Chatsworth and Matlock Bath

This is one of cheap day trip on weekends.. A journey to Derbyshire.. This is a country side.. Chatsworth is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.. yes, the royalty estate open for vistors and trust me it is worth the show off.. The place has large farm lands, lavish gardens, 126 rooms and huge mansion to boast of.. You enter into acres of greery and then you see this tall waterfall ( supposed to be the tallest gravity driven waterfall in the world ) and a mansion behind it.. There are lake, ducks, maze gardens, cascade garden, green house,a small museum showcasing the royal life and lineage of the duke and duchess.. and AGAIN i will mention, Europeans know how to create tourism business.. The historical artifacts are collected, a story is laid around them and organized to take the visitor down the memory lane.. I was partcularly impressed the artistic collection and taste.. You can cover the house in 40 minutes and then move on to view the gardens.. these are acres of green grass, a maze, a small tunnel, a small section of rock garden, kitchen garden.. ok, talk about it and you have it.. :) You can buy back books, try some patersseries or just lie down in grass and watch the world go by.. Well, as per my tour guide, there is some connection of this place with the notorious novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover".. Chatsworth has been selected as the United Kingdom's favourite country house several times.. Of particular interest to me were the cieling painting and the library and lavish dinish hall, some of the ceiling paitings gave a 3 D effct and looked magnificient.. Yep, thats about the Cavendish family, and Henry Cavendish the great scientist belonged to this family.. This has some connection with LAdy Diana.. The property being large and lavish could not have been maintained without being opened for visitors.. The collection from visits go to Chatsworth trust which is used to maintain the vast expanses.. You can even stay overnight in this estate for a handsome charge..
My next move after his was Matlock Bath.. This is also situated in Derbyshire.. There is a small railway station in this city , which can get you here.. We went to heights of Abraham from this place..At almost a thousand feet the Heights is home to some of the most stunning views of the Derwent Valley and beyond to Matlock and the wider Peak District.. We took a cable car to the moutain top.. the way up the mounatin is cable car is lovely as you see green moutains all around, a small river flowing by and the top of hill has mutiple things to explore.. This place has organized cavern trips.. The mining in this area is supposed to have begun in Roman days.. The tours in natural caverns take you back to mining days.. They hav beautiful animated way of showing how mining happened happened i old times.. the dark stonny walls of caverns have a story of their own to tell..
The place has a fossil factory which sells mutiple stone varieties and once can be picked if you like it.. :)
Nice 2-3 hours stay and you sit back in cable car to head back to home.. The thing i missed is the bakewell's pudding.. :(, nope, i could not go there.. All in all a fairly good day and a visit to discover the Derbyshire..