Monday morning and we’d arranged a visit to Hillside Leisure, Derby to consider buying a replacement Tow car. This would not be a typical towing vehicle but a VW Transporter Highline, converted as a small motorhome.

The idea being that we would tow the caravan but also be free to do some wild-camping along the way.

Anyhow, like everything post Covid-19, they had not a single automatic in stock. They couldn’t even provide a delivery date as to when one might be available for conversion. That and the eye watering prices (circa £60k for a converted VW Transporter) suggest the Sorento will have a reprieve for a few more years.

We attempted to stop off for lunch at Bakewell but the traffic and amount of people in town convinced us to give it a wide berth!

In the evening we ate at Simply Thai, Buxton. The food and service was superb, fully explaining why this restaurant was a sell-out, even on a Monday.

Tuesday and we spent the day in Buxton. Walked from the campsite at the former Grinlow quarry through Grinlow Woods / country park and finally meandering through the immaculately kept Pavillion Gardens of the spa town of Buxton.

Wednesday and we cycled along the Monsal Trail from the trail head near Buxton to Monsal Head where we would leave the cycle route and head to the Packhorse Inn at Little Longstone.

We have cycled this trail previously. https://www.caravanramblings.co.uk/?p=1611

We met Keith and Carolyn for a very peasant lunch at this fine establishment.