After the best nights sleep in a while we were woken by Jenny bringing us Tea in bed which was wonderful. We had breakfast and then set out for the walk that John had planned for us. Off to Derbyshire for a walk in the Dales-a first for us. It started off sunny in Youlgreave to do a circular walk of about 8 miles.
Ben and Dan had a ball in the river.
Susan getting her poles sorted.
A sunny day in the dales with John reading the map. There was a bit of rain which soaked us-according to John we were at the highest point of the walk and were walking in cloud-hence the rain. Jenny had made us a delicious lunch which we had at the 4 mile marker once the rain had stopped. We then set off along a very muddy track which soon began to seep into our boots and socks! Loads of washing when we get home.
The dogs had a ball on the walk-loads of mud, lots of walking and streams to splash around in. We altered the walk slightly to let us pass by a stream so the dogs could splash around and get clean before going back into John’s spotless car.
A limekiln
A nice old barn, ready for a conversion
The walk ended at a typical English pub with beers all round except for Angus. Angus and I sat in the car with our shoes and socks off all the way home so we didn’t mess John’s car.
The evening was spent as last night with good food, good wine and lots of it and great company. Jenny and John cooked a great meal and we spent the evening discussing everything at the dining table while the dogs slept close by.
At home we spent an hour picking the headlamp deflectors from the car lights which was a pretty crap job but it had to be done.
All of the above was written by Susan
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