Camping Adventure Pt.1
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Sun. 24th July: Arrive and Explore
The first day of the trip began with a three hour long drive with three cars filled to the brim with ourselves and our extensive amount of stuff. We were camping in the midlands, not too far from the peak district in a little campsite on the edge of a small town. As I was driving I got out of tent duty when we arrived (and let's be honest, I wouldn't really have been much help anyway) so myself and my fellow drivers sat around the camp and enjoyed a beer.
Once everything was set up we explored the campsite and played on the park (because we're all kids at heart) before sitting around the campfire to enjoy an evening of drinking, talking and laughing. We did get a noise complaint and threatened to be kicked off in the morning but it was all good in the end. Our meals and our camp set up was amazing because (thankfully) one of my friends thrives in this kind of thing - shout out to Alex!
Mon. 25th July: Bakewell and Beers
Our campsite was a short drive from the town of Bakewell (the home of the Bakewell Tart) so we decided to explore. We had a stroll around the market, ate delicious desserts and found a pub with a beautiful beer garden to have a drink. Bakewell is one of the cutest towns I've ever visited, and there are cakes everywhere which is a huge bonus. There is also a lock bridge which is so beautiful and kind of magical when you think of how much love is just on this little bridge. I've always wanted to see one of these.
Once we had finished there we found a little forrest area surrounded with fields to collect some fire wood. It turned out to be a lovely walk and the perfect place for us girls to have a little photo shoot. We finished posing and headed back to the campsite for another evening around the campfire.
Our campsite was a short drive from the town of Bakewell (the home of the Bakewell Tart) so we decided to explore. We had a stroll around the market, ate delicious desserts and found a pub with a beautiful beer garden to have a drink. Bakewell is one of the cutest towns I've ever visited, and there are cakes everywhere which is a huge bonus. There is also a lock bridge which is so beautiful and kind of magical when you think of how much love is just on this little bridge. I've always wanted to see one of these.
Once we had finished there we found a little forrest area surrounded with fields to collect some fire wood. It turned out to be a lovely walk and the perfect place for us girls to have a little photo shoot. We finished posing and headed back to the campsite for another evening around the campfire.
Tue. 26th July: Bike Rides and Rain
On Tuesday we hired bikes and cycled the Monsal trail. I hadn't ridden a bike in over a year at this point and I forgot how amazing it felt. Although, that had a great deal to do with this route. Honestly it was incredible. They have basically turned old train tunnels into a cycling route by resurfacing it and putting strips of light throughout them. You go through tunnels, over bridges and into these beautiful landscape areas. We stopped many times on the way there to take photos and to eat ice cream, then on the way back we all just biked as fast as we could without stopping. It was very tiring but felt amazing. If you ever get the chance, I would highly recommend you have ago cycling here.
We then stopped at the cute cafe by the bike hire shop before going back to the campsite for some much needed food and rest.
On Tuesday we hired bikes and cycled the Monsal trail. I hadn't ridden a bike in over a year at this point and I forgot how amazing it felt. Although, that had a great deal to do with this route. Honestly it was incredible. They have basically turned old train tunnels into a cycling route by resurfacing it and putting strips of light throughout them. You go through tunnels, over bridges and into these beautiful landscape areas. We stopped many times on the way there to take photos and to eat ice cream, then on the way back we all just biked as fast as we could without stopping. It was very tiring but felt amazing. If you ever get the chance, I would highly recommend you have ago cycling here.
We then stopped at the cute cafe by the bike hire shop before going back to the campsite for some much needed food and rest.
I've written this in two parts because I wanted to share quite a few photos and didn't want this to be too full. I took nearly a thousand photos on this five day trip so its been quite difficult to narrow down. I'll link part 2 here when it is up, but for now thank you for reading!
Emma xox
Emma xox
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