Taking Flight

WEDNESDAY

A drive down to the Peak District late morning, lunch at the Vintage Tea Rooms in Buxton followed by a helicopter flight and a late afternoon visit to Bakewell with coffee and cake at the Secret Garden Cafe. 

The helicopter flight was a Father's Day present from my daughter Harriet. I was lucky to be able to sit in the front next to Daniel the pilot. The light filtering through the glass roof makes it look as though I've had a blue rinse!

The last time I flew in a helicopter was around 15 years ago and in slightly different circumstances when roads, rail tracks and bridges were swept away and we were stranded by floods in Switzerland.