We’ve kicked off Easter weekend 2018 with a hidden gem, Creswell Crags in Whitwell, on the border of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. While I have been aware its existence for about a year, since the organisation displayed some ancient artifacts at a local Summer fair, I had not heard much about how gorgeous the scenery at this…
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14 Day Trips from Derbyshire
This summer will mark five years since we moved to Derbyshire from East Yorkshire. I was really fond of coming here as a child for caravan holidays at the Lime Tree caravan park near Buxton, mostly as my parents would take my sister and I to some fantastic theme parks, but also because the caravan park…
Muddy, squelchy fun at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Our plan to swim our way through half-term was scuppered by Noah’s accident on Pancake day; he managed to burn his finger to blistering point on a frying pan. I am now scrambling to find alternative, cheap activities for us to do (that wont get his bandage wet). Today, we visited a local National Trust property, Hardwick Hall. When we arrived, Noah exclaimed that he “loved mud”…