Out And About ... Phew ... TG For Pubs

We've been burning up the roads yet again in search of the Holy Grail; maybe that's taking things too far into the realms of nonsense.

St Peters church at Edensor may be quite modern (mid 1800s) but it has some lovely features which are well worth a visit. Edensor village is sited in Chatsworth Estate and was re-designed in the mid 1800 to create a "model" village to suite the tastes of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. The present church is on the same site as the medieval church. A fabulous early 17C monument to two of  Bess of Hardwick's sons was dismantled and rebuilt in the present church ...

On to Great Longstone where we visited St Giles Church and had an excellent lunch in The White Lion pub. The church has wall dating from the 13C and the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086).

Next day it was Cheadle ... and the Pugin designed RC church of St Giles. Nothing can prepare you for the visual onslaught as you first enter the church. Every mm of the place is decorated! Totally amazing ... if a bit too much. Looking at the frenetic decoration it should be no surprise that Pugin died at the tender age of 39, no doubt worn out by his manic activity and the energy that three wives demanded ...

Lunch was provided in a traditional cafe the building of which was predominantly Elizabethan.