Carsington Water - Kedleston Hall

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 Another good nights sleep, another sweet, confused little face waiting for Ian behind the bedroom door. Monty can definitely come again. We had a chill morning with sausage sandwiches for breakfast before packing up dame Shirley in preparation for departure. We had very much enjoyed Carsington Water and vowed to return for a weekend another time. 

On the way home we decided to call at Kedelston Hall, a National Trust property near Derby. I had checked the internet and found that there was plenty of room to park a motorhome, but they had to enter through the out gate due to a narrow bridge. Ian was a bit dubious but a sign on the out gate read, ‘No Entry on pain of death, except large vehicles.’ That’s us then. We had to pass a few cars going out, but there were plenty of places to pass, and a nice big car park at the end with loads of room.

A pleasant lady told us about the walks we could do, a long or short. We decided on the short which culminated in us crossing a field of sheep. Monty seemed none the wiser, and the icing on the weekend cake was that he didn’t even eat the sheep poo! He is such a good boy. 


A nice walk


A field full of sheep, and sheep poo


Resting


We had a walk over a very nice formal garden, before heading to the cafe for lunch. Once we retire we will have to curtail all this spending on dining out! We decided to sit outside in the sun, it was very pleasant.



Eating out again

After lunch we each had a look inside the hall, very impressive. While I was inside, Ian and Monty wandered down to the narrow bridge, where Monty blotted his copybook by finding his way into ankle deep mud.


A narrow bridge



Kedelston Hall

Sadly it was time to return home, but we can definitely say that Monty is such a good boy!

Musings

Monty is a great dog to take in a motorhome.

Monty dosen’t know what squirrels are.

A weekend way is not long enough.

Kedelston Hall is very much like Wentworth Woodhouse, outside and in.

We haven’t seen any bats this year.

Sir Georgie Kelly has been in poor form with his directions. 

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