no whinging now!

Still, no use moaning about the weather, nowt you can do about it. So the morning was ideal for some indoor activity, and Caudwell Mill in Rowsley provided a great opportunity to learn all about the art of flour milling. Four floors of a fully operational 19th Century flour mill, all powered by water fed off the River Derwent. Brilliant!

"There's an old mill by the stream, Nelly Dean . . . "

Then it was off to Wirksworth, visiting cousin Alison and Clare for lunch, and with the weather turning into a bright, warm afternoon, a stroll around their neighbourhood.

But first, a ride on the trains at the bottom of their garden!

Always helpful to have informative signage at the station!

Then to the Parish Church, an elegant structure incorporating many centuries of additions to the building, including Anglo-Saxon reliefs from the original church in the 1st. Century . . .

In the churchyard, a magnificent copper birch tree, and almost hidden behind, nestled between Georgian houses, a gem of Tudor vintage!

. . . and at the rear of the Tudor house, an exposed wall revealing an even older structure on which the Tudor house was built.

Fond farewells, and back to the farm, and an evening walk . . .

Say goodnight Daisy !