a little train ride to Buxton, a nearby town with nice shopping and a wonderful park. We could just as easily drive there, but the point is - train ride!! After some final purchases on the main shopping street (including one of my favorite gift shops, Hargreaves & Sons!), we headed over to Pavillion Gardens for yet another nice picnic lunch. The kids had so much fun afterwards playing in the big gazebo, and having a singing contest that Grandma Carole had prepared for, complete with MEDALS (see photo)!! I think I have to teach Ollie more songs, as his entry was the "Wonder Pets" theme song. Then we headed over to the playground for a while, until 
we noticed that the sky was turning grey, then nearly black... so we started to hightail it back to the train station, but didn't quite make it. Halfway there it started to POUR, but all things considered, we only had about 4 minutes in the rain all day, so that was pretty good!
The rest of the day was dedicated to packing, and though we had planned a lovely dinner out at one of our favorite pubs, in the end we couldn't face it and just got a whole bunch of fish and chips from town and had them at home, picnic style. Since Carole and Maurice were staying overnight, Andy and I had the chance to sneak out later and meet Ian and Anne at the nice old pub at The George Hotel in town, which serves Jennings on draft!
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