Houndkirk
"The Fox House" starting point The number 272 bus passes close to our house every hour in the daytime. It goes way beyond the city's boundaries to Hathersage, Bradwell, Hope and Castleton. Miss it and you will have a long wait. After yet another doctor's appointment this morning, I was at the bus stop in plenty of time for the 11.58 bus and its arrival was punctual. This was the first part of my plan for a linear long walk. I got off the 272 at a pub-restaurant called "The Fox House" and then made my way to the start of Houndkirk Road. It is an ancient track and former toll road that takes you over Houndkirk Moor to Ringinglow. Houndkirk Road I did it in one hour fifteen minutes and I would have been quicker if I had not stopped to chat with another lone figure - a tourist from Hong Kong who has been in Great Britain for the past three months and is heading back home in two days' time. He was delighted to hear that I have been to Hong Kong but ...