7 June 2019

Testing

Out walking again yesterday. This time I was in the area where our daughter will be married at the end of August. They have had a vision of a Sunday wedding walk the day after the knot is tied and I was on a test mission.

Above you can see Peter's Stone at the head of Cressbrookdale. It is a dome of hard limestone.  The story goes that it got its current name because it is reminiscent of the dome of St Peter's in Rome. Once it was known as The Gibbet Rock for more grisly reasons.

Below a painter is working on "The Red Lion" pub in the village of Litton which I reached after a long climb up Tansleydale.
After Litton I walked across pastures before a steep descent back into beautiful Cressbrookdale through woods where banks of wild garlic were returning to the earth after their springtime blooming. Then over the dried up stream at the bottom and up the other side towards Wardlow.

I saw a brown cow watching me as she lounged in the limestone landscape of The White Peak. 
Not far from the brown cow,  I rather like the way the early June light has illuminated the simple scene below.
After getting my shoes back on and swigging cold water from Clint's boot (American: trunk), I decided to drive on to Tideswell where Frances will marry Stew in "The Cathedral of the Peak" - St John's. Let's hope the weather is kind to them that day.

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  1. The perfect venue for a wedding, whatever the weather.

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    1. We certainly didn't want to hire a marquee - just in case.

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  2. What a beautiful spot for a wedding! The cathedral is grand...and the countryside is beautiful. When is the big day, again?

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    1. Nevermind...I just reread this post and I see it's at the end of August. It will be here before you know it!

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    2. Twelve weeks to go. I hadn't given it much thought before but now I must get cracking with several duties - including buying a suit!

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  3. I was just thinking about this upcoming wedding last night. Mostly I am amused that your wife and Frances had to attend church there several times in order to qualify to get married in its hallowed halls.
    Or something like that.
    But I have a feeling it will all have been worth it.

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    1. I hope so Mary. There are lot of D.I.Y. elements that need to come together.

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  4. What a strange geological formation that rock is. Looks like beautiful country! I'm glad that cow was minding its own business and not adopting an aggressive stance toward overland walkers.

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    1. It is indeed an unusual outcrop formed in some primordial ocean long before dinosaurs came along.

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    1. Mooooo! Mooooo! *

      *= Want some warm milk?

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  6. I always love to see all the stone walls and beautiful countryside. That is a lovely place Frances and Stew have chosen for their wedding!

    Cows do seem to like you wherever you go!

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    1. I think I smell like a bull. Also I have a brass ring through my nose and I often snort.

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  7. What a lovely cathedral - it will make for some wonderful photos, too. The idea of a wedding walk is new to me - that will be a good memory to make.

    Yes, I'm wishing for good weather for the big day! It makes everything so much simpler and smoother. On the other hand, when something goes wrong at a wedding, it becomes a unique wedding story the couple can tell forever.

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    1. It isn't really a cathedral Jenny. It is just a parish church but it is the closest thing to a cathedral in The Peak District. Thank you for your characteristically kind wishes.

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  8. Would we make the limestone fences today? We have loaders and equipment. The old fellows were lucky if they had a cart of some kind.

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    1. We don't call them fences Red. We call them drystone walls. Some of them are hundreds of years old. No cement or mortar was used in their painstaking construction.

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  9. That June light photo with the tree and the drystone walls had me sighing! I've been cooped up in conference rooms, airports, planes and trains most of the week and really long for a good walk.

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    1. Sounds like you are leading an executive jetsetter life these days Meike.

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  10. The star in my book is your penultimate photo.

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