Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Our Derby Break

We had a wonderful time away in Derby-we stayed at http://www.birchover.com/darley_abbey/
We loved our apartment--a lot of thought has gone into it-and there is everything you need for a luxury weekend break!
Our bedroom was huge--with one of the best beds Ive ever slept in--could have brought that home with me!
there was loads of storage in our room--I could have taken twice as many clothes with me!
a lovely extra was this sauna which was off our en-suite--a new experience for us all--and we all loved it! So much so that Bill is going to look into building one at home in our summer house.
our friends bedroom was just as big and had their own en-suite as well.
We went to Matlock to see our dear friends Jan and John who moved away from Ludlow 18 months ago.. it was lovely to see them again.and their cottage is just beautiful!
-their little dog Bonnie is seen here looking for one of her favorite treats--a grape!
the armchair in our apartment was so comfy!!!!
we had some lovely meals while we were away--but the pancakes we had for pudding one evening were just beautiful!

as usual I have come back with more photos of trees than anything else!
couldn't face going on these--they went way up high!
a lovely gnarly old tree
we had a day out to Bakewell--a quaint little town
you would not believe the fun we had playing this game that Marion had bought in a charity shop for her little grandson! We were in fits of laughter at it.I dread to think what the people in the downstairs apartment thought of the noise and laughing coming from us! I had to stop halfway to go and remove my eye makeup as it was running with the tears of laughter!
this was one of the beautiful ornaments in the apartment--very elegant!
packed up ready to leave! We can recommend the Darley Abbey apartments--everything we needed was there--and the sauna was a great extra

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