From Huntingdon we travelled up to Buxton for an overnight stop.  We stayed at the Palace Hotel. My photo of the facade did not come out well.

The room they gave us was well appointed and we had a good stay. Unfortunately we returned later in the year and that room was looking extremely tired and in need of refurbishment, which kind of put us off going back.

Nevertheless, the hotel has an imposing staircase:-

And the dining room ceiling is quite fancy:-

I took another photo of the Opera House and adjacent Pavilion Gardens:-

Pagoda in Pavilion Gardens:-

Pond and bridge:-

Bridge parapet, pond and trees:-

A different bridge:-

15 goslings with parents in the Gardens:-

Incarcerated train. It was late in the evening; the miniature railway was shut for the night :-

One of the attractions at Blenheim Palace is a miniature railway which every half hour does a trip from near the car park to a play area, maze and garden centre type thingy.

This is the railway’s station:-

I photographed the train on its return journey to the car park:-

This handsome gentleman was walking along by the side of the station when the train had pulled up:-

This year we returned to Blenheim (the ticket gives free re-entry within a year) and had time to make a trip on the train:-

The locomotive is named after one of Blenheim’s most famous sons:-