Day 17 Rain Rain go away!

Wednesday Days Inn Killington Lakes Room 21

Another day of rain, but like the Brits, don’t let the weather impact your life...
So off we set for a day of sightseeing..... most of it was in the car due to the rain situation.... As you drove around soon realise that nothing stops a Brit from enjoying the outdoors.... rain or sunshine they are in their droves out there enjoying the Mountains, Dales, Lakes and anything gives them that outdoor experience... all in their wet weather gear. the mountain outdoor stores are making a killing over here... even saw linesmen working away in the rain... all go here no matter the weather.

The scenery today has been unreal, huge mountain ranges with waterfalls tumbling down the sides from all the rain, patches of snow still here and there!

We stopped at Windermere on the way, to go to Beatrix Potters display, but too many in the line up in the rain and we are squibs so had a cuppa and headed on... like all the towns around this area there is so much to see and take in so many quaint little villages it was overwhelming to be honest if you wanted to spend ages looking you around would not be disappointed in anyway. Each place had something to offer by way of a sight.

We drove over 3 passes today, sorry forgot their names just know the roads felt a bit like a goat track and seemed to be heading to heaven.... Passing other cars on these roads is a bit of a feat in itself but we all managed, lots of prayer I can tell you as we did....

Our stop for lunch was at a quaint hotel by itself on one of the back roads... great spot to stop.... had our first Ploughmans wow was it packed and very yummy, meat, cheese and salad items. All our staples in one plate finally hit jackpot.

Trying to actually see the Lakes was a total disappointment, unlike Aust and many other countries we have been too, Lakes are for the people therefore you can actually look over the Lakes even stand by them. But not so where we have been today, bar one.... all are totally built in, the only access to the Lakes is if you stay in one of the many hotels, campgrounds etc along the lake shores.... you can see, them as you drive by but there is no parking access to stop and really look at them. So most of my pics were are we drove by through the very wet windscreen... another point is the sheer volume of people at each of these areas is unreal.... I suppose when you have a small country and millions of people it’s bound to be so....

We are so blessed to have the wide open spaces we do and the opportunity to really spend time in them.... By the time this big trip is over I am 100% sure John will have already planned his next desert trip just for peace and solitude!

We made it back in one piece, I had the rest of the ploughmans we didn’t finish John had can you believe it a can of Spam..... Spam ohhh my goodness not sure how he could have but he did... No kissing him tonight I hate the smell of spam, even made him wash the can so the smell didn’t permeate the room.... awful wife aren’t I.....

I so wanted to spend time in Keswick it looked so lovely, but by now our day was getting late the rain wouldn’t stop so onwards we went... like Windermere it looked like so many interesting shops, a bit of a Malaney with heaps of Art shops could have wandered for ages... but nope couldn’t stop!

The days are flying by.... I am missing others to chat with, even though Johns good company it’s different conversation you have with friends that you miss when away for a long time... But it is what it is so suck it up again princess I say!Read more