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Our host ended our visit by a short walk which encompassed a fast flowing river. There is plenty of water in the north-west of England which was a very useful facility for all the manufacturers of wool when Manchester was the world centre of production for many items requiring power. The journey from Glossop in the hills just below Manchester to my home south of Bath unavoidably goes through the...

The famous crash site near Glossop. A B – 29 plane crashed on its way to deliver wages of soldiers but due to fog and a lack of radar, a miscalculation was made and it went to meet its maker.   You can read all about it on this trip advisor review. we had a lovely walk down the top of the hill through an area that never really gets dry and you can be ambushed by a stream or ravine when such...

Off to the Pennines. On the way, we stopped off at a famous tourist spot called Ironbridge. This is where the first such bridge was built in 1799. It had been extremely well painted to preserve it and we had the pleasure of walking backwards and forwards across it. Then to a place called Hassop which is near to Bakewell. This is a bank holiday weekend and great numbers of people have come out by...

This was a must because we are interested in historical buildings or in this case historical ruins and although the site is not large it is a pleasure to be there and spend an hour in peace and silence. Françoise spend some time doing sketches. The website is https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wenlock-priory/ it was very nice to come back to the bed-and-breakfast as there is always...

You could say that the historical side of this small town is about 300 m x 300 m. We spent our time wandering around having a look so here are some of the pictures. In the afternoon Francoise had a one to one pottery lesson with the Master, Mike, as a birthday present from me. In the evening, we went to a restaurant called The Fox. Françoise had some fish and I had a very handsome steak pie.  I...