Days Twenty-seven; Twenty-eight

Travelled over the Pennines and skirted the Yorkshire Dales, after I missed the Wensleydale road, and down the A1(M) to Sheffield. My nephew and his wife had invited us to stop over night to break the journey back to Essex. We took them up on their kind offer and Sunday I got a rest from driving as Illyr took on a jaunt to the Peak District where I  had time to walk in the strong winds and admire the views from a portion of the Pennine Way. Well, not quite The Pennine Way but from Mam Tor.

29 May Day twenty-Six

A travel day across the Pennines and through the Yorkshire moors to Sheffield. But first I had to take my morning constitutional. This morning I visited Grasmere in the rain.

Days Twenty-Five

 Early moring walk to Rydal. Through the estate to Rydal House owned by the Diocese of Carlisle on the Coffin path;

I the crossed the road and walk up to join another footpath through the gate in the wall opposite The Badger. I took the middle path up to the Rydal Caves which remain from the quarrying of stone for the local buildings. 

I walked down to the path along the shore of Rydal Water and returned to Ambleside refreshed and ready for the pleasant drive to Gatehouse of Fleet to see Kim Ayres exhibition Staring Back.

Day Twenty-Three

After yesterday's rain today started sunny with scattered showers forecast. I took these pictures on my morning constitutional. I didn't meet any deer this morning.

After the morning walk a visit to Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's house at Near Sawrey. The Vegetable garden:

Dinner at the Indian Tandoori restaurant in Ambleside.

Day Twenty-two

Short drive to Bowness-on-Windermere yesterday but I didn't snap any pictures but this panorama.

This morning I was determined to get some shots of Ambleside sans tourists and traffic.

The oldest dwelling in Ambleside

And this is one of the perks of wandering about before the sun is shining over the hills.

After my lone jaunt on foot we went on a drive to the west coast by way of Rydal, Grasmere; by Thirlmere under Helvellyn; Keswick, Cockermouth staying inland to Cleator Moor and then stopping at Whitehaven,

St Bees, where Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk begins; it ends at Robin Hood Bay on the Yorkshire coast.

We took a detour through Seascale and then up to Wasdale Head to gaze at the rain and mist shrouded Kirk Fell, Great Gable, Lingmell and Scafell Pike;

the screes sliding into the far shore of Wast Water;

Ravenglass where I had to forego a ride on La'al Ratty if I was to get to Chapel Stile in time to ring;

and then home through Broughton-in-Furness and Coniston. We'd missed the heavy rain in Ambleside.
Then I went ringing at delightful Chapel Stile. A light easy going ring of six.

Monday 24 May The drive to Barrow-in-Furness passed along a beautiful road this morning. We visited Furness Abbey and took lots of pictures. Nice drive the weather continues to be beautifully sunny. 

After the abbey we drove along beside Morecombe Bay where the low tide revealed the deadly sands. We lunched at The Old Farmhouse.

In the afternoon we toured Holker Hall and enjoyed long walks in the gardens.