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  • TravelerAngleterre 2024
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    Day 5

    Castleton, curbar edge

    August 16, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    Repos bien mérité avec une grosse glace pour camille, une plus petite pour Maël, un scone pour moi et une part de Bakewell tart pour Nico (originaire de... Bakewell, village à quelques kms de là)
    Nous nous sommes ensuite arrêtés près de Ladybower Réservoir et avons fini la journée avec un beau coucher de soleil en haut de Curbar Edge. En rentrant, nous avons pu voir quelques jolies biches😍
    Journée bien chargée, maintenant dodo 🌛    Read more

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  • England Tour
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    Day 12

    Berg und Talfahrt zum Monsal trail

    August 16, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Huiui heute ging es nicht nur landschaftlich rauf und runter. Wir hatten ein herrliches zweites Frühstück auf der Chatsworth Farm. Aber Jans Fahrrad war die zum Teil starken Steigungen und die Last der Mädels zu viel. Nach den ersten Hügel rasselt ihm die Kette runter und das leider nicht nur einmal. Zum Glück sind wir aktuell in einer Ecke mit vielen Radlern und vor allem auch einigen E-Bikern. Zu erst gab es Tipps zum überbrücken und danach wurde kurzerhand die nächste Fahrradwerkstatt angerufen und unser kommen angekündigt. Wir landeten in einem kleinen Laden und das Fahrrad war fix wieder flott gemacht. Der Tour zum Monsal Trail stand nichts mehr im Wege und auch der Weg zurück klappte ohne Probleme!Read more

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  • TravelerAlton Towers
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    Day 5

    Buxton

    April 12, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    A walk through Grin Low Wood, up to Solomon's Tower with Coen navigating. Then down to the town for food and a wander round the old bathhouse (now a shopping arcade), the Crescent, to the Opera House and pavillion hothouse, before refilling our water bottles with the famous local mineral water at St Ann's Well.Read more

  • TravelerAlton Towers
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    Day 4

    Day 2

    April 11, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    The second day at Alton was brighter and busier but saw all of us riding.

    We eased in with Fabio's Fandango then spun onto Rita. Caroline had enough by this point but the boys continued onto Nemesis Reborn and Oblivion.
    Some afternoon downtime walking through the Aquarium before ending the day on Galactica.    Read more

  • TravelerAlton Towers
    1
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    Day 3

    Day 1 in the park

    April 10, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    We set off mid-morning for our first day in the park which looked to be wet and wild.

    Coen immediately headed for the most extreme ride: The Smiler, 14 loop roller coaster (dragging his dad with him) while R&C checked out the rest park.

    We met up for lunch with Rigo and Caroline clocking the steps and Coen and Jamie Oblivion before heading to the Curse of Alton Towers. The parties got separated at this point but finally got together for a Wickerman adventure and so Coen and Jamie could do Nemesis, Oblivion and Rita before heading back to the cottage.    Read more

  • TravelerAlton Towers
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    Day 2

    Thor's Cave

    April 9, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌧 5 °C

    Not wanting to miss out on the Peak District countryside we embarked on a circular route from Wetton to see Thor's Cave and stepping stones.

    We passed 2-3 groups giving up on the route as the weather got wetter and wetter and plodding through stickier and slippier mud. We made it up to the cave but after a fall from Jamie, Caroline and Rigo we decided the sensible decision was to head for home.

    We de-robed and warmed up with Coen and Rigo's first stock-cube tea. After lunch we built an under stair fort then watched a movie (War with Grampa).    Read more

  • TravelerHadrians Wall und der Südweste
    Day 2

    Anreise zur Southland Farm, Gunnerton

    September 16, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Eine völlig entspannte Anreise mit dem üblichen Freitags Nachmittags Verkehr brachte uns nach Rotterdam. Kaum auf der Fähre, gings auch schon los. Nachdem wir unsere Kabine gefunden haben, sind wir den üblichen Gang zum Sonnendeck gegangen um das erste Pint zu genießen.
    Die Überfahrt war ruhig und pünktlich um 8 Uhr Ortszeit sind wir in Hull an Land gefahren. Ein Novum bei dieser Reise: Frühstück an Bord. Im Gegensatz zu früheren Reisen bei denen wir uns 1 Kaffee geteilt haben und zu mitgebrachten Hasenbroten genossen haben.
    Das Ankunftswetter war nicht unbedingt einladend. Nach dem Verlassen des Hafengebietes haben wir alle unterschiedlichen Straßenkategorien Englands genutzt. Nach der Autobahnabfahrt Richtung Hexham haben wir eine Abkürzung genommen über eine von uns viel geliebte B Straße mit 4 Ziffern, heißt an manchen Stellen und Brücken single Track Road. Nachdem wir das Schild "Welcome to Northumberland" passiert haben, fanden wir den kleinen Ort Blanchland. Klein, fein und very british, für einen Barnaby hätte man keinen Blumentopf versetzen müssen. Neben einer alten Abtei haben wir in der der Mönchskirche "White Monk" eine ganz zauberhaften Teestube entdeckt. British at its Best! Zur Begrüßung gab´s Tee, Scones und Früchtekuchen, sehr lecker. Die letzten 16 Meilen vergingen wie im Fluge und wir haben noch manch Pitoreskes entdeckt.
    Auf der Southland Farm angekommen wurden wir aufs herzlichste begrüßt und in unser Domizil eingewiesen. Der Chef des Hauses hat uns dann das sehr schön angelegte und in unterschiedliche Gartenräume eingeteilte Refugium gezeigt. Zum Abschluss haben wir dann noch einen Rundgang gemacht und das obwohl wir nicht die richtigen Schuhe trugen. Ein echter Wenzy Spaziergang.    Read more

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  • UK 2023
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    Day 9

    Chatsworth House (aka Pemberly)

    June 18, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Today we visited Chatsworth House, the home of the Duke of Devonshire. You may recognise it as the home of Mr Darcy (aka Pemberly) in Pride and Prejudice. Another beautiful stately home with an equally beautiful garden and landscape. They also had a farmyard and adventure playground for the kids, which you will see in the photos. We are now on our way to York.Read more

  • TravelerUSA, UK and Norway
    Day 22

    Buxton to Carlisle

    September 20, 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    A very varied day. We heard from Carole and John yesterday that they had arrived in Edinburgh but that their bags had not, and that they may not be able to meet us in Carlisle today as planned...frustrating situation, people didn’t seem to know where they were....anyway, to cut a long story short (bags mis-tagged etc) the bags miraculously arrived this morning, and all the original plans came back into action- and we have met them here in Carlisle this evening, had dinner together and all is well!

    So to start at the beginning of the day, we met Gill and Bob who had to leave early afternoon to drive almost to London for a 50th wedding anniversary with friends. But we spent a lovely morning with them. First had breakfast and had substantial food, brunch really, and it did keep us going till dinner. Then Gill knew a nearby walk up to another high spot above Buxton and it was magnificent. On top is Solomon’s temple, nothing to do with king Solomon or religion, but I believe I was a folly of one of the Dukes of Devonshire a few hundred years ago. Anyway, it had a magnificent view over Buxton and the surrounding countryside and amr says we walked about 12 kms, so that was good before our train journey.

    We got to the train station early as we had checked out of the hotel, and Gill and Bob had gone, and realised we could catch any train back to Manchester as they were not booked seats and local trains, and also the second train from Manchester to Preston which was similarly unbooked seats, but this second one turned out to be extremely busy, and we were glad we weren’t even later on a Friday afternoon. Each journey was almost an hour, and we got to Preston in tons of time to find the platform for our last train to Carlisle. We had to wait for the correct train this time as it was a big express from London to Edinburgh and thank goodness we did have seats as it was also madly crowded.

    All went well and we are now safely ensconced in our Ibis near the station and have enjoyed catching up with Carole and John, and ready for new adventures.    Read more

  • TravelerUSA, UK and Norway
    1
    Day 21

    A Day in rhe Peak District

    September 19, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

    A fabulous day. Met Gill and Bob for breakfast and they had worked out a plan for the day - our one full day together. Instead of wandering round Buxton, they took us round the area in the car, visiting and passing through so many picturesque villages - stone houses, pretty gardens - going on 2 walks - one beside a small stream and at the end of the day we went up to a high rocky edge which we walked up and what a wonderful view from the top over the whole countryside. And again it was perfect weather! After starting quite cold in the morning (about 10° I think) it warmed up until we only needed t-shirts walking in the sun. Then deliciously cools off again after sunset. This wonderful weather now makes me nervous for what will be in store for us next week!

    A highlight of the day was a visit to Chatsworth - the Stately Home and estate of the dukes of Devonshire. It is in this area so we drove in and parked and walked round the grounds. It is enormous and you can pay quite a lot and visit inside the house and garden, but that would be a serious several hours, so we walked and admired from outside.

    One small town we stopped in was Bakewell, very pretty, where we bought cheese and had a tea break, with their local specialty Bakewell tart, and we stopped for a beer and nibbles before we did the walk up the ridge. So we were nicely hungry when we returned to Buxton and had a Thai meal. We had seen the restaurant last night and that it was busy and full so thought we’d try it. Excellent, and now ready for bed.    Read more

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