Neither myself nor Siobhan, my support worker, had been to Leek before and we were both impressed with the town. I suppose a bank holiday isn't the best day to visit since several of the shops and the market hall were closed, but there was still plenty to see. It's not all that far away, just to the west of the Peak District in Staffordshire.
I had spent quite a bit of time online deciding where to go for lunch and had decided on the Red Lion in the Market Place. It should have opened at noon but didn't and so we walked around the corner to Wetherspoon's. On our return to the Market Place we noticed that the Red Lion was now open and went inside and found out from the barmaid that they were fifteen minutes late in opening.
We travelled to Leek going via Bakewell, using narrow country lanes, steep, winding, and bumpy in places. Siobhan didn't want to return home using this route and so we stuck to the main roads, going via Buxton this time. We stopped at the pretty village of Ashford in the Water for tea and cake at the tearooms there.
We got hopelessly lost in Sheffield; extensive roadworks, bus lanes and bus gates everywhere didn't help at all.
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