Monday, 6 April 2026

Full Price Skiing

Unlike summer skiing discount, we went in the Easter break, and it was full price, some £36 quid, for 1 hour.  That is a month worth of petrol on the motorbike...  It makes the ski membership more appealing, on the other hand, makes motorcycling looks like a really cheap hobby.

They removed the hump, so no jump this time.

Sunday, 5 April 2026

Fiesta Maps

The map is fairly accurate, except sometimes the visual maps is a little wrong.  And I hate not being able to setup before I start the motor.

Saturday, 4 April 2026

Big Bells Small Church

When we were in Tideswell, Cathedral of the Peak, the bing bong goes all night.  Stoney Middleton St Martin's is quite small, it still bing bongs all night...

Friday, 3 April 2026

Monsal Trail - East Bound

We went back to Hassop, Monsal Trail on the second day, we went into Bakewell, which is very near Hassop.

We walked around some shops, and I finally find something I wanted to buy from the Ginger Butcher, they are less competitive than Chatsworth.  The ladies in the Ginger Butcher were talking about how busy it would be for the Easter weekend, and where to avoid.

The car pack were jammed pack by the time we got back to Hassop.  We just went back to base and started packing.

Thursday, 2 April 2026

Monsal Trail - West Bound

This time we brought our little folding bikes to the Hassop, Monsal Trail.  Between my two folding bikes, I bought the single gear bike, it is "smaller and lighter".  And the trail is supposedly "flat".

Unlike an adult bike, we wheels are just too small to get any speed.  Sarah was distracted by her wild flower counting, and I made a wrong turn half a mile from Blackwell into a dead end old track, so I didn't quite reach Blackwell, which was only 200 metres away.

The trail was quite busy already, and full of characters.

Maybe next time I would take a geared bike.

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Fackham Hall

We were meaning to watch Fackham Hall in the cinema, but we didn't manage to go to a showing.  We finally watched it with the free Rakutan voucher.  Funny, funnier than Mother's Pride I think.

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Derbyshire Oat Cake

We had some lunch at the Chatwsorth Farm Shop, their Derbyshire oat cake were very reasonably price.  Most things are reasonable prices.  I did refrain from getting a ham hock this time.