A bit of a drive today, to the far side of the Peak District, a few miles south of Stockport and I believe in Cheshire; at least with all the 4x4's and Wellington boots the clientele suggested Cheshire. Destination Lyme Park. For some it will be remembered as the setting for the 1995 series Pride and Prejudice, with Colin Firth as the charming Mr Darcy.
Anyway, off we set at just before 9:30am and after a short detour for provisions, the 50+ mile across the hills saw us arrive around 11am. The intention was to go around the house first as it was a little grey with the odd bit of drizzle, but as the house and gardens only opened at 11am and the car-park was quickly filling up we popped on our walking boots and set off around the estate.
Now the estate is quite different as much of it is quite hilly and you do get the feeling when walking around it that you are hiking out in the hills, far better than flat paths around the grounds if you ask me. Lots of great views, woods full of swathes of Bluebells, Red Deer that you can get fairly close to, lovely little buildings; a really good 5.5 mile walk we had.
We didn't arrive back at the car until a little before 3pm so we were running out of time a little. It meant that we had to rush the house a bit which was shame as it is a massive place, and hardly saw any of the gardens as by the time we had come out of the house and grabbed a drink, we were past last entry into the gardens. Never mind though, there's always a next time.
Our route back saw us head across the hills through Hayfield and then drop down onto the Woodhead Pass and then back across to the M1, eventually arriving home around 6:30pm from a lovely day out.
Anyway, off we set at just before 9:30am and after a short detour for provisions, the 50+ mile across the hills saw us arrive around 11am. The intention was to go around the house first as it was a little grey with the odd bit of drizzle, but as the house and gardens only opened at 11am and the car-park was quickly filling up we popped on our walking boots and set off around the estate.
Now the estate is quite different as much of it is quite hilly and you do get the feeling when walking around it that you are hiking out in the hills, far better than flat paths around the grounds if you ask me. Lots of great views, woods full of swathes of Bluebells, Red Deer that you can get fairly close to, lovely little buildings; a really good 5.5 mile walk we had.
We didn't arrive back at the car until a little before 3pm so we were running out of time a little. It meant that we had to rush the house a bit which was shame as it is a massive place, and hardly saw any of the gardens as by the time we had come out of the house and grabbed a drink, we were past last entry into the gardens. Never mind though, there's always a next time.
Our route back saw us head across the hills through Hayfield and then drop down onto the Woodhead Pass and then back across to the M1, eventually arriving home around 6:30pm from a lovely day out.
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