Heights of Abraham
Had a great day yesterday. Because DBF works on a University contract he gets most Tuesdays off after a Bank Holiday, so we went to Derbyshire for the day. We started off a the Heights of Abraham in Matlock Bath where we went on the cable car to the top of the hill (which was actually much scarier than I’d imagined!). At the top there’s a huge show cave that we went down – it’s actually an old lead mine. Then we walked halfway down the hill to go in another old lead mine. Both tours were really good – but the walk back to the top of the hill from the second mine nearly killed me! It’s a very, VERY steep hill. Finally, we went back down the hill in the cable car.
As we were so close, I couldn’t go home without a trip to Bakewell and Wye Needlecraft. Because of my infamous sense of direction (or rather lack of it!) I set off on the right road (the A6) but in the wrong direction!! Anyway, I realised pretty quickly and we turned round and arrived in Bakewell by about 4pm. So I spent a glorious 45 minutes in Wye Needlecraft. I tried to restrict my spending, so I didn’t buy Barnabee’s Quest (which would have set me back about £37.50!), but I still managed to spend £45 all together.
I bought:
Planted Hearts – Needle Roll and Scissor fob by Lavender Wings
The Bunny Hop by JBW Designs
Miss Kitty’s Dragons by Just Nan
The charm I needed for Bunny Hop
Some Thread Heaven
Some John James needles
New scissors
And some plain white evenweave (always useful!)
And on top of this, the stash that I ordered earlier from Paw Prints arrived today!! Fantastic!
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