Alternative DERBYSHIRE
‘When you think of Derbyshire, I can almost guarantee that one of the following will spring to mind: the Peak District, Chatsworth House, or Bakewell, with its famous puddings’
WHAT’S THE FIRST thing that comes to mind when you think of Derbyshire? I’ll almost guarantee that it will be one of the following: the Peak District, Chatsworth House, or Bakewell with its puddings.
As with most other counties, though, there’s much more to Derbyshire than just the tourist hotspots.
The north-eastern corner of the county is one such area, and one of its attractions is that much of it lies within just a handful of miles of the M1 motorway.
Discover new places
Although the Caravan and Motorhome Club’s Poolsbrook Country Park site is less than half an hour from our home, and very easily accessed from Junction 29a of the M1, Kay and I spent a few days there recently, with the intention of visiting several places that we normally drive past and rather take for granted. As a bonus, apart from the day of our departure, we were blessed with glorious summer weather, which always helps to increase that feeling of wellbeing.
Our first trip out took us to the recently reopened Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre (www.barrowhill.org).
This is an old (rectangular) engine shed based around a central turntable, where locomotives enter via a single door and then can be positioned on one of a number
