Hathersage, Peak District, Derbyshire

Today I fancied a day out to the Peak District again, since it's so close and I wanted to get out of the city for some fresh air. Jen and I decided on the quaint little village of Hathersage for our excursion, since we'd both been to Castleton and Jen didn't fancy Bakewell.

We got the bus and got off at a random stop, which just so happened to be right by a church, the cemetary of which boasts (if that's the right word) the grave of Little John, comrade of Robin Hood. We went for a little look then ventured into the village centre, which was pretty small to be fair, but no smaller than Castleton. I bought a book on South Africa from the craft shop (it was only 3 quid and it's for research purposes!) and had a look at the Youth Hostel (an ideal location for one of our Page Youth Hostel holidays - click here for photos). After a wander around we sat and had a hot chocolate and then headed back.

It was a shame I didn't have my hiking boots with me or we could have gone for a decent walk, but sadly neither of us knew any of the trails anyway. So I think we need to do some more trail research before our next outing.

However, on the way back we got off the bus at the Hunter's Bar Roundabout and walked up to Tapton from there, much to Jen's delight of returning home via a mention from an Arctic Monkeys' song. Small things.