Hooray - we've arrived in Edale, Derbyshire! Our adventure will begin tomorrow....
April 26th 2008 Saturday 26 April - The alarm went off at 7am and we could hardly believe that the day had arrived for us to leave home on our 'big' adventure. Before setting off for Derbyshire we popped into Bromley to buy a few last minute items and Lav proudly wore her 'Hiking 429km 'Long Way Up' t-shirt. Within 10 minutes of being in Bromley, we were approached and a man said to Lavinia, "Weren't you in the p
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