Ambassadors and hosts were invited to a reception in the Derby Council House

where they met the Mayor and posed for a group photograph.

Lunch in a Peak District pub is always an enjoyable experience

although finding a fibreglass elephant in the Chatsworth gardens was rather unexpected!

After an energetic walk through the hills near Hartington everyone was ready for lunch

and those who held back soon found out that most of the food had already been consumed!

Some of the ambassadors also visited Haddon Hall with their hosts

while the flowers in the Lea Gardens were in full bloom at the time of the exchange.