This was our next weekend away. Simon wanted to go to a concert and the most appealing and practicable was Glenn Tilbrook appearing at the Peak Cavern, Castleton. We found an airbandb at nearby Bradwell for a very reasonable rate.
We set off on Friday evening and stopped at Bury KFC for tea. Having looked the property up on Google Maps beforehand we found it pretty easily.
The hosts were very friendly and Simon stayed up for a while watching TV with the kids while I went to bed. It was very comfortable.
In the morning, we drove to Castleton where we filmed a video at Peveril Castle. It can be found here :
The views from the castle were tremendous.
After that, we had fish and chips which we ate outside in the village square. We went up to Peak Cavern to make a few emquiries about the concert.
We returned to the house for a short while before catching a bus into Sheffield. The bus ride took a lot longer than I expected so our time in the city was pretty squeezed. Nevertheless we found the HMV....
... and then had time for a quick look round the Cathedral.
Fortunately the bus journey back to Bradwell was unproblematic and we had time to get some tea from a chippy there before returning to Castleton for the concert.
We had been warned to wrap up well but it was still pretty cold inside the Cavern. We made it in time to catch the support slot from Glenn's longhaired son Leon, marked by the occasional appearance of the man himself lurking backstage. Then Glenn himself came on , with only an electric guitar for company though he still plays it like it's a wild animal he's trying to control. The first half of his set was quite eclectic with a couple of odd cover versions and some deep album cuts. The last half hour or so was wall to wall Squeeze classics to please the shivering crowd. After a two-song encore accompanied by Leon, it was over and we returned to the car. Although Simon was a bit intimidated by the average age of the audience , he enjoyed it.. At the time of writing, there are a couple of videos from the gig on Youtube.
Our hostess was going to be out all day on Sunday but said we could leave when we liked. We drove to Hope to do a walk to the top of Win Hill. The weather was ideal.
There was a steep climb to a farm where we were accompanied by a large party of ramblers.
After that, the gradient eased on the open moor.
We reached the top of the hill soon afterwards. It was busy with other walkers and the views were fabulous.
We dropped down through a wood.
Soon afterwards there was a good view back to Bamford.
The walk concluded with a stroll alongside the river Noe
We went for Sunday lunch at a pub in Hope then returned to the house in Bradwell where we reluctantly packed up and returned home after a fabulous weekend.
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