July 2- Chatsworth House

Woke up at 7:30 and had breakfast at the Sherwood Forest hostel.  We planned to go to Nottingham Castle, but the breakfast cook told us to skip Nottingham Castle.  There would be horrible city traffic, it's expensive, and not that great.  Instead, he advised we go to Chatsworth House.  We didn't realize it at the time we left, but Cooper and I accidentally kept the room keys.  Chatsworth House was totally amazing and we stayed there almost all day.  We ate lunch at a really neat tea shop that we walked to and then walked around the lovely gardens. We left Chatsworth House in the late afternoon and started a 3 hour drive to the Lake District.  We drove to Elterwater and had trouble finding a suitable campsite.  It was near dark (around 10:30 pm probably)and kind of rainy.  We were driving on tiny, one lane roads.  This was the only night we didn’t have lodging plans.  We found a local campsite in the Great Gable.  We didn't know at the time that's where we'd be hiking.  Cooper set up the tent in the rain and we ate sandwiches from the grocery store.  Alysse was cold, wet, and not totally enjoying it, but it was fine.