Dale View Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Bakewell
Day 10
... my return.
Back to reality in the central library, it's interesting to see how people in Sheffield are coping with the technological revolution. There's a steady stream of people, probably with no computer access at home, coming here to use the internet. Some of them ask the staff to assist them with various things. Can't help thinking about how lucky I've been over the years and all the help I've received to turn me into if not ...
Day 9
... The menu includes classics such as drip toast (i.e. toast and dripping, with dripping usually consisting of beef fat), chips and gravy, pie and mushy peas, and treacle tart. All traditional staples in other words, and at prices half those in London. What with that and the flashing Xmas bling, I feel right at home. I want to take a picture but think it would be a bit much to whip out my iPad in the midst of it all (i.e. I ...
Caribener Selection - The DMM BOA Big Gran Daddy!
A selection of large and small caribiners are required on my trip and my order has been placed for this - with room for multiple rigging knots this will no doubt see plenty of use towards the summit attempt!
'having pitched the Big Boa as the ‘Big Daddy’ of lockers we must go one further with this beefed ...
Julbo Explorer White Cameleon
Julbo’s top-of-the-line mountaineering sunglass, the Explorer is designed to perform superiorly in high altitude environments, where mountaineers are overly susceptible to eye damage from sun and reflections.
- Lenses: for protection from
high-altitude sunlight, Explorer is available with either the Camel
polarized, photochromic, anti-fog lens; the glass Alt Arc 4 lens; or the
Spectron 4 lens. - Camel® ...
Days 7 and 8
... time to meet my university pal. Wave frantically at a lady of the right description, only to get a dirty look as she hurries past. My actual friend arrives a few minutes later and we head into town for lunch and a wander. First port of call is the Arts Tower, an eyesore of a skyscraper from the sixties that felt like it was about to fall down any minute when I was studying there in the early nineties, so I'm surprised it's ...
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Bagshaw Hall
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Monsal Head Hotel
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The Lathkil Hotel
School Lane, Over Haddon | 3 star hotelfrom $113 -
Croft Country House Hotel
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Hassop Hall Hotel
Hassop, Bakewell | 3 star hotel
