Monday 10th March – day 135
The weekend is over Tim is gone to Argentina and it is another rainy day - good for planning routes and booking campsites! Which is what we did, from dawn to dusk (well mid morning to tea time!) we weaved our way around Scotland charting courses and seeking out residencies. The lovely painters kept us company and the kettle never cooled.
Tuesday 11th March - day 136
Busy day, and sad day today, busy because as well as the painters we are being joined by the carpet fitter, who is replacing the bedroom carpet – the final chapters of the loo disaster! And sad because it is the last day that the painters are with us, and after tea time there will be no more local gossip and lively banter!! Cheerio till June chaps!!
Wednesday 12th March – day 137
We wake up to a wet miserable day again, so can spend another day of planning again without fearing of feeling that we are missing out! We sat in our warm kitchen walking the intrepid walkers turning their collars up against the driving rain – is this the same smirk that locals have every time they meet a sodden tourist!!!
Thursday 13th March – day 138
Although it is just as wet today as it has been the rest of the week, we are now stir crazy and need to get out (obviously still tourists after all!!)
It is too wet to able to get out for decent walk but we drove over to Keswick, down beautiful Borrowdale - glorious in its dampness, with raging torrents of water tumbling down the fells on all sides!
Honister too looked wild, and the sheep resolute as we drove through, past Buttermere and Crummock to walk round Loweswater. We had the only dry spell of the day as we plodded round this the smallest of the three lakes in almost complete solitude.
Friday 14th March – day 139
Last day and after a morning of cleaning we set off for an afternoon of nostalgic indulgence! We start with a half at the Brit (must consider the bladder) and walk from Elterwater, up to Loughrigg,
round the Tarn where we stopped in a new favourite stop to eat our sandwiches (whether we were needed them or not!) down through a truly spring Lakeland scene of banks of wild daffodils bobbing their heads in the breeze, 
to Skelwith Bridge (loo stop at Chester’s) and along the river back to Elterwater, bliss, with a final cuppa etc. at Lucy’s before setting off for a weekend of fun and frolics at R’Als
Saturday 15th March – day 140
After a leisurely get up – is there any other now a days, Al and I go to Mitton Hall for a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g lunch, just long enough to put the whole world to right. We take a quick trip to the wrinklies to check they are still standing, and on home for a little rest…. before we all go out for supper to the Lower Buck! Ma had made a couple of cakes so pud was a slice of home cooking.
This is a proving to be a tough year, will we ever be able to set off again…. No……. let’s not think about it yet!
Sunday 16th March – day 141
All too soon it is time to leave Al and Vic’s to head back for Norfolk ready for making the journey to Lincoln. The journey is boring but easy, and only the stop at Sainsbury’s for provisions cause a delay in our return. The evening is mostly spent unpacking and sorting, but we still had time to catch some of the new BBC drama The Passion – FAB, and the final episode of The Last Enemy - equally fab but traumatising and depressing because it feels so close to the truth!!
The weekend is over Tim is gone to Argentina and it is another rainy day - good for planning routes and booking campsites! Which is what we did, from dawn to dusk (well mid morning to tea time!) we weaved our way around Scotland charting courses and seeking out residencies. The lovely painters kept us company and the kettle never cooled.
Tuesday 11th March - day 136
Busy day, and sad day today, busy because as well as the painters we are being joined by the carpet fitter, who is replacing the bedroom carpet – the final chapters of the loo disaster! And sad because it is the last day that the painters are with us, and after tea time there will be no more local gossip and lively banter!! Cheerio till June chaps!!
Wednesday 12th March – day 137
We wake up to a wet miserable day again, so can spend another day of planning again without fearing of feeling that we are missing out! We sat in our warm kitchen walking the intrepid walkers turning their collars up against the driving rain – is this the same smirk that locals have every time they meet a sodden tourist!!!
Thursday 13th March – day 138
Although it is just as wet today as it has been the rest of the week, we are now stir crazy and need to get out (obviously still tourists after all!!)
It is too wet to able to get out for decent walk but we drove over to Keswick, down beautiful Borrowdale - glorious in its dampness, with raging torrents of water tumbling down the fells on all sides!
Honister too looked wild, and the sheep resolute as we drove through, past Buttermere and Crummock to walk round Loweswater. We had the only dry spell of the day as we plodded round this the smallest of the three lakes in almost complete solitude.Friday 14th March – day 139
Last day and after a morning of cleaning we set off for an afternoon of nostalgic indulgence! We start with a half at the Brit (must consider the bladder) and walk from Elterwater, up to Loughrigg,
round the Tarn where we stopped in a new favourite stop to eat our sandwiches (whether we were needed them or not!) down through a truly spring Lakeland scene of banks of wild daffodils bobbing their heads in the breeze, to Skelwith Bridge (loo stop at Chester’s) and along the river back to Elterwater, bliss, with a final cuppa etc. at Lucy’s before setting off for a weekend of fun and frolics at R’AlsSaturday 15th March – day 140
After a leisurely get up – is there any other now a days, Al and I go to Mitton Hall for a v-e-r-y l-o-n-g lunch, just long enough to put the whole world to right. We take a quick trip to the wrinklies to check they are still standing, and on home for a little rest…. before we all go out for supper to the Lower Buck! Ma had made a couple of cakes so pud was a slice of home cooking.
This is a proving to be a tough year, will we ever be able to set off again…. No……. let’s not think about it yet!
Sunday 16th March – day 141
All too soon it is time to leave Al and Vic’s to head back for Norfolk ready for making the journey to Lincoln. The journey is boring but easy, and only the stop at Sainsbury’s for provisions cause a delay in our return. The evening is mostly spent unpacking and sorting, but we still had time to catch some of the new BBC drama The Passion – FAB, and the final episode of The Last Enemy - equally fab but traumatising and depressing because it feels so close to the truth!!
2 comments:
I have just read from day 92 to the most recent. You certainly are getting about - good going guys! I will attempt to follow your progress on a more regular basis.
Good going yourself reading from day 92! Glad you enjoyed the read. The journey is getting even more exciting (if this rain stops!) as we are now in the Peak district where we hope to do a lot of leg stretching!
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