Sure lof, it's Ensor

I am no fan of Andrea Hirata's work, never was and probably not in the near future. To be precise, I just read a couple chapters from Laskar Pelangi before I gave up and never attempted to read his other books. Maybe that is why I never heard of Edensor (read: Ensor), a small village within Peak District which also the tittle of Andrea Hirata's third book.

From Leeds, I took National Express bus to Sheffield Coach Station, just be sure to jump off the bus when you reach coach station instead of Meadowhall station, or you can always use train from any part of UK to Sheffield train station. From the bus station, you took bus 218 to reach Edensor which runs every half an hour. The cost for the bus is £6 for round trip and £5 for one way, make sure you tell the driver that you want to buy round trip ticket and keep your ticket! Another thing is, to pay the exact bus fare.

The bus will take you through the amazing landscape of Peak District which is really delighted to see. Know your position because there are no sign of which station will be next or ask the bus driver to stop when you reach Edensor. After going through some small hills filled with pine trees, you will finally see the famous church of Edensor getting closer and closer. The bus stop is just a pole in front of a big tree, don't get confused when you see everyone goes to the hill on your left, they are going to the Chatsworth house, I will be talking about that on another post, but for Edensor you just need to go to your right and across the street.

Through the iron gate, and welcome to Edensor! It's a very small village, I'm not even sure to call it village or neighbourhood, filled with pretty little house fit for a fairies, or dwarves. I can almost certain that if I knock one of those doors, I will find Snow White sleeping. It's still quiet early when I reach Edensor, and no sun insight for a whole day (that's a typical English weather).

Me and my friends walk slowly to the small hill, there are around 20 or 30 small houses which looks really cozy to live in on the side of the road. From the end of the road, I can see the church tower looking very iconic between the fog. In front of one of the house, there is this little treat that you can buy. Small snacks such as flapjack and shortbread was sell in a colourful jar and it looks so tempting. I buy the flapjack and it's SUPER delicious, even my friend had to comeback for the third time in a day just to eat those flapjacks. It cost only £1 and all you need is to put the money inside a jar.

I always imagine that kind grandma baked this super delicious flapjack

At the end of Andrea Hirata's novel, when Ikal was mesmerised by the beauty of the small village he found randomly, he asked a passerby grandma, what's this place called and she answer : Sure lof, it's Ensor. Psst, I was trying to find a grandma to reenact this scene, but no luck :(

To check fares and bus schedule to Edensor, you can check the link below:

nationalexpress.com

http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/timetables/sheffield/534.htm