Buxton

Buxton actually has an Opera House

We were staying in Buxton when visiting the Peak District, it's only 45kms from Manchester, we went out via Stockport, which perhaps wasn't the best way to go. It's kind of depressing driving through there. It's just closed down businesses and eternal traffic lights. We were glad when we were out of the town and into the countryside.

Buxton is a pretty town, probably because of the geothermal spring which has made it a popular spa getaway since the 1700s. We didn't actually try the water from the spring, or go to a spa, since we were mainly here for walking.

We did manage to stop in at Lyme park on the way back to Manchester. Definitely recommend a visit here. It was the exterior for Pemberley in the classic BBC Pride and Prejudice series. And the location of the famous pond scene with Colin Firth. There was a little blurb about this scene on the information boards. And Colin Firth never dived into the lake. They had to use a stuntman. They were too worried that he would catch some disease from the algae or rats. Kind of changes the feeling around that scene.

The famous pond and Pemberley.

We didn't have a heap of time to look around, plus it was raining pretty hard, which was a shame. But you could easily spend a day at this place, the grounds are huge!