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Day 176

June 25, 2010

A highlight of each year is our invitation from the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire to their garden party in the garden of beautiful Chatsworth House.

A very informal affair where friends gather to listen to music, eat too much and drink too much, usually accompanied by torrential rain and black skies.

Well this year was delightful, with a warm evening and almost too much light for the firework display.  We were the last to leave !!!

Chatsworth Garden Party

Chatsworth Garden Party

Chatsworth House is a large country house in Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England 3½ miles northeast of Bakewell. It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, and has been home to their family, the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at Chatsworth in 1549.

Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys. The house is set in expansive parkland, and backed by wooded, rocky hills rising to heather moorland. Chatsworth’s garden is one of the most famous in England. The house contains a unique collection of priceless paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculpture, books and other artefacts. Chatsworth has been selected as the United Kingdom’s favourite country house several times.

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Day 178

June 27, 2010

We are visiting Eric & Janet who live in the beautiful Yorkshire village of Dobcross.

Today there is a performance by the village band, on the green.

Dobcross Brass on the Grass

Dobcross Brass on the Grass

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Day 179

June 28, 2010

Still in Dobcross the pretty village square.

Dobcross

Dobcross

Together with neighbouring Delph, Dobcross is, geographically, “considered as the centre of Saddleworth”, although is not its largest village by some margin.

Industrial tycoon Henry Platt was born in Dobcross in 1770.

John Schlesinger’s 1979 filmYanks was filmed on location in Dobcross, and an annual Yanks festival, coupled with a brass band contest on Whit Friday, each contribute to the village’s cultural calendar.

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Day 180

June 29, 2010

We are still away and move on to Lyme Park near Stockport.

Lyme Park

Lyme Park

The house is the largest in Cheshire, measuring overall 190 feet (58 m) by 130 feet (40 m) round a courtyard plan.

On the edge of the Peak District, nestling within sweeping moorland, Lyme Park is a magnificent estate. Its wild remoteness and powerful beauty contrast with one of the most famous country-house images in England – the backdrop to where Darcy meets Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice. It hasa colourful family history – from rescuing the Black Prince, sailing into exile with the Duke of Windsor, to the writing of the hit series Upstairs Downstairs.

It has impressive tapestries, clocks and beautifully furnished rooms, or escape to the park and feels miles from anywhere.

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Day 193

July 12, 2010

These very posh beach huts at Scarborough are a lot different to the traditional huts.

As you might expect it’s raining…..

Beach Huts

Beach Huts

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Day 198

July 17, 2010

It’s Saturday so we start a new theme today.  Water seems a good option for the next week.

The Peak District town of Bakewell entertained us for a couple of hours.  The River Wye is the major river of the western part of the Peak, rising on Axe Edge above Buxton (as do the Rivers Dove and Manifold, all within the space of a few kilometres) and flowing eastwards through Buxton and Bakewell to join the Derwent at Rowsley.

The River Wye at Bakewell

The River Wye at Bakewell

Bakewell claims to be the home of the authentic Bakewell Pudding and many believe it to originally come from the Rushbottom Lane district.

It is claimed that the recipe was originally something of an accident, the result of a misunderstanding between Mrs Graves, Mistress of the Inn, and her cook. Visiting noblemen ordered strawberry tart, but the cook, instead of stirring the egg mixture into the pastry, spread it on top of the jam. However, this claim is almost certainly spurious, as the pudding was by then already well-known, and its antecedents can be traced back to medieval times

Continuing the story…. a Mrs Wilson, wife of a Tallow Chandler who lived in the cottage now known as the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop where candles were made, saw the possibility of making the puddings for sale and obtained the so-called recipe and commenced in a business of her own. Recipes still made there consists of a puff pastry shell with a layer of jam, covered with a filling of eggs, sugar, butter and almonds. ..

It is a contention of local history that the secret recipe for the Bakewell Pudding was left by Mrs. Greaves in her will to a Mr. Radford. In turn Mr. Radford passed the recipe on to Mr. Bloomer. There is still a Bloomers Shop in Bakewell that makes and sells Bakewell Puddings.

As with any traditional recipe, there are bound to be many different versions, especially if the original recipe is a well guarded secret

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Day 202

July 21, 2010

Our friends Julie & Stuart have completed a huge amount of work on their beautiful property.  It featured before on Day 122 Today we visited to admire their efforts.  The lake is very low due to the dry weather of late.  It certainly isn’t living up to it’s name of Wetlands !

Wetlands

Wetlands

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