by Glendon B&B Matlock | Jul 27, 2017 | Derbyshire
Come to the Chatsworth Country fair or the Bakewell Show. Derbyshire has many shows during the year, but two of the best are the Bakewell Show and the Chatsworth Country fair. This year the Bakewell Show takes place from the 1st to the 3rd August. The 1st is the...
by Glendon B&B Matlock | Jun 22, 2017 | Derbyshire
In June, we were delighted to visit the first RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. The days leading up to the show saw heavy rain but the organisers did a tremendous job in getting the show open and welcoming visitors. All our visitors to Glendon during the week had come to...
by Glendon B&B Matlock | Apr 25, 2017 | Derbyshire
Ready, steady, May… If you will allow us to start with optimism, we are going to stick our neck out and say the sun will shine in May! Perhaps not all day every day, but looking at the long-range forecast for May, it is looking good. What we can say though with...
by Glendon B&B Matlock | Apr 10, 2017 | Derbyshire
Joseph Paxton 1801 – 1865 Joseph Paxton, architect and landscape gardener, was born in 1801. He started his career as a gardener’s boy and was spotted by the Duke of Devonshire whilst working at Chiswick. He began working at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, in...
by Glendon B&B Matlock | Mar 20, 2017 | Derbyshire
The Romans were the first “tourists” in Derbyshire, to exploit its caves and caverns for minerals. Lead was mined for hundreds of years. In the Hope Valley, on the boarder of the “White Peak” and “Dark Peak” you will find several Caves to visit. Peak Cavern, also...
