Betwixt Lakeland & Edinburgh
Well, sun-tanned isn’t exactly accurate. I actually look like a traffic light! Lakeland has been soaking up the sun this week, and time on a lake is reflective in more ways than one! Fabulous, though, whichever way you look. Green, blue, and – from our perspective – reaching up to life and light …
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This morning’s rain gave way to a beautiful afternoon and a fabulous drive down to Ambleside and up and over the Kirkstone Pass. Returning home with lungs full of good clean fresh air makes for a happy Sunday afternoon occupation!
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Glenridding Pier, Ullswater
Nine miles long and three quarters of a mile wide, with a maximum depth just over 60 metres (197 feet), Ullswater, known locally as ‘The Queen of the Lakes,’ created by a glacier in the Last Ice Age, is the second largest lake in the English Lake District. Sometimes there’s an intense silence to be experienced at the lakeside, and the sense one has of the depth of the lake probably contributes a great deal to awareness of healing tranquility.
My little red adventurer and I checked in with the Lakeland weather forecast earlier today. Present blue sky’s a bit of a short-term blip in a (more usual for January) sea of grey, they say. So we set out to capture a few snapshots – reminders of light and warmth to come, and perhaps of glad company with whom to sing: ‘it’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day …’ ☀️🌿
