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The White Peak Venture

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December 31st 2007
So a little tipsy chat on boxing day evening with my cousin led us to plan a trip to the Peak District sometime in the next few days, in the hope that we might get some snow or at least experience camping at low temperatures! We parked the car in Hartington in the White Peak - this is the limestone area of the Peak District - somehow managed to cram all our gear into limited sized packs, and heade ... read more

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