After yesterday's failed attempt to visit Bakewell, what would we do today? I'm off all week but unfortunately Donna isn't so today was our last day to 'make a break' somewhere. And as my plan for the next couple of days was to crack on with jobs in the garden I just had to get out of the house.
Yesterday's defeat left us wounded and broken, but although we had lost the battle the war was still not over. So, we decided to launch another attack on Bakewell and see if we could repatriate the town back into the hands of the casual visitor.
Thankfully today was a less stressful drive there and we didn't struggle to find somewhere to park. Although we'd visited the town many times before, we'd never actually been up to the church. It was our first port of call and a pleasant surprise with great architecture and the added bonus of views across the town to the hills beyond. Well worth a visit if you're visiting the town.
We then headed back down the hill into the town itself, a few of your 'standard' shops but quite a few smaller specialist shops; particularly those claiming to be the birth of Bakewell Tart. In fact in one shop there was a small film-crew filming them making Bakewell Tart and then serving some to customers.
There's a lovely little cobbled square in the town with a cafe and a few small shops around it's edges; the name of it slips my mind but in one of the shops we picked up a 19th century Chinese Rice Bucket for £45 which will make a great garden planter, and three ornate aged garden planter brackets at £7 each. Victory was ours.
After spending another hour or so in the town we grabbed a sandwich each and sat beside the river just watching time (and lots of Trout) go by before heading back home.
Yesterday's defeat left us wounded and broken, but although we had lost the battle the war was still not over. So, we decided to launch another attack on Bakewell and see if we could repatriate the town back into the hands of the casual visitor.
Thankfully today was a less stressful drive there and we didn't struggle to find somewhere to park. Although we'd visited the town many times before, we'd never actually been up to the church. It was our first port of call and a pleasant surprise with great architecture and the added bonus of views across the town to the hills beyond. Well worth a visit if you're visiting the town.
We then headed back down the hill into the town itself, a few of your 'standard' shops but quite a few smaller specialist shops; particularly those claiming to be the birth of Bakewell Tart. In fact in one shop there was a small film-crew filming them making Bakewell Tart and then serving some to customers.
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