Mum & girls
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Lake Windermere
Lake Windermere (with gulls)
The snowy hills in the background are the very same Langdale Pikes that we couldn't see the day before, even though we stopped at the pub right beneath them.
Funny little house over the funny little bridge in Ambleside - with funny little Caiti in foreground
A few pics for the mantlepiece... just need to get a mantlepiece now.
But despite the lovely day, we had to be on our way from the Lakes and get on to our next destination, York. And after about half an hour of driving Lucy did her usual "I'm feeling car sick" routine. We've learnt (the hard way) that you shouldn't ignore her when she says this, so we stopped at the first town we saw, which, luckily for us, was the chocolate-box-pretty Kirkby Lonsdale. No, we'd never heard of it either (Keezee thought Kirkby Lonsdale was a heavy-weight boxer) but we were so glad we happened to stop off, as it was a lovely place. Nice shops, nice town square, nice church, nice river, nice bridge, nice views.... nice all round. The town bakery was a real find - it looked as if it hadn't changed much since 1850 (including the prices) with old beams and an open fire - very nice.
That's the Devil's Bridge thorugh the trees. Apparently a national monument or some such thing. No devil to be seen fortunately.
The High Street has a number of pubs, two of which can be seen here.
View over the River Lune. We're told the famous English artist Turner painted this view back in the 1800's (possibly - no, probably - stopping off at the bakery for a sausage roll shortly afterwards.
The local church... very nicely kept grounds we must say.
