The last Saturday of the month is Bakewell, Derbyshire farmers market. Hoomans left Star and I in the car whilst stocking up on vegetables, mushrooms and ordered their Christmas turkey.
We walked round Bakewell with them and got fussed over in many of the dog friendly shops. After a 10 minute drive we arrived at Chatsworth house.
Chatsworth house is unlike many other stately homes not national trust or English Heritage but is an independent charitable trust where the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire live.
Throughout the year they do special events in the house and gardens. I wanted to share this blog about the Halloween event.
Dogs are welcome in the gardens and surrounding estate (always on a lead). For Halloween the garden was a gruesome trail.
Carved out pumpkins (13 of them) were spread across the gardens in high and low places. Star and I like the low levelled ones.
It was also the last weekend of the beyond limits sculptures. This year it was the work of a single artist, the British sculptor Barry Flanagan, RA OBE (1941-2009).
In one section of the garden is a maze so we pulled the hoomans in. Being a sight hound I was sure I could see the way to the middle, so I lead the way!
We got scared at the middle as it was cursed !
We scared hoomans in the way out, they turned corners to bump into our big noses and pointy faces.
We then continued our walk to the kitchen garden where during Halloween it had been turned into a scarecrow cementry.
Walking down the hill to the exit Hoomom tried to leave me with a strange lady!
If you have never been to Chatsworth it's a must visit. For whats on visit www.chatsworth.org
Future events include Christmas craft market and the house decorated for christmas. (Dames and villians theme this year).
Ooooo! What fantastic spooky fun! I would have loved to have visited there. It must be beautiful and so historic and fun! Thanks for sharing it, since it's a bit too far away for me to ever visit!
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