it’s friday: the last day of our holidays. after a nice breakfast we check out, browse through the patchwork direct shop that’s adjacent to the rutland arms hotel — lots and lots of patchwork kits, fascinating fabrics, and tools — … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2004
from the lakes to the peaks…or: cavendish’s, take 2
almost our last day of vacation today: after breakfast we go by easy-merc to bakewell and thence to chatsworth. the weather is once again just fine: sunny and lots of blue sky…shortly after kendal we make a pit-stop at a … Continue reading
holker hall…or: cavendish’s, take 1
it’s wednesday, our last full day in the lake district. the weather is still holding out on us: blue skys with the occassional cloud action and quite warm still. after breakfast we take our car and drive via coniston (that … Continue reading
tarn hows…this time for sure, and an RAF trained gull
after another one of our interesting breakfasts — this time the hotel kitchen had a special treat in store: tomato with mouldy spot, yum, yum — we are on our way to hawkshead: we park in the now familiar pay-and-display … Continue reading
another “small” walk…well…not really
after yesterday’s rather long “small” walk we deliberate whether “‘tis nobler in the mind to take” another small walk or whether to just take it easy and go for a relaxed morning to brockhole…hmm…”tough decision!”…not really: we go for a … Continue reading
an almost-but-not-quite church service & a “small” walk
it’s sunday. i was interested in attending an anglican church service …the leaflet at our hotel listing the various churches and their worship service times had informed us that the second service at st mary’s in ambleside would be at … Continue reading
ruskin it
the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one … Continue reading
a castle, a walk, a ferry trip…
despite the weather report being not too favourable today (“some severe showers in the late morning and early afternoon”) our plan for today is the footwalk cruise which leaves ambleside waterhead by wooden launch to wray castle on the western … Continue reading
touring the lakes…or: almost-a-walk
the plan for today: tarn hows walk. after our “fawlty tower” breakfast (today yoghurt is binary: we either order it or not, but the idea that both of us wanted to have a yoghurt each seems to be beyond the … Continue reading
grasmere, jumble room, rydal water
after our lazy day yesterday we decide to do the walk from ambleside along the river rothay rydal to pelter bridge then along the southern side of rydal water connecting up to grasmere water and ending up in grasmere — … Continue reading
we go on a cruise
after breakfast — i am adventurous and partake in the cooked english breakfast part of the menu: cumbrian sausage (quite nice for an english sausage), tomato (ok), mushrooms (nicely done, not greasy at all) — we make our way on … Continue reading
a mug shot, an easy-merc, leven’s hall, & ambleside
manchester picadilly station: picadilly exit: we are a bit lost, where is the easycar location? it’s supposed to be in the NCP car park at chatham street, however, we have no clue really, where that one is. so…after a bit … Continue reading
