This is the final chapter of our adventure.
We left the sophistication of Castle Howard for the wilds of the Penine Way off of Snake Pass. Our plan was for a good walk before moving onto Derwent Water, but the weather was against us. It started with few squally showers but then progressed to constant rain with freezing winds and then to top it off, horizontal hail… we cut the walk short and carried onto Derwent Water, where the rain was just as fierce but no hail. We walked up to Howden Dam where the autumn scenery was stunning.
We hadn’t booked a campsite so made our way to Stanage in the Peak District, where a lay-by was our pitch for the night. The weather was still appalling, with heavy rain and howling winds so we hunkered down the night. The night was wild and the van was rocking….
The next morning the rain had eased back to squally showers so we headed up Stanage to walk along the escarpment, where once a paved packhorse road ran, in search of Robin Hood’s cave, which we climbed down to. Gradually the rain cleared and by the time we were back at the van for breakfast, the weather was positively balmy..
After breakfast we made our way slowly through the Peak District as we were meeting Olly, our son, for dinner at the pub at our next campsite.
We meandered through the Peak District, a drive-by of Chatsworth, through Bakewell and Buxton before arriving at our campsite at The Duke of York, Pomeroy. Olly arrived and we had a lovely dinner and a catch up.
Our campsite had lovely views and we had a peaceful night as the sky was clear and full of stars.
Today was our last day and a special one, our whole family would be together after a very long time.
Izzy, our daughter drove up from Manchester and Olly & Abbie came up from Ashbourne with Betsy and Max, our very own bears 😜
It was special, spending time with all our family and it was sad when everyone had to go their separate ways until Christmas 🤞
Tomorrow we head home but we found our bears and had an adventure searching for them ❤️
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