Sarah’s family roots are based in the village of Etwall near to Derby. And this weekend we had the opportunity to return to those roots and spend some time meeting up with her sister Jo and nieces and nephews – Suzy, Rob and Matthew. Our journey began with the drive through the Derbyshire Dales where we stopped off for some coffee at a garden centre in Duffield, Belper. We were staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Derby near to…
This Pennine Cycleway Itinerary outlines our annual summer group cycle tour with some of our Stockport Community Cycling Club friends. This year we will be cycling the Pennine Cycleway – all of it! Last year we enjoyed the beautiful and relatively serene Coast and Castles South route. We expect this cycle tour to be just as breathtaking, if not more so – and this time, perhaps, in every sense of the word! Our Pennine Cycleway Itinerary will be as follows: Day…
We set off from the Pride Park Travelodge in Derby and followed the cycle path (both NCN 6 and 68) along the river into the city centre. The Vernon Gate is a grade II listed facade of the former 19th century County Gaol but now is a business park. From there we headed out of Derby and joined up with the beginning of the Pennine Cycleway, also known as National Cycle Network route 68 (NCN 68) which headed out into…
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…
