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So long, Blogspot. Hello, Wordpress!

I've been wanting to move my blog away from Blogspot for a while but could never be bothered to actually do it. This week was the tipping point though, and I've now fully migrated over to  https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . The blogspot address will remain here but all new posts will only appear at  https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ .  There are lots of reasons for the move but my biggest one is how hard Blogger has made it for people to subscribe to receive new posts via email. It's such a basic requirement but apparently, they think it's too much to offer.  I'm basing this purely on how I myself prefer to consume this stuff. I can't be arsed with feed readers anymore and emails are easy and convenient. When I receive one, if I fancy reading it, I will click through to it and, if not, I'll just delete it. Another reason is the spat between Google (owners of Blogger) and Instagram/Facebook/Meta. I don't even know if this is still the case anymore ...

First camping trip of the year - Bakewell

We love camping. Well, it was camping until last summer but after being caught up in the awful Wales floods in June last year, as we were packing up the trailer tent something like this came out of my lips: "I am NEVER doing this again. If you want to keep going away, you will have to get us a caravan." And so he did. Truth be told, he was pretty p***ed off with it as well. It was just awful!
Nós adoramos acampar. Bom, até o ano passado era com barraca e tudo mas agora compramos um trailer - depois do trauma de estar acampando na área quando isso ocorreu no ano passado. Enquanto levantávamos acampamento disse pro meu marido que NUNCA mais eu queria ter que passar por isso. Duas semanas depois, compramos o trailer. 

 Last weekend we went off for the first time this year, down to Derbyshire - Mr Darcy country - and stayed on a campsite just about on the grounds of Chatsworth House. I love Pride and Prejudice (film or book. The book is one of my favourites!), we had incredibly nice weather and it was a very lovely family weekend.
Fim de semana passado foi a nossa primeira viagem do ano. Fomos pra Derbyshire, província do Mr Darcy, e ficamos num acampamento no 'quintal' da Chatsworth House. Eu amo Pride and Prejudice tanto filme quanto o livro. O livro é uma das minhas estórias preferidas! Acho que o nome em português é Orgulho e Preconceito mas não tenho certeza. O tempo estava maravilhoso e nós aproveitamos o fim de semana.

Excuse the crappy pictures though. I forgot the camera so my phone had to do... This is what we did.
As fotos não são as melhores porque eu esqueci a câmera poderosa e tive que usar o telefone... 
We shopped... Fizemos compras...
We ate... Comemos...
We explored... Exploramos...
We went to Chatsworth House... Fomos à Chatsworth House...
We entertained ourselves. Nos divertimos.
It was a great weekend. Chatsworth House was incredible but wasn't open to the public yet - still closed for winter. And Bakewell was just adorable! There are some really lovely little shops there. I wish we'd had more time there but I guess there's only so much roaming the streets you can do before the small ones get bored and grumpy.
Foi um super fim de semana. A Chatsworth House é incrível mas estava fechada ao público. Eles reabrem para o verão dia 10. Bakewell é linda demais. Tem umas lojas muito fofas por lá. Queria poder ter ficado mais tempo mas existe um limite de vitrines e lojas para os gordos, a não ser que eles estejam ganhando presentes...

If you're ever around, I highly recommend the Chatsworth Farm shop! I wanted to buy everything they had. We got all sorts from there and everything was really tasty and nice.
E se um dia você acabar por lá, recomendo a Chatsworth Farm shop. Queria comprar TUDO o que eles tinham. Compramos várias coisas e tudo muito saboroso.

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