Back home in Dethick

Next day we relocate to our 'Home'

Dethick, our English base beckons and we arrive to a newly mown area of grass with our customary stunning view over Riber & Lea Bridge

We settle in and visit family by means of a newly acquired addition to the 'fleet'

Nina's folks just happen to be buying a new car at the moment and we are offered their outgoing wheels instead of the old 'part chop' arrangement with their dealer

We come away smiling having bought a cracking little C3 diesel for stupid money that will get us about nicely in the next few months

Not long afterwards the 'Nobbies' decend and the catching up begins in earnest

'Nobby' AKA Russ (for tax purposes possibly)

German sausage eating becomes one of the highlights of a trip to nearby Bakewell awash with tourists on a sunny day

Beer is downed (naturally) and we stroll the streets getting in those vital steps for Nina on her 'sticks'

Me and the Nob had some quality Tech time fitting three new AGM batteries to the Tour Bus

When they die they sure die quickly and my suspect cheap leisure batteries that were fitted prior to viewing a couple of years ago just gave up

I've big hopes for the new ones as they are better suited to being 'Inverted' regularly

(Thats 12v DC to 240v AC in case you thought I liked tipping them upside down😀)

Baz comes bounding up the field one day to our surprize bringing a bottle of Taylors Port and some good cheer for us all

Nob and Baz hit it off immediately and whilst I cooked and the girls chatted I lost count of the Internet buzzwords these IT dudes banged out at each other

Cameron came to stay one very wet weekend that saw us playing endless hangman games and evenings playing Spotify roulette 

Bless him, he spent a long time trying to educate us as to what was 'proper music'

This ranged from Ariana Grande (the only artist we recognised) to strange Rap Crap (my words)

I made him listen to Killer by Adamski at full volume as punishment and forced education

(one day he may understand but for now he just kinda smiled and I swear he had a look on him that simply said Sad T**t)

With some awful weather at the moment my riding rehab gets a little stunted but Nina is a star and encourages me to get out when it shines but makes me promise to take her out in the car when I return, a deal I'm more than happy with

All the gear and.....well some idea

I'm feeling more confident with every ride and getting to grips with the size of the bike and the huge difference from the days of Max

Martyn is a regular visitor and we go to the camping shop with him one day and help advise on where best to part with cash 

It took us just a few minutes to erect his newly purchased holiday abode and even less to take it down

Gone it seems are the days of head scratching sticking up those leaky frame tents...

Baz returns in his van for a few days accompanied by his new girlfriend Gina and we meet up at The Tavern for a few bevvies

Gina comes up with a brilliant suggestion for Nina...

Why not contact The Firefighter's Charity and see if we can visit one of their Rehab centres for Physio and some quality R & R?

Why on earth didn't we think of this earlier?

The calls are made and the application submitted so we are now awaiting a date to go up to Penrith

Well done Gina!

Mick our farmer host decides it would be a good idea to gatecrash the local Steam Rally one saturday night and after looking around briefly we find the beer tent and over indulge on Theakstons Old Peculiar

Nina and Mick's wife mary are back at the farm having a chinwag when we stroll in later

Several very large whiskies later Nina and me stagger back up the field to Tasca, me wandering sideways being supported by wife on crutches...what a pair!

Hank and Kev come for the day and we guys go out on a 13 miler around the locality taking in Holloway, Cromford Canal, Matlock Bath & Wetherspoons of course in Matlock

About halfway round...

1st refreshment stop at 'Twenty Ten' in Matlock

The steam loco at Matlock station

Our current 'Fleet' in our usual spot

This I guess represents the space 'Go' on a Monopoly board for us each year as we always come back here and its the starting point of a new round trip

We have no real idea of what the next year will bring as its largely unknown at present

Nina has begun Physio locally and the all important hospital consultation is next week

The result will dictate what we do and where we go but we have a few short trips planned in the next couple of months regardless of the outcome