off was in Bamford where we indulged ourselves with some pasties and clowdy lemonade from the local bakers aptly named, Bamford Bakery. After stuffing ourselfs we headed on back into the more green of areas. Not far away down a quaint little back road we stopped to admire the view of the peak district between the gap of two houses when the owner came out and invited us into his back conservatory to enjoy in full.
Before we knew it we where back in the middle of nowhere, enjoying the sun, the breeze and the tranquility of the surroundings. When heading through some fields our path lead us to a stream. Although there where a few rocks which allowed us to get part of the way over keeping our feet dry, with the weight in our bags we could not make the last leap so we resorted to tying our boots around our necks and going bare foot (check out the mind blowing, action packed video attached). After we where all across we sat on the bank on the other side, enjoying the sun and treating ourselves to a taste of the INCREADIBLE spanish beer, Estrella Damm before moving on.
Eventually we came out into the moors seperating Sheffield and the High Peaks. Travelling to the higher areas of the moors we found ourselves next to the greatest bench in the world with the most perfect view looking over the Peak District.
When nearing the very edge of Sheffield we stopped off at yet another pub (Norfolk arms) to congratulate ourselves on our efforts so far. Upon entering the pub we where approached by two men, Lawrance and James who were both keen to learn more about what we were doing and had done so far. After the £4 sting Isaac recieved for a bottle of Newky Brown, Lawrance kindly bought us all a drink. After a brief rest and devil stick session in the stunning beer garden while Megan tried and failed to warm herself up we headed on to Ecclesall in Sheffield.
We arrived at Megan's at just gone 9, just in time to digg into a lovely meal prepared by her loving mother. Yum Yum...

...Yum

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