dst. (km) Today 0 Trip 3442.6
Slept most of the way to Derby in the bus, being exhausted from staying awake reading until 2 am, and from all the running around with bus stupidities. It was noticably cooler at Derby than down south, my breath fogging, everyone wearing thick jackets. I asked someone for directions to the train station and they were of the “up there, keep left, right at the pub… you can’t miss it” variety — I thought I didn’t have a chance, but luckily quite quickly ran into signs pointing the right way. By now it was five to nine, there was a train waiting to go to Matlock. Phew! Lucky, since the next (and final) train wasn’t for another two hours at eleven o’clock or so!
Finally I arrive at Matlock at around nine thirty and Gina came and picked me up from the station, she had my cousin Ben with her, and in the four years since I last saw him he looks as though he’s doubled in height and stayed the same weight — seems quite human now! We decided to drop in on Kay — Ben’s older sister — and surprise here, and wow, what a surprise! She didn’t recognize me at first and then completely freeked out and ran around like crazy!
Ended up back at Gina and Simon’s house talking till long after midnight. Unrolled my sleeping bag — finally — and slept on the floor since both bedrooms are full.
Where?
Reading(51.4333333,-1.0000000), Matlock(53.1333333,-1.5333333)
