Today we went cycling again in the morning. This time in Nottingham on Steve and Fiona’s non-e-bikes given it’s a pretty flat ride out along the River Trent as far as the water sports centre at a place called Holme Pierrepont. It’s a ride that Fiona does a couple of times a week and is […]
Day 8: June 28th; Rutland Water
Today we headed to England’s smallest county for a cycle trip around the lake. It was warmer but overcast so still great riding weather. This time our hire bikes were from a new range of the Specialised brand and in excellent condition. What a difference! We set off in an anticlockwise direction first of all […]
Day 7: June 27th – Chatsworth
Chatsworth is about a 10 minute drive from the Red Lion and totally deserves its own post. It remains the Duke Devonshire’s home ( well he has recently retired and downsized to a village called Ensor so his son lives there. Doubt the Duke is in a retirement village but you never know). The house […]
Day 7: June 27th. The Peak District
This morning we set off for a morning walk in the Peak District just west of Derby. We headed for this escarpment that goes for miles along the edge of a valley and has various rock bluffs all the way around. We climbed up one called Birchen Edge which has a monument to Lord Nelson […]
Day 6: June 27th
Today was biking, picnicking and Kedleston Hall. We had good weather for biking but it was pretty chilly in the shade and breeze. We drove to the start of the Vissington Cycle Trail which is west of Nottingham near Derby. Fiona drove on to the Vissington car park and Mike and I hired e-bikes and […]
Day 5: June 25th
We had a more relaxed start on a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately our room is a bit of an oven at night but we get by with fan on full. We had breakfast at Steve and Fiona’s and took round our mountain of washing which went through their machine and then onto the drying rack […]
Day 4: June 24th
We had breakfast with Steve and Fiona then it was off to Bolsover Castle which was a holiday home built by one of the Cavendishs and then renovated and extended by William Cavendish in the early 1600s. It was quite a place. High up on a hill above Bolsover and looking out for miles to […]
Day 3: 23 June
We met up with Steve and Fiona after a reasonably good sleep and feeling pretty ok. We ducked breakfast in favour of a coffee and snack on our walk into town. Their apartment looks north from the balcony towards the city centre and south from the kitchen over the canal towards Trent Bridge (sort of). […]