It only works if you do what you're told....

After much deliberation in the P.P. household, we have finally purchased a sat-nav. Truth be told, this is really for my benefit as I'm doing a big solo driving trip soon, and I have a tendency to sail past important exits on motorways. Mr B. believes he has an innate sense of direction and usually finds his way without even a glance at a map. That said, we have had some spectacular 'lost' epics in our time, often with a caravan on the back!

Anyway, the sat-nav was plugged in at the weekend, and we set off for Glossop to buy a new awning for our caravan. Mr. B. was driving. All was well until we got close to Stockport, and the lovely lady who was talking to us told us ever so politely to stay on the motorway. Mr. B. didn't agree with this because he said he knew the way anyway,
he chose to ignore her and went off the motorway....

and then ..... it turns out
he didn't know where he was at all!

Much hilarity ensued!

We ended up following the calm voice until she took us right back to the motorway just like she'd said in the first place, with Mr B. still protesting that this wasn't the way we should be going.

Why do men think they know everything?
A sat-nav will only work if you're prepared to do as you're told!
Mr B. can't follow instructions, can't be told anything, and hates going the boring way! I could have predicted exactly what would happen!

In the end, we got to Glossop, bought the awning, and then we did follow the sat-nav's instructions to get us to Lyme Hall not too far away.....

... where we spent a very pleasant afternoon.
As usual, photography was not allowed inside the building so I can't show you how beautiful this house was, with it's Tudor panelling and fireplaces, and stained glass windows.

But I can tell you that Lyme Hall was used as the location for all the outside scenes from the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice.... you know ..... that one with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy!

Would like a little reminder? 

There now, wasn't the house magnificent?