Les aventures d’une famille franco-anglaise

 Bamford Edge was recommended to us by some work colleagues of my husband’s. Only we managed to go in the wrong direction. It doesn’t matter, we could not see the Ladybower Reservoir but we made it to Robin Hood’s Cave. The place was rather busy, with a lot of rock climbers, which gave my teenager another idea on top of skiing, scuba diving etc. There were also a lot of sheep much to my nine year old’s delight. Nearby was Hathersage and its graveyard where we did see Little John’s grave! The weather was unexpectedly sunny, despite the forecast. I thought a swim would appeal to some but there was nowhere around there. We headed off the Bakewell to grab some fudge and Bakewell tarts. As we headed back to the car park crossing the bridge I saw some people wild swimming from afar. There is indeed a park called Rutland Recreation Ground where there are fewer geese and ducks. The current is a bit fast but this time as we weren’t cycling, we had the “right” footwear for a dip in a stony r...

As mentioned in the previous post, I broke my arm about 5 weeks ago, and the rehabilitation process is only just starting. I really miss my bike that I obviously  cannot use anymore, but still go for easy enough hikes with my young family. Shortly after we came back home from Devon, my husband saw that the circuit around Ladybower Reservoir, about 40 miles away, was nominated amongst the best hikes in England. We decided to go for it, as the weather was lovely and the difficulty sounded OK for me. Needless to say the view was breath-taking, it reminded me of a school trip to the Black Forest in Germany over 20 years ago. We saw a few families on bikes that could be hired from a nearby shop, but still quite a few people were also on foot. Comme j’en parlais dans mon article précédent, je me suis fracturé le bras il y a bientôt cinq semaines et la rééducation commence tout juste. Je ne peux donc plus faire de vélo, ce qui me manque beaucoup mais avec ma petite famille, je continue la...