Edinburgh Castle looks over the city from pretty much everywhere. It sits at the top of the Royal Mile, the street that extends all the way to Holyrood Palace, where the Queen and family stay when they are in Edinburgh. It’s an amazing street to wander along; it’s lined with shops, ancient churches, narrow alleyways …
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Arts in the Lake District
The Lake District has attracted walkers, writers, poets and artists for a very long time. I’ve been staying in Rydal, a village home to Rydal Water (smallest lake in the Lake District), and situated between the villages of Ambleside and Grasmere. Rydal was also home to William Wordsworth, the poet, and his home Rydal Mount …
More of daily life at the cottage
I’ve been here at Nab for nearly 3 weeks, and have settled into the routine pretty well. Some days I work breakfast thru lunch into the afternoon, other days the afternoon and dinner time. Above is the room I share with my lovely Czech co-worker; tight quarters but with our own bathroom and we manage …
Exploring with a Friend
I was lucky to spend my 2 1/2 days off last week with my friend Diane, a fellow lover of the Lake District. She was over to see an old friend of hers, and to catch up with me. We did a lot of walking, saw SO many dogs, and ate some great food. The …
Daily life at the cottage
Here is the massive Aga stove in the kitchen, with the menu for the day’s lunch and dinner on the board beside it. These stoves stay warm all the time, so the kitchen can be pretty hot when we are working in there doing the dishes and prep for meals. The lowest right hand oven …
Settling into Nab Cottage
Yesterday I wandered around Keswick for a few hours before I got the bus down to my home base for the next 4 weeks,Nab Cottage, in Rydal. I wasn’t sure which bus stop to get off , so I used my Google maps to keep an eye out for the stop closest to Nab Cottage. …
Return to England, and the fells of the Lake District
This is my new travel blog. I’ll be posting from England (and other places) this summer as I do a Workaway in the Lake District in England. I arrived last night in Keswick (silent w) in the northern part of the Lake District for a day or so of exploring before I head to Rydal …
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