Phew!  What a warm day!  Too warm for a walk but not too warm to visit Great Longstone in the afternoon for their open gardens.  First thing went to get the papers and noticed that the bunting was up for carnival week.  The well dressings are up but we planned to see them later in the week.  Chris cut the grass at our  peak district cottages and after an early lunch we headed to Great Longstone.  With about two dozen gardens to visit we had a pleasant couple of hours wandering around the village with the highlight being tea and cake on a patio with wonderful views.  (With it being so clear you could make out Riber Castle and Crich Stand in the distance albeit as pimples on the horizon!)  Back home for a few hours then as it was a pleasant evening we packed a picnic and headed for Over Haddon.  From the car park we took our usual route down to the dale and along to Conksbury Bridge, here we spent a few minutes watching the swans and cygnets before heading up to our usual picnic spot.  Here we ate our meal to the sounds of the river, birds and drums?  Someone down in the dale was playing bongo drums!!   Before going home we stopped at the Lathkil for a drink which we were able to enjoy in the beer garden.  Pity I forgot my camera in the evening but here a couple of pictures from the afternoon.