GETAWAY TRAVEL
WE ARE FORTUNATE enough to have glorious Chatsworth House only half an hour or so from home.
But while Kay and I are often in the area, visiting relatives in nearby Baslow and a bit farther afield in Hope Valley, I'm sorry to admit that we rather take Chatsworth for granted when we are passing by.
The CAMC has a campsite in the grounds of Chatsworth Park, and quite splendid it is, too. It's been a few years since we stayed there, but to blow away the January blues, we decided to book in for a few days.
We arrived in the afternoon and were soon set up – and a good thing too, because shortly afterwards the heavens opened and the winds picked up.
The forecast for the first couple of days wasn't great, but what the heck: we were here to relax and enjoy a leisurely stroll as and when we could, not rush about.
The following morning, it was still grey and showery, so we decided to visit the Chatsworth Farm Shop, in the nearby village of Pilsley. Although as the crow flies, the shop is actually less than a mile away, there is no direct pathway and there's the River Derwent to cross, too; so
