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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Derbyshire » Bakewell June 26th 2014

Where is heaven? Let me ride on this sweet breeze and waft away thither. A few years ago a friend and work colleague who was as mad as a bag of frogs just like me bought me a small desk calendar. It showed - one day at a time - and had some thought or saying from an eastern religious text or words of wisdom from an eastern philosopher. Since that first calendar I have had one on my desk every year. Sometimes I read the thought for the day and think it is beyond me. I don' t understand it. It is too complicated to fathom and I feel it is like throwing pearls to a swine to expect me to digest it and take it in . Other times I read the pearls of ... read more
Canapes
First course
Hassop Hall

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Derbyshire » Bakewell November 22nd 2013

Week 4 has arrived. We never thought that we would still be in Suzy and only moving a few hundred yards up the campsite. We were unceremoniously woken from our beauty sleep by the opening and closing of the doors on a Volkswagon camper van parked next door to us. It started at 10.30 at night and continued through to 11.30. What he was doing in the dark we could not fathom. Much peering out of Suzy's windows gave us little clue to his nocturnal wanderings. Cannot understand why people in caravans or small motorhomes seem to forget that noise carries in the quiet of the night. With the idea fixed in our heads he would do much the same the next night we asked to move further up the campsite. Something that was possible as ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Derbyshire » Bakewell June 22nd 2013

Today saw the start of our UK adventure with a quick get away for our 4th Wedding Anniversary. We needed somewhere that wasn't too far away from home so we could get back early on the Thursday Morning so with a little recommendation from the parents we headed to the Derbyshire Dales and the gorgeous little town of Bakewell, home of the infamous Bakewell Tart! Deciding to take the more scenic route and coming off the motorway early north of Chesterfield we admired the vast views up and over the M1 as it meandered its way in the valley and envied the houses to our right that woke up to the view everyday. With no sat nav and no map we were reliant on our noses and the odd road sign that thankfully didn't let us ... read more
Our Anniversary Treat
Happy 4th Anniversary
Burning the steak off

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Derbyshire » Bakewell September 15th 2011

Hello Well 2 weeks have passed already, we can surely say that the days aren't going by too quickly but trying to think back on what we have done so far is sometimes a bit of a blur.......probably due to the many pints of beer! It is interesting that not only in each town/village but even pubs within them have their own beer on tap so we have been trying out the local in each pub just to support them, we had a pint last night in a pub in York called the 'Mason Arms' that was selling ' Black Sheep' bitter that came in a very nice pint glass that we just had to take as a souvenir!! I had roast pork and Yorkshire pudding, lashings of gravy and veg, yum, I fear that my ... read more




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