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Old 04-10-2008, 07:45 PM   #695 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Happyman View Post

Thanks !
seems my thoughts on it were near the mark - very satisfying

Cheers !
Weren't you just... Well done.


An additional photograph of Castleton.




Looks like the shop keepers suffer somewhat with the bad weather though.

We had a nice lunch in the local pub.

Pots of tea, (four individual) Ham, eggs, veg and chips, really tasty, big plate forgot to take photographs of same. About £35..00 from memory.




The Castle.

Each room had it's very own open fireplace. I rather think it would be a superb location to spend a couple of nights in mid-winter.




Flag floors throughout. Staff were really nice, it was a very well run establishment.

You get a feeling for a place rather quickly and it certainly met the mark for my likings.



These cottages were outside, across the car park courtyard, so I assumed they would be additional accommodation rooms for the Castle.


Just came across this link, but my PC is having a hiccup fit and I haven't checked it out yet.

The Castle Hotel in Castleton sits beneath the promontory rock on top of which stands Peveril Castle, a 12th century impregnable fortress and seat of ...
www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/content.php?categoryId=2953 - 57k - Cached - Similar pages


This was another attractive looking pub in the village.



We didn't go in, but as you can see from the window sign 'No Vacancies' there was no room at The Inn and it's not even Christmas yet.
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