Filed under: UK Weekends Aways | Tags: Bath, Debtyshire, Derby, london, Matlock
Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
Summer came then it left again, leaving only the faint lines of a fake tan which had been applied vigously for the only event I got to leave London for this year. A wedding in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Far enough away to warrant an overnight stay, but not enough holiday days from work to validate turning it in to an adventure. Over the past year I had to hang up my stylish travel gear and stay in London as I replace my day pack for a backpack filled with uni books. Actually that reminds me, have to renew them again.
With pressing dissertation deadlines while working part-time the wedding was a quick adventure, and never before have I packed so much for an over night trip. Leaving London with my hair in rollers and an leather holdall packed full with nothing but cosmetics for the wedding prep and my frock, I got a brief taste of the rest of the country operating outside the capital that I so often forget exsists. A great part of the world, that despite living in the UK for over three years, I’m yet to explore properly.
With a brief stop in Bakewell just long enough to pick up a few bakewell tarts and explore the farmers market the soles on my feet start to itch for new adventures and discoveries after being tied down for so long. For the first time in three years I begin to think… is it time to move on from London?
