August 14-16, 2018 - Hathersage Moor, Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey), & the Trip Home
With just a couple of days left before we headed home to Utah, we decided to squeeze in two more sightseeing adventures. We were so glad we did! On August 14th we took a day trip to Hathersage Moor and the rocky outcrops of Carl Wark and Higger Tor. On August 16th, since we were going to be spending the night at a hotel at London's Heathrow Airport, we decided to make a stop at Highclere Castle (a.k.a., Downton Abbey) on our way. Also in this post we'll say our final goodbyes to England and our sabbatical experience. Hathersage Moor is beautiful and vast. The pictures don't really do it justice, but we absolutely loved hiking through it and scrambling around on the two main outcrops of Carl Wark and Higger Tor. It made it even more fun to be here because a scene from the movie Princess Bride (Just before Wesley and Buttercup go into the fireswamp) was filmed here. There are many other scene locations from that movie in the surroun...