Class act
St Pancras, first light
Thank God we paid extra for the delights of first class
 Only 1 item on this plate has nutritional value
unexplained artwork in Derby
 And we’re not too keen on you cyclists either
 “oh we’ve got a little place in the county, nothing fancy. What? The watermill…?”
 Finally, food. Huevos rancheros in Jack Rabbits
 Time travelling shop. Nowt changed since 1973
This is more like it - the Tissington Trail, once a railway line
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Dry stone walls, lots of them. It's what you do in the winter when there's now't else to do
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Our first B&B - Gratton Grange Farm
Welcoming rat
Gratton Grange Farm - view from out bedroom window
Bedroom for two. Separate beds
 And you tell me the river never gets any higher? Then yes, we’ll buy the cottage
The road to Youlgreave, just after a one chev climb
 The juicer, night one. Suitably quirky
Youlgreave by night
 Man wakes to find torso in another bed
Next morning...
 Why did le cycliste cross to the other side?
Our B&B in the middle distance, Youlgreave beyond
 About as drop dead gorgeous as is possible
 Route to the juicer just under copse on horizon.
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are you sure this is the right road?
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 Possibly the worst flat white ever recorded
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 Just about to get assaulted by a pissed off farmer/pikey as we trespassed across her land
 Who? Me? I never said a word either..
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 “What was that? I don’t think it was ‘hi’”
 Sundowner ale
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 24 hour carer for his wife. Nipped out for a deserved pint
 Luxury accommodation?
 Comedy hill. Tick
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 Atop another monster.We’re getting the feeling that there is more than one Peak in the Peak District
 Never saw one mole. This person is good
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This must be the off road section. Looks cycleable...
 Just when you thought it couldn’t get any steeper
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 What’s the worst that could happen if we took the busy, slightly narrow road, uphill, upon which most vehicles are doing 70ish mph?
Not to mention the 35 mph headwind
 Finest of dining. 1 apple, 1 cereal bar. Nectar
 Know how you feel Greg. If I’d had a spade, and wasn’t totally exhausted by the 35mph headwinds - twinned with the impossible inclination - I’d have buried myself at this exact spot too
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 Sheffield’s only a couple of miles from here isn’t it? What, if we get lost, its about another 10…? Minimum?
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 You know it
 Love a cooling tower
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