We left East Devon yesterday morning (Saturday) for a leisurely drive North. It’s going to take 5 days before we reach the most northerly stop on this late summer tour, Horton-In-Ribblesdale.

Nellie is comfortable and easy-to-drive and we reached our first stop, Moreton-in-Marsh in the afternoon. We would spend just one night at the Caravan and Motorhome club site which is conveniently located for the town with a short walk across fields to the high street.

The buildings in Moreton-in-Marsh are the stunning Cotswold light brown / yellow sandstone. We think this is the public hall.

We found the Bell Inn for later afternoon refreshments before heading back to the van for tea.

Not a particularly early start to Sunday, but we drove North to Kedleston Hall, a National Trust Property a few miles away from Derby.

Kedleston Hall is one of the finest and most complete examples of an 18th century show palace and parkland in Britain. We walked around the park, gardens and lakes but ran out of time to step inside the Hall and discover the Curzon family’s collection of fine art, furniture and Asian objects. We did have time to look around the church, which is no longer used for regular worship.

Late in the afternoon we headed to the Bulls Head, a few miles outside of Belper. This is our first pub stopover and we received a very warm welcome at the Inn. Food is reasonably priced and absolutely first class.

We have parked in the corner of the car park and have everything on board Nellie for our stay here at the Bulls Head.