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Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 12:35
by thechubbsdub
We are doing a bit of a road trip after busstopover. The loose plan is across to the peak district national park then over to shell island in wales before ending up at the Anglesey meet the following weekend.
Any suggestions for things to see, places to go or avoid in those areas or even good sites or sites to avoid would be most welcome.

Thanks

Adrian & Sara

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 12:45
by Gunslinger
Take plenty of Sara's special recipe screen wipes as there are a lot of bugs around in summer :rofl

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 12:47
by Campcharlie
:rofl u beat me to it gunslinger :rofl

it had to be brought back up dad :rofl :rofl

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 12:49
by thechubbsdub
I wouldn't have expected anything less than that from you two.

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 13:26
by Ian Hulley
Peak District wise (we live there :wink: ) I'd recommend Chatsworth House (Near Baslow) and Haddon Hall (near Bakewell), Bakewell itself for a walk round for an hour ... if you prefer countryside there's Edale (Pennine Way) or Dovedale (near Ashbourne) and over the tops from Buxton to Leek which is a scenic drive and on through Stafford towards Shell.

Have fun and if you need help locally my numbers are below :wink:

07792 116458
01298 212741 (werk)
01629 826884 (Home)

Ian

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 13:36
by ringo
Coopers Campsite at Edale is good - right at the bottom of the penine way and next to a nice pub.

Ringo

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 14:08
by thechubbsdub
Thanks guys, I knew I would get more sense from you northerners. :lol:

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 17:00
by dugcati
drop by Castleton and surrounding area - you'll love it (apart from the millions of others that love it too!)

If you haven't seen it and it's your thing the twisted church spire in Chesterfield is worth seeing

It's going a bit northerly but the Snake pass road is nice to do also

Doug

Re: Road trip hints and tips.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009, 21:25
by Ian Hulley
dugcati wrote: If you haven't seen it and it's your thing the twisted church spire in Chesterfield is worth seeing

Aye, legend say's when a virgin marries in't church it'll straighten out ... last time I was there it were still like a corkscrew :wink:

Ian