Winter wandering in Edale (2017, Hope Valley)
Is it possible to be in danger in the outdoors when you can see safety with the naked eye and it's not that far away? This is the question I was asking myself as we fought our way through heather bushes that were frozen and laden with snow. Each step meant sinking knee-deep into shrubbery that snagged and crackled under our feet. Halfway round the Edale loop, from Mam Tor to Kinder Scout, we’d decided to take a detour ‘off piste’, away from the obvious path so that we could c