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Long Hill by *horai:iconhorai:

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©2006-2009 *horai
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This is exactly why I live where I do. For the first time I've captured an inkling of the High Peak area of Derbyshire landscape and hopfully some of it's beauty. This is a picture from the Goyt valley road looking over Long Hill which rises from the town of Whaley Bridge through to Buxton and is an incline most of the way.
I hope you like it as well. :D

Full view please. :)

On a slightly more amusing note, Fred, god rest his soul, was a local chap who used to do a bit of gardening round the area. He told me that when he was a young man in the thirties a mate of his made a soap box car and managed to make it all the way from Buxton to Whaley bridge without actually stopping. I have heard the story from others as well so it must be true. :D

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~croxie Apr 13, 2006, 12:06:22 AM
The view up there always takes my breathe away. Even though we're not far away from the Peak
District, it's still such a change in how nature looks and behave. It's strange.

As for the soapbox car it wouldn't surprise me...lol...with those hills you must have been able to get
one heckova ride :D

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~ It's a small world...but I wouldn't want to paint it. - Steven Wright ~
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*horai Apr 13, 2006, 1:46:45 AM
I can see a big grin all the way down. :D

It is a gorgeous spot though, especially on a warm sunny day or when the snows arrive.

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:flaguk: Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite, it's twice upon a time. - Moondog
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=Ellygator Apr 13, 2006, 4:04:29 AM
This just invites you for a long ramble arcross hill and dale. Wonderful vista! Love the story that goes with it, too - quite a feat!

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"You must do everything yourself." (First rule of Alchemy)
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*horai Apr 13, 2006, 6:59:49 AM
Thank you Elly. :)

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:flaguk: Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite, it's twice upon a time. - Moondog
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=ikaa Apr 13, 2006, 9:53:54 AM
Breathtaking view :omg: Beautiful shot!

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*horai Apr 13, 2006, 11:23:20 AM
I sometimes realise I live in a very nice place. :D Thank you. :)

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:flaguk: Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite, it's twice upon a time. - Moondog
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~ri7h Apr 13, 2006, 11:35:49 AM
nice photo :)

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What would concrete squirrel do?
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*horai Apr 13, 2006, 11:44:18 AM
Thanks very much. :D

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:flaguk: Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite, it's twice upon a time. - Moondog
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*magpie-poet May 14, 2006, 6:51:57 PM
oooh yeah, that's a good reason.

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"These days there are angry ghosts all around us--dead from wars... sickness... starvation... and nobody cares. So you say you're under a curse? Well so what, so's the whole damn world." -- Princess Mononoke
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