A visit to Castleton, Derbyshire

After taking delivery of a new(er) campervan in December, this was our first opportunity to take it out for a test weekend to get used to everything. As the local countryside was all waterlogged and flooded, we didn't get out for a serious walk, but we had a chance to explore to lovely Derbyshire village of Castleton.
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[@DaveCollierCamping]

Have a great day

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Dave. And you👍☺

[@walkandcamp]

Love the new van Des. Looking forward to a tour of it. ATB mate, Terry

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Terry👍 Still as compact as the old one, so a grand tour shouldn't take too long 😁 ATB to you too, mate👍

[@jacknaturetravel]

Great campervan expirience. Very watcheable Video. 👌👍

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Jack! Glad you enjoyed it👍

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

HaPpY New Year to you Both Congratulations on the acquisition of Garfield ❤ Love Castleton

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Mick. And Happy new year to you also!👍

[@donroy7825]

Hi my friends, all the best for 2024 🎉👍 !! Thanks for the walk in Castleton, a handsome church, good high water 💦 in the river. This sounds like an ideal base for exploring the area ✅ ! Wishing you well with the new camper van 🚐 🍀 👫🏻 !! Cheers, Don 🙋‍♂️ !

[@DesGreene]

Hi Don. Apologies for the slow reply...a belated Happy NY to you also! The site was a great base. Just outside the village, and some of the areas best walks right on hand. Hopefully get back there when the weather warms up a bit! 👍☺

[@FXWalesAnnaAlf]

Hi both and happy new year to you. Ah Garfield guarding Garfield hehe nice Christmas present for Maria , he sits lovely on the shelf 😃 So good you have a new van with a plumbed in toilet! Nice that you have more headroom too. It looks lovely inside and I love the silver colour. Thats a beautiful area, with the rushing water and that historic church was beautiful inside and out. Looks like you had a nice time in the pub too ! :) ~ Anna 👍

[@DesGreene]

Bore da, Anna! Sut wyt ti? We're really pleased with the new van, and Garfield the guard cat of course! 😁 We had plenty of new stuff to get used to, but it was nice to take time out to have a look around the lovely village and church. Diolch am wylio! Hwyl👍☺

[@renatalimarzi]

Hello, Maria and Des! Hope you had a wonderful start of the New Year, my friends! Once again, Happy, blessed and healthy 2024 filled of love and joy in your hearts and...many trips and outdoor experience!Welcome on board, Garfield! Such a swee Christmas present for Maria! Another amazing campervan experience, guys. Nice to watch! HUGS and all the best! Renata

[@DesGreene]

A belated happy New Year to you and yours also, Renata! Thanks so much for your support and encouragement in '23 and hope '24 brings you lots of lovely adventures! 👍☺

[@renatalimarzi]

@@DesGreene Hope so, dear Des!! Always happy to enjoy.youe outdoors experiences! Hugs!! Renata

[@AlanMETALMAN]

Looks like someone has been splashing the cash and I guess Garfield was your good lady wife's Christmas present and the van was yours🤔. Loved the old church and the fact you could get inside as well, so many are locked now, which is a shame. We always have a cream tea when we are out for a walk in a village and a pint is always mandatory, cheers Alan

[@DesGreene]

Hi Alan! Well we've both broken our piggy banks for the van, but Garfield the guard-cat is definitely Maria's 😁 I was expecting the church to be locked, but was great to get inside and find that story about the basket of errors bible. Really tickled me, that! I did think of you and Mrs M when we were looking for a tea shop. Most were rammed, but found that nice quiet one when we'd almost given up! ☺ All the best to you and yours for 2024! See you soon👍👍

[@daveanddianethrowingcautio5707]

Always such great history over there.

[@DesGreene]

Hi Dave & Diane. Hope you are both keeping well👍 There is such a lot of history in that area, and the village is really lovely! Always worth a visit👍☺

[@ScottsLand]

Garfield looks great..both the guard Garfield and the van lol...Your campervan adventures were fantastic and can't wait to see the places the new one goes. I would love to have a cool wee campervan. Nice wee place and the church was deep in history. Nice video and looking forward to your 2024 adventures 👍😃👍🥃🥃🥾🥾⛰️

[@DesGreene]

Hi Scott. Really enjoying the new van, but taking a while to suss out how a few bits work etc. Castleton is lovely (but busy!). The old church was interesting, and we'd not been around it before. Hopefully a few hikes next time we visit there, as there's some great walking. Cheers for watching and happy adventures in 2024 to you also!👍☺

[@wendingourway]

Morning! ...and look at that sunshine...and a new van too! Garfield!!! That was my grandfather's name! Garf for short. Plenty of rain here today as well...after a nice snowfall, but all that's gone. Been all over the news the amount of rain and flooding that places over your direction has been getting. Good to see you back out and about and hope you had a great Christmas and are looking forward to some great adventures in 2024 with Garfield!! Bruce and Otis

[@DesGreene]

Happy New Year Bruce & Otis! Really enjoying the new van, and we got lucky with the weather locally for that weekend, but it's been so wet recently. Here's hoping for an early Spring this year!🍻😁

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Happy New Year, and welcome aboard, Garfield. The whole place is a quagmire at the moment. That river is still going some but down a bit from the big flood. Thanks for sharing Des.

[@DesGreene]

Happy new year to you Chris! It was great getting out in the new van, but a fair bit to get to grips with, so we wimped out slightly on the walking! 😁 Hope you're keeping well and 2024 is a good one for you👍

[@LivingtheSilverLife]

Like Garfield. He should serve you well, but don’t be surprised if he perks up a little when you make lasagna. 😂 He looks comfortable. Y’all have had a lot of rain. Nice walk about the village. The birds were having a squabble that morning. Love the old church. 12th century (900 years)-amazing. Basket of errors😂😂. Just lovely town with the sounds of the river running through it. With all the rain, it’s running pretty fast and loud. Be safe and good to see ya, Bill and DeAnna

[@DesGreene]

Ha ha, I forgot about Garfield's lasagne fixation! Maria had that in the pub, so maybe that's why he looked a bit sulky! 😂 It was a good weekend getting to know the new van, and always nice to visit Castleton. All the best & see you soon👍☺

[@LivingtheSilverLife]

😂😂

[@NicoleHikesalot]

Awesome to see you out again Des. I love the Garfield and the tour was beautiful. Gorgeous church and interesting about the typos too. Such lovely views. The river is amazing. ❤

[@DesGreene]

Thanks Nicole! We didn't go too adventurous for our first trip out in Garfield, but a nice opportunity to get used to everything. Castleton is a lovely old village, but we hadn't been inside the old church before or seen the faulty bible! 😁 All the best & take care👍☺

[@glennswalks7693]

Hi Des thanks for showing us round Castleton, lovely Village and I like your new camper van too. Happy New year to you both atb mate cheers Glenn 👍

[@DesGreene]

Happy new year to you too Glenn! All the best👍

[@WyeExplorer]

A pleasure top join you des. Nice looking new camper there - the name is pretty cool too. Ha, I wonder who proof read that book - not sure about the printer but they needed a different profession I reckon. Love them old places. Good top see you out. Next? The big hills when its drier. All the best. Mark

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Mark! It was a good weekend getting to know the new van, but we wimped out on the mud plugging 😁 Hoping to get out for some better walks soon! The "Basket of Errors" story was fun to stumble across. Imagine that, back when printing was such a laborious and expensive process? I bet he was mortified! All the best & catch you soon!👍

[@WyeExplorer]

@@DesGreene A pleasure des. Good to hear of the weekend - hey we don't always have to like the mud and wet. Yeah, all that work and we get a load of print errors. I imagine he was going around the bend.

[@WanderingwithWatto]

Garfield looks good Des. I’m sure there will be plenty of adventures to come. Lovely church. Basket of errors 😂 same spelling as me. Looked a nice village. Plenty of water about. Good seeing you both. Best wishes Watto. 👍🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🚶‍♀️

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Watto! We're really pleased with the new van. Fingers crossed for a decent Spring & Summer this year! 🤞😁 I loved that wonky bible story. My bet is the printer went down the pub and left it to the apprentice to finish! 😂 Those bloody northerners will never notice! All the best & hope you both have a fun filled and healthy '24👍☺

[@solitaryrambler]

Hi Des, well done on the new campervan, hope you enjoy your travels in Garfield 😃 Can't beat a visit to the lovely Castleton, never tire of it there. I did laugh at the basket of errors in the church 😂 I Googled Intrepid Solito as I've not heard of that one, but I see it's a local Hope Valley Brewery pale ale 🍻 All the best 👍

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Patrick! We're really loving the new van, and as you say, always a treat to have a wander around Castleton. I hadn't realised Intrepid were from Hope Valley. Don't think it said on the pump clip and it was a new one for me. Well worth a try! Cheers for watching & hope '24 brings you loads of great adventures!👍☺

[@atrampinthehills.841]

Nice one Des...new van looks cool, lucky you...loved the story of the Basket of errors...nice to hear the Jackdaws...I raised my glass with you for a "cheers".

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Steve! Really pleased with the new van. Doesn't seem to be any shortage of jackdaws in the village. Must be hard to get a lie in! 😁 Rather an expensive "cheers" that one. They certainly know how to charge for beer in Castleton! Belated Happy NY to you both!👍

[@DesmondsDonders]

Happy New Year and happy new van, love the name. Nice to see the scones "loaded" correctly. Surprised you are not out keeping warm further south.

[@DesGreene]

Happy new year to you both too! Takes a while to get used to a new van when you have a set routine for the old one, but loving it so far! Those scones were rather good👍😁 We'll probably have to stick with the cold for a while until the finabcial shock wears off, but may get over to Spain in March to thaw out👍☺

[@ChrisJB]

Nice to see you back out Des. My motivation levels are still pretty low but I'm trying! The new camper looks great too. Happy New Year to you and Maria and I hope we can sort another camp out this year. 👍

[@DesGreene]

Hi Chris. I've been a bit the same this winter. Couldn't face slogging through the mud on that weekend, but enjoyed a nosey around Castleton and a few beers. We'll definitely have to try and get another camp together this year mate👍 Happy New Year to you too👍

[@Adventures_with_Sog]

Ey up me ducks and a happy new year to you both 🙂

[@DesGreene]

Ey up SOG! Happy NY to you two mate👍☺

[@SetForAdventures]

Great to see you both nice walk the church was lovely 🙏🏼Des and the van definitely an upgrade with that high top Best regards Simon Belated happy new year 🥳

[@DesGreene]

Hi Simon. We wimped out on the walking after all the floods 😁 but nice having a look around the village and getting used to the new van. Belated Happy NY to you and yours also!👍☺

[@SetForAdventures]

@@DesGreene thanks Des ATB 🤠👍

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Nice one Des and Maria. Van looks the business - Garfield - love it!! Never been into Castleton - only through it loads of times - fascinating little place and the Church was beautiful. Wonder what the consequence for the typo guy was. Hopefully not too bad! Have a good weekend ahead. 👍👍👍

[@DesGreene]

Cheers Dave! We're enjoying the new van, but just finding how a few things work and where best to store stuff etc. Castleton is well worth a look around. Very busy at weekends though, even in winter! Typo man had probably legged it with his cash by the time the vicar got to The Parable of the Vinegar! 😂

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

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