derbyshire {part one} : castles & manors

boy have things been busy over here...today i finally bring you

some photos from our days strolling around the beautiful

peak district & the county of derbyshire. good times indeed.

we spent one morning exploring bolsover castle, which is now in ruins.

i think i prefer a ruined castle...so much left to the imagination.

it is something quite magical indeed.

an entire day was dedicated to exploring chatsworth.

now, let me explain.

i originally wanted to visit this vast estate thinking it was

mr. darcy's (colin firth's) "pemberley" {because that's what google told me...

that's the last time i trust google}

but, this is not mr darcy's pemberley. this is pemberely.

i was glad to see chatsworth, but truly sad we didn't have time to see the real pemberley.

yet another reason i need to return to this country.

update: so it turns out this is pemberley...but in the 2005 version. which i haven't seen since it first came out.

so i guess i won't start cursing google yet {although there are studies showing that google is making us dumber?}