Bakewell and Banter
December 10th 2013
For our December jaunt we decided on a nice easy day out in Bakewell. A beautiful sunny day and we assembled in the car park, a little behind schedule! First stop was coffee and a quick catch up on everyone's news.
Helen J had discovered an intriguing 'tree walk' around Bakewell and after our coffee we set off to discover the arboreal delights of the town.
Two heads are better than one (usually!)
We began under the fastigiate hornbeam - at least we think it was the fastigiate hornbeam!
The trail then took us up to the church which proved to be fascinating. We had an excellent guide around the church and not one point of interest was missed on the tour.
The guide took the whole thing very seriously!
Not a seat was left unturned!
Two new mottoes to be adopted by the Gelly Babes
21st Century Prudent Wives and Gracious Women!
The walk continued through a wooded pathway where we had to look out for little people and where we learned that holly is used for making chess men and harpsichord keys. There was a lot of evidence through the woods of last weeks high winds with several fallen trees and the path did become something of an assault course at one point.
The woodland path brought us out onto a lane called The Butts.
The Butts!
The walk took us back along the river into Bakewell - a very short walk but a very interesting one.
The day was rounded off with a lovely lunch and a bit of banter!
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