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A Day Out At Larch Cottage Penrith
My thanks to Sal for the above tag.
Well....so much for enjoying the Spring weather. After a lovely week of sunshine and reasonable warmth in the sun, Thursday brought the winds and the rain. The rain had turned to snow on the fell tops as I looked out my bedroom window this morning. It blew a 'hoolie' through the night.
The result of that was a blessing of sunshine this morning. Its so much nicer than rain. We are to expect snow but I am thankful for this little window in the weather.
We went for a drive on Monday to a lovely garden centre called Larch Tree Cottage. A good friend of mine found it for me and took me to visit there one early spring, as she knows how much I love my garden. She treat me to the whole day out, with lunch at the garden centre and then pudding over at Wetheriggs Potteries just down the road from the garden centre. It was just the kind of day I needed as I recovered from my cancer treatment. I was so amazed at the diversity of statues and ideas for the garden that I promised Bryan I would take him up there to see for himself. That was this Monday.
It was a bit further on plant wise this time and there was obviously a lot of work going on in readiness for the Easter Weekend rush of visitors.
We had a lovely lunch there. Tomato soup with wild rice and then a lovely plate of Foccacia bread adorned with smoked salmon and seafood, drizzled with garlic butter. The plate was dressed with a side salad tossed in balsamic vinegar. Just my 'cup of tea'. It reminded me of our visit to Oban in Scotland last year where we ate fresh caught fish just off the boats. There is no comparison between frozen and fresh. I could eat it every day and not get fed up with it. Maybe I should have been a dolphin. hahahaha!
Anyway...I digress. We had a good walk around, even though the wind was bitterly cold. From there we went to Wetheriggs Pottery but got disappointed as it has been sold and is in the process of being taken over. There were no potters or glass blowers plying their craft and only one residentartist working at his easel so I was disappointed not to be able to show Bryan what I saw.
This site holds the first steam driven pottery museum which was closed. What a shame.
There should have been signs to stop folks from travelling all the way just to find nothing much there.
Not deterred however, we drove home over the moors and almost into Kirkby Stephen. I wanted to head for Tebay where there was a chocolate factory...but we missed it and ended up wending our way home through the Tebay Gorge entering Kendal, the Gateway to the Lakes, from that direction.
The photos above will give you some idea of what we saw on our day out. Enjoy!
Inspirational Quotes for today..
Awareness of Peace...
"Each one has to find peace from within. And peace, to
be real, must be unaffected by outside circumstances."
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
"Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your
life flows."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
"No one can find inner peace except by working, not in
a self-centered way, but for the whole human family."
- Mildred Norman Ryder
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981)
HAVE A LOVELY EASTER WEEKEND.
Hugs
Jeanie xx
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The photos were lovely... the old walls added to the charm of the place. I would have loved to stroll through the cottage. You had a wonderful day with your Bryan. I also loved the little bird quote about singing... fits perfectly with my entry about my mother singing, doesn't it? thanks for stopping by again, Jeanie. bea
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Very wise quotes. Here's another: BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR LIFE. Someone named luddie said that lol. Hey I notice the Brits say "walk about" or "walk around" and we Yanks say....what DO we say? lol nothing worth repeating I'd say lol!! Glad you had a nice time. xoxo CATHY
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I am down here to Doc's looking at all 50 photos you have listed here Now I feel I have gotten a 'proper' look at your part of the country. The qualty of Doc's new computer is wonderful, but he calls me down when it wakes up and does things on its own. Gerry
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I think we'll have to stop Jeanie having all these visitors, we miss her too much when she's not online.
Sal
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Lori
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