[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-tissington-sweet-shop":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"When I was thinking about taking my parents to Derbyshire, I got a list of interesting things to do from local resident, writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.carylhart.com/\">Caryl Hart\u003C/a>. One of the things was the sweet shop in \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissington\">Tissington\u003C/a>. Of course, who can resist a sweet shop? This one sat by itself in a little cottage, just so: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_tissington1_zps82758da2-c05af6dab0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd inside, it was a real Aladdin's cave. If you're ever in the area, don't miss \u003Ca href=\"http://www.edwardandvintage.co.uk/\">Edward and Vintage of Tissington\u003C/a>. Here's my drawing of Dave, the owner:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/tissington_sweetshop_zps0f9e5b90-69a0dca5b5.gif\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\nA bunch of people asked me what we bought there. WELL. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_tissington2_zpsc0784281-d32efec0cb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nLet's see, between the four of us, we bought: ginger chocolates, chocolate marzipan, sherbet lemons, pink champagnes, clove balls, aniseed balls and assorted bon bons. I might have forgotten one or two.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_tissington3_zps48250310-1f3c5ba29f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMoving on... we also visited \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxton\">Buxton\u003C/a>. It's an old spa town with some properly grand buildings, I had no idea. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_buxton1_zps38b98f5b-c0e72f015b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOo, look, Dad's bought a sports car. In his mind, anyway.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_buxton6_zpsb0b8ffe1-7554e48efb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nStuart was just gutted that the miniature railway was locked up. Boo. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_buxton3_zpsdf3e08d4-1d01d7b010.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHooray, Dad. Always messing up my panorama shots! It's almost Cubist. Or something. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_buxton4_zps512a441a-a6a18850db.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAs we drove on toward \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castleton,_Derbyshire\">Castleton\u003C/a>, we got enveloped by a Huge Mist. Poor Stuart was driving and it was white-knuckle stuff. When we got to \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peveril_castle\">Peveril Castle\u003C/a>, the man at the visitor centre at the bottom of the hill told us not to bother, that the fog wouldn't let us see anything. But we thought we'd try anyway. (\u003Ci>Is THAT the castle, Stuart?\u003C/i>)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_peveril1_zps8c449680-cc480b4845.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd a lovely castle it was, too. It looked all the more atmospheric for being wreathed in swirling mist.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_peveril2_zpsfed391e5-34b86ed599.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOf course, we had to take lots of photos which didn't come out well of us looking like prisoners.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/peaks14_peveril3_zpsf00d50c7-0ca8b09501.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd for all you know, we might still be lost in the fog. One more Derbyshire blog post coming up...","2014-05-01T23:03:00.000Z","tissington-sweet-shop",[],"tissington sweet shop",1776628726335]