The Peak District

Posted on 2006/03/30 10:29:24 (March 2006).

[Thursday 23rd March]
Spent the day in the Midlands with Mum and Keith. As we had a nice little hire car, we decided to take them out for a little run in the daytime, so motored over toward Matlock for a drive around the Peak District. I was reminded how nice the countryside is around there - you don't necessarily have to go to the extremes of the British Isles to find nice scenery. Had a somewhat disappointing lunch whilst out at a place in Matlock Bath - the food was OK but the service terrible. We waited 45 minutes for our food to turn up, only to then be told when it finally did arrive that it was our own fault for ordering fish - absolutely no apology. It was only our second or third day back in the UK and we'd been very quickly reminded about one of the negative aspects of my homeland. Still, you can't have it all I suppose - whilst Japan does offer a very reliable standard of dining out, it doesn't on the other hand have charming little villages like Winster, where we stopped off on our way back for a bit of a wander.

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