
The Slow Pleasures of a Bakewell Weekend
A market town doesn’t need a wishlist. The proper Bakewell weekend is the one that stops trying.
Walks, towns, great houses, and the small pleasures of a Derbyshire week.

A market town doesn’t need a wishlist. The proper Bakewell weekend is the one that stops trying.

Eight and a half miles of disused railway, four tunnels, and the easiest slow day on foot in the Peaks.

Two of the country’s most photographed houses sit a short drive apart. How to do both without rushing either.

The pudding is older than the tart and pleasantly difficult to describe. A short tour of the local things.