When I decided to come to Chatsworth I went online and discovered the family owns a hotel on the estate. I booked online. I'm so glad I did. The food was fabulous and I'm not going to waste my time telling you about the view. Go. Look. xo

Wednesday I drove north through Sherwood Forest to the Peak District. There are many reasons I wanted to come here. The Duchess (now she's the Dowager Duchess), when faced with hard times and high taxes to the estate, figured it out. She said, time to start over. It's not a National Trust property. The Cavendishes live in 75% of this gorgeous, opulent, practical-and-paying-for-itself testimony to exactly what money can buy. It's gorgeous beyond everything else....