Short hop to Birch Vale

For our first proper trip we decided it might be wise not to go too far and with so much beautiful scenery on the doorstep we really could have parked up in the campsite at the top of the village! In the end we decided that a trip to the Derbyshire Peak District with an overnight on the Chatsworth House campsite was a good first trip.

We headed off about 6pm on Friday evening, it was only a short drive to a pub Rachel had found from the BritStops book she had bought, a list of good pubs that let you stop overnight in the carpark, while using their facilities for food and drink. Our destination was The Sycamore Inn, Birch Vale and we arrived with plenty of time to walk Alfie before going in for a meal at 8pm. The food was fine and, once the 100's of leather clad motor bikers who had the private function rooms to celebrate someone's birthday had roared off in to the night, it was really peaceful.Read more