This past Saturday (10 October 2015), my wife, daughters and I returned to the Peak District for another hike, this time to the wooded area of Padley Gorge. We had not seen much of the Peak District's wooded areas. Weather was perfect and we had a great hike! The photo below shows the wooded area where we were headed (click on image for a larger view).
We never tire of Peak District vistas! Before reaching Padley Gorge, we passed by the Grindleford railway station. I snapped a photo of the western edge of the 6230-yd (5.7-km or 3.5-mi) long Totley tunnel (click on the image for a larger view).
Hiking into Padley Gorge provided us with lovely forest scenery. The photo below shows Burbage Brook, which runs through Padley Gorge (click on the image for a larger view).
One especially great thing about hiking in the Peak District is all the wonderful country pubs. We ate lunch at The Grouse Inn, and I can't recommend it highly enough. I had the best steak and ale pie of my life there! Of course, we had to stop at The Fox House on our way home for dessert. Living in Sheffield and being so close to the Peak District is spoiling us!
The eight quarterfinalists for the 2015 Rugby World Cup are now set. My US team didn't fare too well, losing all four matches by combined point differential of 106. Pool B was certainly a tough draw, given that Japan won three matches and didn't make the quarterfinals. Scotland's dominating win over Japan ultimately sent the Brave Blossoms home. Only Uruguay had a worse World Cup than the US, which probably doesn't help rugby gain in popularity in the US.
England was unceremoniously booted from the World Cup after its loss to Australia. But there is still a great deal of excitement here in the UK as Wales, Scotland, and Ireland have all advanced to the knockout stage. Action resumes this coming Saturday (17 October).
A colleague and I published a short paper on the fastest try in rugby earlier this year. Click here to access the paper. There is a lot of interesting physics in rugby!
