Having nearly an hour to wait for my bus at Sheffield isn't convenient timing but I used the time to eat my sandwiches on the platform at the railway station before walking over to the bus station. The Bakewell bus goes via Chatsworth House and normally takes about an hour, but today it took an extra twenty minutes; the traffic jams started before we even reached the Golden Gates roundabout on the approach to Baslow. Fortunately people going to visit Chatsworth House and the Christmas Market there are being allowed to use the Golden Gates for access, thus avoiding additional delays caused by two sets of roadworks in the village.There were still long queues at the other entrance though which the buses use, but we were given priority by the marshals.
There was yet more standing traffic as we approached Bakewell, after a few minutes I got up and asked the driver if I could get off, even though we were stuck between stops. He opened the doors so I got off, quickly followed by another couple of people - I arrived in the town centre a few minutes before the bus did.
It was very busy and crowded at the market and some people were carrying their small dogs. There was some woinderful food on sale but it was all very expensive so I didn't buy anything.
The rest of the town wasn't quite as busy.
I heard a very distinctive, and very recognisable sound and so headed towards the music. It was Frumptarn Guggenband from Barnsley; I've seen this band several times before when visiting the summer fete at Hooton Pagnell, one of the local Doncaster villiges.
Not surprisingly the bus returning to Sheffield was thirty five minutes late and it took an hour and thirty five minutes to get there, not just because of the traffic, but because it was an old double decker that really struggled going up the hills.
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