L2L Day 35 Buxton to Edale - 7 miles

The weather's changed - with a decided nip in the air.

With blisters on both heels still being a bit of a nuisance I decided to shorten today's walk

But first I checked in with Vodafone, across the road in the Springs Shopping centre to see what I could do to slow the draining of my phone battery and met the very helpful Nisha 

who immediately spotted where I was going wrong. A short while later I left with the phone ready to go.

I'd decided to take the Skyline 199 to Chapel en le Frith and then walk from there the remaining distance to Edale.

On leaving the elegance of Buxton, the bus passes through a stunning landscape with long high ridges but also massive Limestone quarries.

I was dropped off at the Town Hall and stepped inside to put on some warmer clothes. 

While admiring the local art exhibition, I almost walked in to a seated yoga class - I could probably have done with it.  

Once outside and by now better attired, my eye was caught by the eye-catchingly named Hearse House directly across the road. 

Inside, I met Clare of High Peak Healing which sells stones and crystals. She was with her mum Helen.

Clare has moved to Chapel en le Frith from Hayfield and opened the business only 7 weeks ago. She reeled off the healing qualities of all the various colourful stones she had on sale. With how I was feeling two days ago, I would probably have benefitted from buying a complete boxed set.

Not having time to have my chakras checked and not wanting to be caught out again on the hunger front, I went for a coffee and a delicious bacon bap at Cafe Chaps.

The route out of town climbed steeply towards Slackhall with the sound of Goldfinches accompanying me all the way up the hill.

I stopped for a chat with Billy who was building a dry store wall. 

He told me he'd been working in dry stone for the last 30 years at about 1m run per day. Each stone selected by hand with no mortar at all - not even for the copings. He was able to point out all those walls he'd built over the years.

Onward and steeply upward.

Fabulous, Fabulous. Fabulous. Just above Breck Edge,  I heard my first Curlew of the walk.

I saw two of them close by and I then heard their call, on and off for the next hour. I couldn't stop smiling.

After that beauty, the ugliness of burnt out cars, presumably stolen and driven onto the moor before being set alight. 

At least it was a Porsche and a Range Rover. As in everything, it's important to have standards!!!!

Just at the top of Rushup Edge, I met Taylor, Steven Harry, Ethan and Kes all doing their DofE. 

They are all on the Scania truck training scheme and though preparing for their first cold night's camping they all seemed full of spirits as they headed off down the hill.

The views in every direction from the top at Lord's Seat were fantastic.

Looking across at Mam Tor.

Then the step descent towards Edale and the best accommodation so far - by a country mile. The Rambler Inn, Edale.

And then to top off another superb day, there was a Bull finch right outside my window. 

Can it get better!?!?!