Charming Chatsworth & Bakewell

Leisurely road trip today… 🚗

We went to the beautiful & historic Chatsworth Manor Home. Well, it’s really a Palace. It has been in Pride and Prejudice series and movies. It is also featured in the Crown 👑 for the inside shots representing Buckingham Palace. We could see, feel, hear & breath the atmosphere. 🥰

The gardens around it were spectacular and the inside was so opulent and palatial. It was a really hot 🥵 day today and walking around made us all extremely tired. It was actually uncharacteristically hot, so I was told. Unlike what I’ve heard and dread 😬 about Melbourne currently 😢😢

We threw down a rug and had a lovely picnic in the gardens ☀️🌸 overlooking the house which was extremely relaxing and enjoyable. We collected delicious treats from Marks and Spencer and a homemade pork pie with chutney before heading to Chatsworth. Some facts: Diana Spencer’s Great, great, great, great aunt was a former Duchess of Devonshire and the current Duke and Duchess still live in this home. There is an eclectic mix of furniture within the house; period pieces are mixed with very modern Art and Bespoke features… Check out the amazing bed in one shot! They had to remove a window to get it inside the bedroom.

Queen Victoria stayed in this Manor home twice, once when she was 13 and once when she was queen. Queen Mary has also stayed in the house. It was such a chilled out and relaxing day 🇬🇧🦆☀️

On the way home we stopped at Bakewell which is famous for the Bakewell tart… I bought some to try tonight. I really enjoyed the flaky pastry tart with jam in the bottom of it. I also bought a treacle tart 😋 Bakewell is another historic town which is very cute but not as cute as Ashbourne in my opinion.

I loved the ducks coming up to us while we were having a picnic and cheekily eating the sandwiches from my knees! 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆Read more