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Peaks 2: High Peak Trail

Posted on 26 February 20255 March 2025 by Rob Ainsley

With heavy rain forecast for this afternoon, I just did a short ride today, out on lanes direct from the hostel to do a bit of the High Peak Trail.

Damping enthusiasm: Wet bridleways en route to the High Peak Trail

It was all a bit overcast on the puddly back lanes and gravel tracks, but nicely quiet, and green in a grey sort of way.

View from the top: More bridleway en route to the High Peak Trail

The full High Peak Trail stretches nearly 18 miles from Cromford to Buxton. I’ve done the whole thing a few times, most recently in summer 2021.

Bank balance: Cutting on the High Peak Trail

It’s a bit chillier and bleaker now. I only did about five miles of it today, joining it somewhere between the 1,500th and 1,600th puddle.

Junction function: High Peak and Tissington Trails meet at Parsley Hay

The High Peak Trail joins the Tissington Trail at Parsley Hay, and I took the first couple of miles of the Tiss to get me back to the hostel at Hartington Hall before the rain came. I managed to fit in a short walk before everything went liquid.

Après moi, le déluge: Tissington Trail

The rest of the day was not spent in idle web browsing, oh no: my chum from Slovakia, Dewi, was still around, so we invested the time wisely in the British Legion club down the hill, failing to score any free sandwiches put out for the dominoes players, but still enjoying the sub-£4 pints.

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