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Grin and Harpur Hill

11 Sep 2009 284
On as fine a day as you could wish for, I took a long walk around the Goyt Valley and over the moors above Buxton. On the way back I was presented with this fine view from the gritstone moors onto the limestone uplands. Buxton lies to the left of the lond-abandoned Grin Quarry at the left side of the image. In the right background is the former Harpur Hill quarry and subsequent developments as a trading and office estate incorporating the explosion and flame laboratory of the HSE which results in interesting bangs on occasion.