Amongst others the Express has photos of the Royals on its front page for HM's birthday snaps. At last! The EU boss admits "is it me!" and concedes that EU support is at an all time low, of course if it all go's down the pan it'll be our fault! - - -
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This story from the Mail although its front page in the Sun parents of kids as young as 4 have been sent a letter "instructing them" to help their kids "choose a gender" before primary school. - - - Speachless! - - -
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I had for a long time wanted to walk up "Win Hill" above the Ladybower reservoir so decided that yesterday was the day.
Its an imposing hill jutting out of the surrounding forest above the Ladybower Dam
you know its going to be "hard" because you have to walk down the hill at the end of Bamford and cross the river that runs out form the Dam with Win Hill towering above you
this steep staircase is the start of the ascent to the summit
it then follows a stream up a narrow gorge
breaking out of the woods its a gentle slog to the top in the sunshine
At the top the views are great and i'm headed down the ridge path to the forest almost at top right in the photo I'll them cross over the Snake Pass road
and walk back to Derwent reservoir passing the lumps and bumps on Crook hill at left on this photo
the weather is being kind as i set off down the track
unlike the tracks up on Kinder not far away which are peaty and always wet these are sandy and quite dry.
the view up the Edale valley is looking nice and clear
I meet some of the locals!
i reach the point where i go back in the forest to go down to cross the road
by dint of some keen navigation! on the 1 inch to 1 mile old map i am using i arrive at the only bridge crossing the river
the track back up to the ridge is nearly as steep as the win Hill one
once on the track its still an ascent but a much more gentle affair than the one up from the road
once again i can see the Edale valley off into the distance
and i begin to see the reservoir which is my end point
the footpath runs through crook hill farm and then
I'm soon down at the road level and its an easy walk back to the van from here
across the viaduct
one last look back up to Crook Hill
and i pass the earth bank behind the Ladybower dam.
The walk took me three and three quarters of an hour at a gentle pace and it might become a regular! - - -
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After yesterday sunny cloudy afternoon the clouds must have cleared overnight because there's a bit of a frost this morning. Just a smidge under zero for the Temp this morning
A great view on the weathercam with the sun already half way down the other side of the valley. The forecast is a confident "wall to wall sunshine" for the daylight hours. It all could go south for the weekend though with one forecast i heard yesterday indicating that it could get cold again during the day.
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My book has been read by a literary agent who reports it to be "very good" I', on a mission today to pick up the manuscript and will welcome any pointers she has for me. Unfortunately my book's "subject" is not in her field so my next job is to secure an agent to approach publishers where it might be! - - -
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