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Between Buxton & Macclesfield up here in the NW of England there's a windy road over the hills of the Peak District that's a popular and famous route for bikers. There's a nice pub at the top too (The Cat & Fiddle) which means on nice sunny Autumn days like today it's nice to jump on the scooter and whizz over the hills.. Only a couple of hours in total I headed for a little place called Castleton first, then back over to Buxton before heading over to Macclesfield then home again. A fab few hours in the sun. Thought I'd share a few pics with you lot....
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Beautiful!
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing those pictures and the story.
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I've just re read that and realised how many times I've said nice.... It was nice though....
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Good idea to take some pics on your ride out. I went out today's too ,towards Scarborough, over the moors. Must take my camera if we get another dry sunny day before the frost arrives and the roads get salted.
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Was just down the road from you today, Bakewell and Matlock, bit cold but blue sky :o
Nice photo of Winnats pass, went there a few weeks ago. Are the speed cameras around the Cat and Fiddle working yet, last time I was there they were turned off due to a design fault :lol:
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Was thinking of doing Bakewell myself but headed of to Castleton for a bit first. I've been caught out the wrong side of the hills when the weather turns before and nice as it looked I'd left it a bit late in the day to go too far!

Not sure about the speed cameras, they were there but couldn't really tell if they were working or not, being a relative newbie I wasn't going to be testing them out on those corners! :)
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I know this area well, but only in my car. Lovely pictures.
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Those are amazing pictures. In fact, maddiedog might even refer to them as awesome! ;) The first one in particular almost looks like a painting.

I lived in Cumbria at the edge of the Lake District for about a year and a half in my mid teens. The beauty of the country was wasted on my youth. Maybe one day will will return for a ride.

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Kramnala58 come up to Loei plenty of views like that in the region.
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Fan-bloody-tastic!
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Great photos. I was supposed to do this route last March (on a bit of a mini Tour of Britain) but the blizzard conditions knocked the whole trip on the head. :cry:
Hopefully I will be able to see all this great scenery sometime next year!
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tomtic wrote:Great photos. I was supposed to do this route last March (on a bit of a mini Tour of Britain) but the blizzard conditions knocked the whole trip on the head. :cry:
Hopefully I will be able to see all this great scenery sometime next year!


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A load of pcxs doing the Cat & Fiddle would be fab.....
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you you wrote:
tomtic wrote:Great photos. I was supposed to do this route last March (on a bit of a mini Tour of Britain) but the blizzard conditions knocked the whole trip on the head. :cry:
Hopefully I will be able to see all this great scenery sometime next year!


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Gorgeous views. Thanks for sharing that. :)
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Beautiful ^_^
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