The Friday Matinee

If it's Friday then it must, clearly, be time for the eponymous Friday Matinee, your cast iron digital excuse to waste some of Friday afternoon while the weekend is delayed at platform number 3A thanks to the slow passage of time...

After last week's Seven Summits quest, we're staying a bit more local this week, with a spirited trawl through YouTube in search of the Peak District.

And to kick things off, here's an absolute classic Peak walking phenomenon, Kinder Downfall with the water turning in mid-air and being blown back up onto the plateau - bonkers :-)

And while we're on Kinder, how about a more gentle ramble across the plateau... Complete with Manchester Rambler soundtrack :-) For some photographic history see here.

And of course, there's always the gritstone - how about some Peak District climbing, all friction and jamming and balance ... we like this.

Then of course, you could go cycling, erm, unicycling? Strange people... eek.

And last but not least, if you've always wondered what it would to be one of those paragliders soaring above the Mam Tor ridge line, here you go.

Have a great weekend :-)