We ended up in Windermere, though the photos are taken in Bowness, on the side of the lake. There was plenty to see. This included raindrops, though there were also Jackdaws, pigeons and boats.
We once went on a boat trip in weather that was only marginally better than this. However, we are older and wiser and less able to put up with freezing rain these days, so we just walked round a bit, took photos and went in gift shops. We went into a shop called Pitlochry in Lakeland. It turned out to be the Edinburgh Wool Mill under a different name. If you want tweed, Scottish knitwear and shortbread biscuits, this is the shop for you.
It also includes all those essential ingredients of shopping in England – a shop assistant on the phone whining about working conditions, another swapping phone numbers with a passing friend and a third taking ages over a simple task. Serving customers? Don’t be silly.
There was quite a lot to see, even in a short walk. I resisted the temptation to post too many leaves. I couldn’t resist the shrink-wrapped boat though, or the sculptures. According to the local paper there are plans for sculpture trail between Bowness and Windermere, but sadly no clue to this load of scrap iron in the park.
They look a bit like leeks, I don’t know. What I do now know, after googling “sculpture bowness” is that Dame Barbara Hepworth had a son-in-law called Alan Bowness and that there is a lot of sculpture, including fibreglass Herdwicks, in the Lake District. I’m not sure if any of the sheep are still about to be seen – I will, however, have a look next time we go.
I tried to be artistic, but people aren’t very adventurous in their choice of umbrella. Some people really have no consideration for photographers. They also kept moving and others got in the way, destroying a well-composed shot of the big green and white umbrella group. One of the culprits with a random head in the frame, was my own dear wife. Pah!
The view from Bowness – mainly rain
Boats on Windermere
You and Julia go to some interesting places! Your weather looks about like ours, although today we are getting some nice sun to liven things up.
We had sun yesterday for a while – it does make a difference.
Lovely, indeed!
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You’ve shown us what it was like. No image more so than that shot of Julia – so much more telling than the sharp focus we all strive for.
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More lovely bird portraits – my favourite is the delicately-stepping gull.
Thank you. Gulls are very cooperative. 🙂
They are. 🙂
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill is of course a Langholm business and thus the best in the world.
I didn’t realise that. We like EWM, but were hoping for something a bit different and surprised to see it was pure EWM inside. Apart from the staff – the staff are usually better.
Thank goodness for that.
Lovely, even in the rain.
Yes, we enjoyed it, despite the damp. 🙂