Derwent water We’ve just spent a week in the Lake District. This time we abandoned our usual haunt in Rydal and ventured on to pastures new, with the dogs. We stayed in a cottage in St John’s in the Vale, around six miles outside Keswick. It was utterly isolated given there were only a few …
I was surprised to see how low the water levels in the Lakes were, especially as the area had flooded in December. Many bridges had been washed away, forcing us to take the long route around rivers and brooks. Even aged stepping stones had been swept away. We were even able to walk into this …
While at the Lakes, we stayed at our usual cottage, The Stable, which nestles in the heart of Eden. This glorious waterfall is right outside the cottage and the endless rushing, roaring and thundering, is utter music to my ears. While we were there it poured down almost every day, but being the stoical little …
You wouldn’t believe how much fun there is to be had around a table…. When we arrived at the Lakes last week we had a bit of a crisis. Hubs was trotting in and out with all our stuff and I was busy unpacking it when suddenly he said, “Where are the dogs?” I looked …
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Now I’m back from the Lake District, I’ve simply had to book another holiday there, so I’ll be going again next spring. I really must try and wean myself away from the place and maybe go to Scotland or Ireland….but I’m addicted to the natural beauty there. It has it all for me, mountains, rivers, …
Well……my week at the Lake District FLEW by, and now that I’m home, I need another holiday just to get over this one, the type of holiday where you just put your feet up…. I was amazed to see new born lambs everywhere. I mean it is May after all. In fact we actually witnessed …
This terrapin is in the process of shedding it’s shell, if you look at the sections in the middle you can see they are about to fall off. This happens as the terrapin grows bigger. I find it absolutely fascinating. At the rescue there are about a hundred terrapins, and we have to separate the …
Each time we go away on holiday, our wonderful next door neighbour, Barbara, feeds the Curly cat for us. Twice a day she comes out, whatever the weather, and her only reward for this kind deed is to be hissed and spat at. This has been the case for years, but yesterday Curly finally decided …
Having just spent a week in Rydal, the beautiful area between Ambleside and Grasmere, synonymous with the poet William Wordsworth, it’s easy to understand how the sheer unspoilt beauty of the place inspired him. Every which way you look your senses are assaulted by hills, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and forests, and the ever changing weather makes it all the more atmospheric. The …
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Well, the nights are drawing in and it’s getting darker, earlier, by the day. I’ve noticed a real chill in the air lately, and even the sunsets are beginning to look a little frosty. Hubs and I did the hour long hike to the pub the other night to see if the swifts and house martins were …
