Revisiting memories in the Lakes

I've been very lackadaisical about keeping up this blog, although I always enjoy writing about my experiences, so here's a recent update. At the beginning of the month I joined my lovely sister on our annual holiday and enjoyed the last few days of an Indian Summer (without going to India!) in Cumbria... otherwise known as the Lake District.


It's many years since either of us visited here, but as Lancashire lassies, we have wonderful memories of trips to the Lakes with our parents, so this was a nostalgic revisiting of many familiar places... Keswick, Ambleside and Borrowdale, where we found the Bowder Stone, balanced on edge, where I'm sure we used to be able to shake hands from each side at the base... but not now!

We had some lovely sunny days, but as always, some cloud and rain, which only adds to the particular quality of this mountainous county.

We were based near Keswick, which has its own charm. The Museum is exactly as I remember it, with the amazing musical instrument of Slate keys, which the inventor played before Queen Victoria. When I spent my first honeymoon here, the ancient curator played it for us, which inspired my musical husband.
The week flew by but it was a holiday to treasure, as we realised how much we appreciated our parents' love of the countryside and enthusiasm for walking and exploring by bus and train, as in those days we had no car. Not such a bad upbringing.