We've not been out and about a lot recently. Mainly because we've simply not been able to find the time as there's been a lot going on, and with Donna having been in hospital for surgery we've been having to make sure that she's been ok, and it might be a while before she's up to long walks.
So we decided to go for a run out into the Peak District, heading the 30 odd miles across Sheffield out to Bakewell, not looking to do any significant walking, but just to get out and about for a stroll. Also, as Donna had surprised me with a new Canon EOS 7D last week it enabled me to fire off some test shots.
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| The lovely little courtyard from where we purchased a piece of furniture |
The drive across took us an hour or so, and when parking up we noticed lots of white vans in the car-park, a clear sign that it was market day - an unexpected bonus. We spent about 30 minutes in and around the market - as with most markets there are a decent number of food and local goods stalls, but also some of the type that you see everywhere - toys, cheap trainers, DVD's etc. We just purchased a few speciality cheeses as we often do when we come across a market- I do like a nice cheese!
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| Just thought this old bicycle looked good up against the wall |
We weaved around the back-streets perusing the speciality shops, both food and local wares. A few more pounds were spent on local baking, a lovely big locally made pork, chicken and stuffing pie, some rhubarb and strawberry slices, lovely scones - oh, and some Kangaroo Burgers. We were also lucky to find a shop where we dropped upon a great looking distressed old cabinet that would be perfect in our hall for a 'lamp table' - we'd been looking for something for months and just dropped on this, plus it was down from £75 to £50 so a bargain and a lot less than we'd expected to pay to get the right thing.
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| Lovely warm open fire in the Fox House Inn near Longshaw |
After a couple of hours strolling and taking the odd photo we headed across country to the Fox House pub near Longshaw - a favourite eating place of ours. It was lovely as it was relatively quiet and we were able to sit in the comfortable leather chairs in the bar area sat close to the roaring open fire. I chose a Calamari starter and Donna had beer battered Mushrooms, then for main course Donna had a Beefburger with all the toppings, and I had a Wid Boar and Chorizo Burger....god that was nice. And as a treat we both then had a Baileys Hot Chocolate - no 'squirty' cream here, just a lovely double cream on top of the great tasting hot chocolate....a lovely end to a lovely relaxing meal with great company.
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