7th October 2018

Got up this morning – lovely winter crisp cold day – and decided to go for a walk – we were going to do a circular walk around Swarkestone but decided it may be too long for today as we needed to get back to do Sunday dinner.

So – we decided to go and park in Borrowash, walk down towards Elvaston Castle and then go along the river and see where it led us. So off we went …

WHAT A GORGEOUS MORNING FOR A WALK and simply had to try out my new coat 😃

We then turned off from the river and walked over the fields and love the little dog gate.

We came to a little village called Ambaston which looks absolutely beautiful- very big gorgeous houses – just need a lottery win! Although having said that – if we do win the lottery the first thing we’d be buying would be our dream narrowboat!

Anyway … back to reality lol – from here we walked another mile back to Elvaston where we walked through the grounds of Elvaston Castle which was lovely ❤️ loads of people out with their children and dogs – unfortunately I managed to knock a small child over – Tilly was chasing around with a couple of dogs and I was that busy watching them that I didn’t see the small child in front of me and I walked straight into him – falling over myself in the process – luckily I didn’t land on top of him 🙄 oops – I’m such a clumsy oaf and as my husband is always telling me – I have no spatial awareness – anyway – the child was fine so it was ok.

OH – AND NO – MUCH TO HIS DISAPPOINTMENT, HUBBY DID NOT MANAGE TO GET A PICTURE.

WALKING BACK THROUGH THE WOODS

Childhood memories – used to slide down this hill on our bottoms when we were kids

From Elvaston Castle we walked up the road back to the car.

Home now to cook dinner for us and dad – and of course our Sunday lunch time pint – cheers