We had the weekend all planned out with a trip to Derby. A cycle ride on the Saturday with a couple of stops to do some touristy type things then to watch them turn on the Christmas lights. We were staying at the Derby Travelodge. Sunday was either going to be a cycle ride out to Sudbury or a walk in the National Forest near Burton. So much for well laid plans! Things started to go wrong last weekend when…
Sarah and I had booked and made plans for this Derby weekend quite a while back. Sarah grew up in Etwall, a village on the edge of the City of Derby, and this would be a weekend where I would be given a grand tour of her old stomping grounds. However since the original idea there have been other cycling trips to plan. So when the time came to prepare it seemed quite a surprise that it was suddenly upon us. By…
