Summer Strokes in the Derbyshire Dales

There is nothing better than a river trip planned on the spur of the moment, like whilst shopping in ASDA for tea at 9 o'clock on a Friday night?! After a quick phone call, the plan had been made. We awoke early on Saturday morning with the sun beaming down and the temperature soaring into the twenties, this was going to be an awesome trip down the meandering scenic valley of the River Derwent.


Now, a river trip wouldn't be a river trip without the odd hiccup encountered along the way! Apart from the fact it was the hottest day of the year making Matlock Bath one of the busiest places on earth and the A6 is the slowest moving road ever, we eventually arrived to find that I had decided to leave my paddles at home leaving me with the choice of paddling with my now infamous big yellow flip flops or a chopping board, joy!!


Trips for me are all about the people you are with and the fun that you share between yourselves, this trip was about having 'a grand day out', topped off with refreshments in a beer garden on the way home, bliss.


(It was also helped by the fact i have size 12 feet, making the paddling easier than it could have been!!)