Glad you’re enjoying it! England is beautiful.
As for missed turns, if you have a smart phone then a good GPS app is priceless — voice commands, especially at all the roundabouts, “…at the next roundabout, take the third exit towards Bath…”, e.g., can make a world of difference when getting around.
As for negotiating turns, remember the mantra, “Left is right, and right is left”.
Enjoy and have a great time!
England is indeed beautiful, although parts of it are still a bit brown after the long period without rain, and Buxton is a great town to visit. The Edwardian Opera House is not to be missed. They have films (currently “Leave No Trace” LEAVE NO TRACE | Official Trailer - YouTube) as well as opera.
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I visited Buxton a couple of years ago; it is lovely there. I stayed at the Old Hall, which was formerly the home of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and where Mary Queen of Scots stayed while she was in his custody and was taken to enjoy the hot spring baths which are right behind the Hall. It’s one of the 25 or so places Mary is said to haunt, keeping her on quite a busy and active schedule in the afterlife.
Both buildings were all wrapped up in blue tarps and scaffolding when I was there. I hope they’ve finished the renovations by now.
You’re also quite close to Chatsworth if you’re inclined to visit it.
I’m glad you’re having a great time.
Pemberley in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice. Watch out for half-naked men climbing out of the lake.
If you’re still in Buxton, and haven’t already gone, i suggest a stroll though their park. It’s quite lovely. Also, Pooles Cavern. It’s a rather short tour of a cave, very cool.
Oh, Haddon hall is fairly close too. And from there you can visit Bakewell, an amazing little town.
Bakewell outdoor market is today.
I noticed you’ve asked for advice in the OP but all you’ve been getting is good advice … seems a shame to me … let us know when you’ve returned home because I have a ton a bad advice for you … to wit:
1] Drive on the right side of the road … insist them blokes drive around you … you’re an AMERICAN … WE WON THAT WAR dammit …
As you can see, such advice is best given after the fact …
If you hadn’t (and you have Napoleon to thank for it) we would have been begging you to bugger off and do your own thang in a hundred years or so.
We did the Chatsworth tour, and really enjoyed it. What a stunning concentration of wealth! And the property is a fraction of its former size. We stayed at a B’n’B in Buxton, and our host said that much of Buxton, 20 minutes away from Chatsworth, had once been part of Chatsworth. We also went for a walk thru the Buxton Park, to the Buxton Brewery Tap House; two Buxton features that make me want to spend a summer there. I had a stout at the pub that was so thick, it made a ‘thunk’ when poured into the glass.
From Buxton, we drove to Windermere, for three days of hiking in the Lake District, another beautiful area. Then it was back to London, where we did the Tower, Kensington Gardens, and St Paul’s, which was unbelievable. I’m so impressed that St Pauls allows tourists to climb up to the top of the dome.
I’m a naval history nerd, with a special interest in cruisers, especially the treaty cruisers built between the world wars. There were about 150 of them built, but there’s only one left, and it’s floating in the Thames. HMS Belfast was the highlight of the trip, though it’s well down the list for my wife.
Interesting (or not as you please) fact about HMS Belfast’s big guns.
That’s very interesting, to me at least. A nitpick: 45 degrees elevation is required for maximum range. Perhaps the guns were at a lesser angle previously.
Maybe you misread. They had to point the guns somewhere when they set it up in 1971, and the service station was an obvious target when it came to publicity.
It was either last year or the year before, but one of the smaller guns of HMS Belfast was used to start the race for Doggett’s Coat & Badge. It was also a not-so-subtle reminder that those guns could easily be loaded for real.
Obviously far too late now, but if you find yourself in England again, you need to factor in a trip to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard/National Museum of the Royal Navy. It’s fantastic for anyone interested in naval history, (even my wife who has no interest in that line enjoyed it). I’ve been twice and could happily return.
I was going to suggest this too. I was there on a trip last spring. They have some incredible historical ships–the Victory, the recovered hull of the Mary Rose, the Warrior.
Hah, Kevin Price still works on that old rust bucket? I used to work on it.
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What’s wrong there is the ranges and angles are confused. An elevation of 45 degrees will deliver maximum range. The service station is at max range. To hit a target at 18.5km, only about 25 degrees of elevation would be needed.
I wanted to go there, and the Imperial War Museum, and HMS Victory, too. There’s only so much naval history that I can drag Wife to. We will return, and I will see those.
Are you back from your trip yet?