Real photo. From a very nice little walk up to the Lion and the Lamb on Helm Crag starting in the gorgey-wowse village of Grasmere. Seriously it is Cute. But don't even think about going in summer. You won't get parked and you won't get a seat in a pub or a cafe for love nor money.
I prefer the Lakes in winter anyway. Or autumn. It's more appropriate weather for eating Grasmere gingerbread. Which is genuinely unlike any other gingerbread, anywhere. It must be eaten with tea. Nothing will do but good strong builders' tea.
Another lovely walk we did was to Scale Force, the highest waterfall in the Lakes. We had that sort of overcast but dry weather that can be so perfect for walking. Especially in the Lake District where the colours are shown to their very best in such conditions; the lovely coppery colour of bracken, and the almost-warm grey of the slatey rock and all the fabulous greens: bright green sphagnum moss and silvery green lichens. Just beautiful.
And if walking is too quiet for you, there is the constant chatter of le grand fils and the increasingly vocal demands of le petit fils to keep one constantly amused/ on the brink of sanity.
There was some reading. Hopefully reviews will follow shortly.
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Welcome back from the brink of sanity!
Oh, T, I cannot BELIEVE that is a real photo, and that you speak so casually of the coppery colour of bracken and grasmere gingerbread. It seems like you live in a book sometimes!
I'm hungry now! Gingerbread and tea for me, please.
Walking is our favorite family activity. The two year old throws fits (wants to be carried, refuses to hold hands) but we manage. Serene and beautiful. Thanks.
CJ - I can assure you that I do not live in a book - there were many unattractive views on the way to that view. But life is about the moments, don't you think? And they wouldn't be so appreciated if every moment was idyllic.
Jill - I can relate. Littley has just turned 2 and that pretty much sums it up. But it's easier with a second child isn't it? You don't mind singing the entire repertoire of The Wiggles or Old MacDonald a hundred times just to keep them going.
Beautiful T. And welcome back.
Looking forward to the reviews...and the musings.
Been sitting staring at the cursor trying to think of a word to describe my reaction when I saw that photo. Hitched my breathing, it did. Just lovely doesn't seem adequate enough.
Easier? I have a different answer for that question every day! Today it's no. Child #2 is a little spitfire.
What beautiful photo. I wish I was there now! :) Glad you had a good time.
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