ACK! it's already the end of october.. and I haven't written since the 3rd!!!  ... boy does time go fast... but it's alright... nothing much has been going on.... the same old... class... grocery shopping... homeworking... stressing.. and the like! ... it's kinda powering to think that our grade consist of ONE ASSESSMENT... the one and only... and if u screw up, you're SCREWED! ... ok... onto better things... b/c today is suppose to be a stressfree relaxing time... hence an impulsive/impromptu road/train trip out of Manchester, England into the rural areas of the Peak District which includes hiking towards three different villages of Edale, Castleton, and Hope. Time Starting: left from flat accommodation @ 8:10am... Train Departs: 8:47am... and arriving @ the Edale Train station: ~9:30am.... Leaving without an agenda or any idea of where we're going to or what we're going to do... the train left us here at Edale: ... LOTS of trees... and no real buildings in sight.. lol! WHAT HAD WE GOTTEN INTO?!  luckily.... we came upon a centre... where we were given information of where to go... ONWARD to Castleton to ACTUALLY find some LIVING SPECIES!... the downside to it... is requiring a approximate 3 mile hike through the footpath climbing up a hill and down to reach the village... 
Still questioning our motives... ONWARD we trucked towards CASTLETON!!! 
scanning the horizon... yah.. u see that hill in front of us... we were getting ready to travel across, up, and over it! 
the adventure requires.... going UNDER the train tracks.... 
through stone gates.. which kept the livestocks (cows, sheep, etc.) in 
... up MUDDY and MUCKY hills!.... 
.... as well as stony, unstable rocks...  upon arriving to the top of the hill... located in the center is the VILLAGE we're heading... 
... down the hill we go!.... 
going down the hill was a LOT trickier than going up.. b/c it was STEEP... WET... MUDDY hence SLIPPERY... and there was little areas for mistakes... or else... u'll go tumbling down the hill... As a result.... hot many pictures were taken... b/c we were concentrating on your foot placement rather than pictures!   No.. we just didn't GO UP and DOWN the hill... we took breathers and silly shots: 
me.. trying to climb a tree... haha.. wasn't too successful since the branch was a bit too big! 
GROUP PICS:  
OH!! and I FORGOT!! THE SCENERY!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!! the higher you went... the more breathtaking the view was...     We also met the locals:   
Reaching Castleton about 2-2.5 hours later... we were welcomed by:     (yum... FUDGE!!!...for eyes only!  )
Not knowing what to do after we explored Castleton, which was like 2 main little roads... we head off to Hope 
Hope turned out to be WORST... it was only ONE street with NOTHING.. .LOL So... Here's our SHOES aftermath of the journey...   (my shoe)
 I tried to find somewhere else to go... but we were stuck... there was no city close by that we could wander off to... so... we headed back to Castleton, ate lunner (Lunch & Dinner)  < this sign made us laugh though!
At the end of the day.... we had a GREAT hike... and AWESOME journey... and an INCREDIBLE memory!      
We took the ROAD LESS TRAVELED... and in the end... HAD AN AMAZING ADVENTURE!  ... sorry for the long blog.. just wanted to capture and show u the sight's incredibleness....  | 
