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I'm Eliska, this is Jack, and we're here to bringing travel and adventure into your everyday.
This week one of my friends, Farzona, came to visit all the way from the US - she stopped
over in Manchester for a grand total of 32 hours, so I thought we would take her out
on a hike and really make the best of that time.
She does like hiking and the outdoors - I promise I didn't force her to do this, I don't
think.
So we headed to the Peak District, which is super accessible form Manchester.
Jack and I love doing these micro adventures out of whatever city we're currently based
in.
We get serious withdrawals when we haven't travelled in a while.
This way we can keep a little bit of a sense of adventure even in an ordinary work week.
This particular hike is up Kinder Scout, which is the highest peak in England's Peak District.
I say peak - it's more of a plateau.
I say Peak District, but it's more of like an area with a higher concentration of hills.
England's pretty flat.
We get excited about any level of elevation.
But that said, it is bloody beautiful.
By the way, all of the tips that are in this video are also set out in a corresponding
blog post on our website - wefilmthings.com - which is now somewhat open for business,
so do check it out, there'll be a link in the description box.
Now, you can do a longer hike up Kinder Scout - it's called the mass trespass route and
it's actually a route of significant historic importance and if you have a full day to do
it and fancy a bit of an adventure, then absolutely go for it.
I'll leave a link below to an article that gives you a few more details.
BUT if like us, you're trying to squeeze it into your work week and only have a few hours
to spare then here's the deal.
So you start the hike from a little village called Edale.
We drove over from Manchester, which is about an hour's drive.
You cen get there by train as well, it's pretty well connected from sort of Manchester, Sheffield,
Nottingham... basically there's a train station, you can get there.
If you are going by car, make sure you take some change for the parking lot ( I know,
I know, what even IS physical money right?).
Once you've left your train or your car behind, you trot up through the village of Edale.
They actually have a smell!
Make sure you don't miss this little turn into the hedges which takes you through to
wonderland.
We arrived at the car park at three forty and got to the top at five o'clock.
THE TOP.
That's an hour and twenty minutes to get to the top, without really stopping.
We spent about fifteen to twenty minutes on the plateau at the top exploring a little
bit, and then we motored it straight down to the car park getting there at about ten
past six, so in another fifty minutes.
That's a grand total of two and a half hours spent at Kinder Scout.
Disclaimer: we didn't stop much because we knew that we needed to get back to Manchester
for dinner.
But hopefully this shows you that if you're in good health and good fitness then you can
totally do this hike in two and a half to three hours.
Last time we came Jack and I actually only had enough change to park our car for two
hours, so we got our speed walk on, we got to the top and back down to the car in two
hours and fifteen minutes.
On the other hand you can take your time - there are some very nice rocks on the top on the
plateau.
This is the Mushroom Rock.
OK.
I think it has a real name.
And you can gloat in your sense of achievement at having reached the top.
You can extend your hike as much as you want depending on how much time you have, bearing
in mind that it will take you about an hour to get back down to the car.
You do have to have a relatively good level of fitness if you want to do this hike, especially
if you want to do it within the two and a half to three hour mark.
You can of course take your time a little bit, I've definitely seen children and older
people do it, but just bear in mind that there is an elevation of about 1200 ft within a
very short distance (in layman speak, that just means you go up a very steep hill) and
that you will have to kind of scramble up some rocks.
There isn't very much hand action involved, but if you're not a hundred percent comfortable
with terrain that's not completely smooth or paved, then that's something to bear in
mind.
So I'd give it a three point five to four out of five for difficulty.
I'm leaning towards the three point five just because it is quite a short hike, but there
were definitely bits where Farzona and I were both out of breath.
Especially if you're going fast, it's kind of a workout.
Definitely would recommend wearing hiking boots.
I am somebody who looks for two things in a hike - the first is good views (because
if I can't get a good insta out of this then literally what is the point) I joke, I joke,
kind of.
I just think if you're going to put a lot of physical effort in, it's a lot easier if
you have something nice to look at.
And secondly, I like something that's a bit of a challenge - on the Kinder Scout walk
there is a little bit of a scramble, sometimes you need to get over some slightly bigger
rocks or to cross a stream and hop from stone to stone and it just spices things up a little
bit you know.
I'd give this a fun factor of again a three and a half to four out of five, leaning
towards the four this time, coz given how short the walk is, and given that it's a there-and-back
walk, you get quite a lot out of it.
Anyway, Farzona and I had a really great time on the walk even if we didn't have much time
to do it.
But that's exactly the point.
It's a great little hike if you're time poor and you just want to squeeze something in
in the work week to make you feel a little bit alive, to get outdoors, then this is the
thing for you.
If you're interested in more details, like where to park and what to bring then those
are all in that post on our website that I mentioned, linked in the description below.
If you live in London or somewhere further south and you're interested in day trips closer
to you then we do have a video on that as well, hopefully that's linked somewhere on
the screen now.
Let us know in the comments if you have any favourite hikes in the Peak District or local
to where you live - we would love to check them out.
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