Snowing in Birmingham

This is the Punto hunkering down in Birmingham just after we arrived home from the Peak district. Ben had a 100 pound bet with one of his nurses that it would snow, but i doubt she will pay.

Dirty Lane

Saturday night when we arrived in Castleton was St Patrick's day so we set out to the local pub for dinner and some Guiness. To get there we walked about half a mile along a track called Dirty Lane which went across sheep paddocks and around a dairy. (Ben is standing on the driveway into the farm, not Dirty Lane)
We had dinner in the Cheshire Cheese Pub (Innkeepers Pie and Rogan Josh) followed by numerous Guinness brews and Magners Irish Ciders. Ben scored a St. Patrick's day Guiness hat.
At the end of the night we had to stumble our way back to the farm along Dirty Lane which by this stage was pitch black. We stumbled along holding hands in the freezing cold getting buffeted by gale winds and sleet while being ankle deep in mud and cow poo! Lucky we had those drinks to keep us warm and brave! Anyway, we eventually found our way back and had a lovely warm room and bed waiting for us.

Dunscar Farm B&B

This is me in the Dunscar Farm B&B we stayed in for the night in the Peak District. It was really cute with an awesome view of the surrounding farm. I'm wearing the bathrobe you get to wear while you're there.
We had our own private bathroom and got a lovely English breakfast cooked by the farmer.
It's a functioning sheep farm with lots of stone walls dividing the paddocks.

Peveril Castle

This is Ben in front of Peveril Castle Keep. Peveril Castle was built in 1068, so it's pretty old. It's a castle ruin above the town of Castleton (named after the castle). Underneath the castle is the Peak Cavern. The castle is high on the hill and has great views of the surrounding hills, including Mam Tor, and Castleton.

Springtime Snow!