Calke is not a place for the faint-hearted surrounded as it is by death, beady eyes, horns and feathers. There are also a few sad echoes of the last throes of human life in this somewhat dark and cavernous place. Impossibly large to make a home, the most recent inhabitants retreated to small apartments within the whole.
Category: LOCAL HERITAGE DAYS OUT
National Trust, Clumber Park, Hardwick Hall
Robin Hood and Little John at Creswell Crags (Gorge-ous Circular walk with children)
Cycling in Paris was the best day ever! Drivers know that you are there and expect cyclists (giving you more passing room) and this makes all the difference. We headed to the Arc de Triumpe, Notre Dame for a coffee then the Eiffel Tower for photos.
Autumn Colours at Clumber Park
What a difference a few weeks makes! The pictures below were taken three weeks apart, from the East Entrance (with mature trees). The double lime tree avenue at Clumber Park is the largest lime tree avenue in Europe with some 1296 trees. Planted around 165 years ago most of the trees are still going…
The Glass House and Walled Kitchen Gardens at Clumber Park this Autumn
As temperatures start to drop outside one of the most pleasant spots for visitors to explore at Clumber Park is the glasshouse in the Walled Kitchen Garden. At the moment it is just gourd-geus with superb displays in every shade of orange, white and green imaginable. They differ in shape and size too with…
Dynastic Strategist, Architectural Patroness and Businesswoman: Bess of Hardwick by historylizzie
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Beautiful Books at The National Trust, Clumber Park
Every Friday I escape to a cupboard full of weird and wonderful books at Clumber Park near Worksop. The park is especially beautiful at this time of the year with the impressive Lime Tree Avenue turning golden brown. The trees all look like they have been there for hundreds of years but a volunteer told…
Slow Cycle Training in Derbyshire (Hardwick loop) 26 miles
This route takes in Hardwick Hall, Bolsover Castle and Sutton Scarsdale (slow 4 hours including lunch) Luckily I’m located near some great Sustrans routes (greenways) and some of them link together. I have a favourite training route with a mixture of tracks and country roads. Going from home is the best way to go because…
Slow Sunday at Chatsworth
Parking at Edensor (pronounced En-saw for some reason) is something of a tradition for us when visiting the Chatsworth estate (not the Shameless one). A short walk over the hillside delivers the best view of the big house over the bridge. The cleaned and gilded facades probably look better now than they have at any…
