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<p style="font-size:16px">The last time the "family" got together was my 70th birthday. Now that Covid is accepted as an infection we have to live with we spent a week together in a large house near the centre of Buxton.</p>
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<p>Buxton is a beautiful, historic town with plenty of interesting buildings. The Crescent, Opera House and Pavilion are striking. A word of warning though, don't have coffee at the Pavilion because it's worse than drinking dishwater.</p>
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<p>Helene and I decided to walk from the house up through Buxton Country Park to Solomon's Temple. On the way we came across a wooden carving of a limestone smelter so we stopped and sat on his lap. I think he looks a lot happier having Helene on his lap than me. The view from the top of the tower over Buxton was superb.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px">A group of six of us went for a walk along a local canal, starting at the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://bugsworthbasin.org/" target="_blank">Bugsworth basin</a>. We walked for an hour under cloudless skies before turning around and walking back.</p>
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<p>The whole family travelled to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.tramway.co.uk/" target="_blank">Crich Tramway Village</a> for a day out. Based in an old limestone quarry it's a visit to a past that most of us barely remember. I do remember trolley buses in the east end of London and how the clippie had to get off the bus to put the pantograph back onto the overhead wires from time to time. We had a ride on a trolley bus but only a short distance because the lines and overheads were being inspected by ORR (<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.orr.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Office of Road and Rail</a>). The following day the Tramway Village was closed due to safety concerns.</p>
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<p>Helene and I joined Dave and Lucie for a walk around <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybower_Reservoir" target="_blank">Ladybower reservoir</a>. It was another beautiful day and perfect for a brisk walk. The reservoir is famous for its dam which was used as target practice during the war by the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise" target="_blank">dam busters</a>. Helene was finding her artistic side and looking for photo opportunities.</p>
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<p style="font-size:16px">After walking the reservoir Helene and I headed for the <a href="https://www.davidmellordesign.com/shops/hathersage" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Mellor design centre</a>, on the outskirts of Hathersage, for lunch.</p>
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<p>It was great to sit outside looking across at the roundhouse where fashionable cutlery is made. Lunch was exceptionally good.</p>
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<p>On our final day we drove over to Dove Dale and walked up to Millers Dale for 90 minutes and then returned the same way. The stepping stones across the river are always fun and because it was late afternoon it wasn't too busy. It was a delightful end to what had been a great holiday.</p>
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