Chatsworth Estate

Boots and I decided to visit Chatsworth today. We were going to look around the gardens but after a walk around the park which turned into a much steeper longer walk than we intended we didn’t. The park was well worth the trip though.

I paused at the bench with the apple

and looked across to Edensor church

which had some sheep in the church yard  - you can see exactly what the one in the foreground thought of Boots.

We walked through the village:

.. and up into the fields.

past some deer

A pheasant hanging around in the fields from Calton Houses

and a spring just before Calton Lees

The old Mill

 

Along  (and in) the river

And then a fly fisherman

The scenery was lovely but by the time we were heading back to the car I was practically on my hands and knees gasping for breath.  I had intended to look around Chatsworth Gardens but I am going to save that for another day.  Whilst back at Chatsworth I looked up into the hills and noticed: