Charter Train to Buxton 11 Aug 2012

[Anon Mouse]

It took 7 years. It freaked me out after 5 years when she started calling 37's "snubbies"!!!

My Wife calls 37's 'Pig's' and she has admitted to thinking they are 'cute' and that she likes 'blue' ones so maybe I'm slowly getting there!

 

[VideozVideoz]

Well I'm tempted to leave it as an "exercise for the reader", offering a prize for the first one with the right National Grid reference, but for those who are lazy or pressed for time, here's a bing/OS map link http://binged.it/MzYLD8
You might need walking boots or wellies.

Ahh it was pretty much where I was looking but where that marker is on the map doesn't obviously depict the road layout I see from your picture! Must be a private road then to the works. Good vantage point for a pic

 

[eastwestdivide]

Ahh it was pretty much where I was looking but where that marker is on the map doesn't obviously depict the road layout I see from your picture! Must be a private road then to the works. Good vantage point for a pic

That's one advantage of looking at OS maps rather than some others, which don't always show private roads or freight railways (or terrain features). On the other hand, I think it was the google map of Hope that showed a small network of roads, looking like a housing estate which are in fact... a campsite!
And yes, it's not a bad location. You can almost see the Peak Forest stabling point in the far distance, and if you climb the hill "behind" that photo, you get a very industrial view into the quarry and of the line to Buxton the other side of the tunnel. Oddly though, the railtour crept up on the two of us standing there, when we thought we'd see it coming in the distance.

 

[VideozVideoz]

That's one advantage of looking at OS maps rather than some others, which don't always show private roads or freight railways (or terrain features). On the other hand, I think it was the google map of Hope that showed a small network of roads, looking like a housing estate which are in fact... a campsite!
And yes, it's not a bad location. You can almost see the Peak Forest stabling point in the far distance, and if you climb the hill "behind" that photo, you get a very industrial view into the quarry and of the line to Buxton the other side of the tunnel. Oddly though, the railtour crept up on the two of us standing there, when we thought we'd see it coming in the distance.

Yes you are quite correct about that Hope campsite! On google it def looks like a housing estate.

Regarding the photo location, ive done a few walks around the works there but not actually been on the path where you took the photo. I must try it out some point soon