Driving in Derbyshire | On the Way to "Mr. Darcy's" House

I love Pride and Prejudice. So much in fact that my niece and I in our shared obsession planned a trip for the sole purpose of seeing the breathtaking sights filmed in the movies! Yes, that meant flying to the UK and renting a vehicle where they do in fact drive on the opposite side of the road! Due to unfortunate circumstances, we missed our original flight and arrived a day late. So when picking up our car we discovered they had given our booking away along with every other automatic in the lot! So! Imagine this with me. My dear sister-in-law, not only drove on the opposite side of the road on the opposite side of the car, but she did it driving a manual with the stick in her left hand! Can you see it! Can you see the madness? I'm happy to report that we're all in one piece and that we only went down the wrong lane of traffic once...twice?... once. Regardless of the minute details, what I'm trying to say is Megan is pretty much a rock star! Enough said.

So while driving on the freeway from Stanstead Airport to Derbyshire was super mind boggling doused with a heavy douse of stress, the back roads to the Chatsworth House were like stepping into a fairy-tale! Especially this particular stretch! Miles of purple fields filled with lazy grazing sheep and little old houses, surrounded by crumbling walls on a misty day. Perfection! If not for our missing day and serious time crunch, I could have easily stayed there roaming and exploring those beautiful stretch of roads and fields all day!