Saturday 14 April 2012

Easter in the Peak District

I hope you all had a lovely Easter. I spent mine in the rolling hills of the scenic English countryside in the Peak District, and oh my it was lovely to get away. We stayed in a converted mill, which dated back to the 1830's. It did freak me out a bit, especially the basement. Although it had been converted in to a games room, it just had a spooky air about it, and I had to force someone to come with me if I ever wanted to go down there. it didn't help that my dad kept teasing me about the headless miller that leaves trails of flour everywhere. We were completely out in the middle of no where, which did mean no phone signal and no facebook, pretty hard for me being a complete social media addict!
I spent the days relaxing, baking, reading, listening to music, and visiting a forest with 140 free roaming monkeys. Bet you didn't see that one coming. Regardless of their weird-shaped bottoms, they were actually adorable, and of course it being Springtime, there were lots of baby monkeys to gush over.


Cute right? I also made my second batch of Slutty Brownies. Well okay, they were Slutty Muffins this time because Morrison's had sold-out of Brownies mix. Still just as good though! We took them with us on a journey on a steam train. Whenever my Dad's around, you can't be far from a train. We went away last Easter and steam trains went past the window of our cottage throughout the day, and shock horror the same happened this year. Coincidence? I think not.

We spent Easter Sunday eating boiled egg and soldiers, eating far too much chocolate, and then driving deep in to the Peak District. Me and Allie also had a game of chubby bunny, if you've never played it then it's basically a game where you try to fit as many marshmallows into your mouth as possible, saying chubby bunny each time you add another one. It's pretty disgusting, but it was probably for the best we were in the middle of no where, it was hilarious. I didn't take any pictures, I didn't think anyone would appreciate photographs of me slobbering marshmallows into a bin? Yeah, didn't think so.

I have to recommend a book to you. I set a new record, and read it in a day. All 458 pages of it (I think). It's called The Hunger Games, you may have heard of it as it's recently been made into a film. But read the book first, it's absolutely amazing. I bought the other two yesterday, and I'm already on page 100 of the second one. Anyway, I'm going to get on with some school work now. Hope you're all good!

16 comments:

  1. looks lovely

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  2. What a gorgeous place to stay on holiday, i bet the old mill was amazing to stay in!

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    1. The mill was lovely, and it was right by a canal :)

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  3. Looks like you've had a brill Easter :) Looks like such a lovely place to have stayed

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  4. Your photos are amazing! Those monkeys look ridiculously cute. I went to the monkey forrest in Staffordshire a couple of years ago and was expecting to see larger ones like this, instead they were all tiny and hid away in the trees : /

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    1. Aw thank you! Bit of editing does the trick haha. Oh really? They were so tame when I went! xx

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  5. Such gorgeous photos!! I love the monkeys, how did I not know there are places they just roam around?! Have to get myself to one of these for some monkey sightings!xxx

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    1. You should, it was so lovely to get that close to them. Thanks! x

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  6. aw lovely photos- that marshmallow game sounds awesome haha i need to try it...can't believe i've only just found your blog- love it! xx

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    1. Thanks Ellie :D Haha, seriously try it, it's soooo funny. But make sure you have a bin close by, it can get a bit messy. Thanks! I've just checked out yours and followed, it's lovely xx

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  7. stumbled across your blog. really enjoying reading your posts. these photos are lovely. looks like you had an amazing time :) x

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    1. Thank you Rachel! It was lovely to get away x

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  8. Just found your blog through Almost Delightful, glad I did! I love the Peak District, it's so beautiful, looks like you had a lovely time! x Rachel

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  9. wow the peak district looks amazing, beautiful photos! i'll definitely be trying your 'slutty brownies' recipe from the post below! do you want to follow each other on google friend connect? if so, follow me and i'll follow back :) xxx

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