I took these pictures before the rain eased.
The view from room 5, I have seen it better.


This is Gary on his quad bike avoiding some intrepid walkers.



The group of 8 arrived mid-afternoon and the rest just after dark, Margaret (bless her) showed the last group in so we headed home.
The 8 party have all stayed before and the 4 party included a couple who used to stay years ago, they were part of a group who went water skiing,that has all stopped due to the 10mph speed limit.

A miserable morning, wind, rain, dark black clouds.
I just swept a load of leaves up off the path during a lull in the rain, but it has started again.
Denis and Margaret have gone shopping,we have a full house tonight,a party of 8 and a party of 4. I think the foursome are going to be late. Matthew set off to work earlier, Coniston to start but he might have to go through to Ambleside shop as cover for someone who is having transport problems.
A lot of gunfire this morning, the pheasant shooters are busy, the other day a visitor told Helen they were shooting peasants.

Off to Kendal today, Helen had a hairdresser appoinment.
The wind was blowing a gale at home so we thought the ferry would be out of action, I gave them a ring and they said is was operating as normal so we went that way. Windermere was like a mill pond no wind at all.The ferry seems to running at an angle and before it straightens up it looks like it is headed down towards Newby Bridge, drive wheels need replacing the ferryman tells me.





These berries on this tree look like christmas decorations, they well could be, all the shops in Kendal are already decked out for the festive season.
Matthew is back home from work and just had a walk up to see Denis & Margaret.

One out of the blue today, dry and sunny.
I went to Ulverston this morning and picked Alan up at home, we were off to a funeral,my best mate from years ago had sadly lost his wife, she was only 48 and they had been married for 31 years I was their best man all them years ago. All funerals are sad but this more so because of her young age.



This Estwhaite Water with the fells in the background



Feeding time at Belle Green Farm



This is Moss Eccles peeping through the trees.
Helen went over the tops and come across a lot of vehicles and people,there was a pheasant shoot just below the tarn, we had seen the pegs last week but we did'nt know what was on, apparently the last time there was a shoot up there was 40 years ago.

A really wet start to the day so a walk was out of the question, not to mention blistered feet from yesterday(new boots).
We had a couple of jobs to do in Hawkshead, ie pay the paper bill, buy stamps, etc etc.The road to Hawkshead had a few deep floods and Roland was out trying to free the drains.
It seems to have gone dark very early so we have settled down for the evening.
We took the long way back as the rain stopped.The road back was clear so Roland had been successful.




These are a couple of shots towards and beyond Ambleside taken from Barngates crossroads.
The rain has started again,