We love national parks they are pockets of nature with parts almost untouched by people.
The peak district was the first national park in England, after 1932 when there was a mass trespass on kinder scout the highest peak in the Peak district. At the time the public did not have the rights to walk freely across this land. By the 1940's the government started the national park principle to allow the public the right to roam, the peak district was designated to be Englands first area of national park. Thankfully they did so that now people like us can explore freely.
We arrived late at our campsite, it was getting dark the campsite was full but we found a
spot and pitched up.When we awoke the next morning everybody had left and we saw we were nestled in the hills and surrounded by fields. Perfect.
We wanted to spend the day walking the countryside so we stopped off at a petrol station to feed the car and ourselves, we found an extra large bourbon cream and custard cream biscuit we could not resist them, so they came on the walk with us too.
We found a walk down dove river that lead to something called the dovetail steps. We had a lovely walk between the hills and as the fog and rain rolled down towards us we took shelter under the trees.
Sarah with some duck friends she made.
We finally found the dovetail stepping stones which lead across the river to walks either side was beautiful.
The rain was starting to get very heavy so we decided to head back towards our camp.
After a long wet day we arrived back at camp belly empty and clothes soggy, a quick shower and a look through our holy bible of camping trips the camper van cookbook, we like to get our food inspirations from this book written by Martin Dorey it has recipes, tips for foraging and of course beautiful photographs of campervans.
Melted cheese in eggy bread and prawn mayo salad a perfect way to end the day.
We only had two days left and wanted to really explore as much as we could of this stunning landscape
So walking boots back on we head off to one of our favourite walks in the peak district, such a peaceful place. Its the ancient woodlands called longshaw, burbage and the eastern moors.
This walk followed a stream as it carved its way through the lush countryside
Sheep hiding in the woods
Adam has always popular with the lady's
We are national trust members so we looked at houses close by. Closest to us was lyme park it was a lovely to explore.
A very English lunch of tea and scones.
The greenhouse in Lyme park
Whilst on top of a hill a thunderstorm approached across the fields it was safe to say we moved a little faster back down
We always take tea on our adventures
We were very lucky to see a great spotted woodpecker on our travels
On our last night we decided to sit in the car and have a picnic whilst looking over the countryside along with a few cows one of which photobombed our picture. It had been a good adventure we had only just touched upon the lush countryside of the peak district it is a place we would like to come back to and adventure deeper into the wilderness of the first national park in England
