Troutbeck Duck Race

The annual duck race took place on Sunday. It was a sell out success with over 1000 tickets sold!

It was well attanded but one lady will go home with an unusual story. One of the guys organising had a terrier that was running around loose. It came up to this lady who was sprawling on the ground. All of a sudden she shouted "Hey!!!!. I asked her what was the matter in and in a strong Autralian accent she cried "The b***** thing just p****ed all over me".

Now Suki isn't always the best trained dog in the world, but she's generaly a bit more polite on a first meeting that THAT!

Rainbow

An early morning walk on Saturday with the dog. I went up the side of Applethwaite fell and had the most amazing view of the Langdales with a rainbow over them. It looked as though it was from the mist rather than from a rain shower.

The beauty of Limefitt is that you can do the loveliest walks at the busiest times and hardly meet a soul.

Holidays in the UK really ARE better!

Victoria Summerley wrote an article in the Independent on August 15th 2007 praising the virtues of UK holidays over cheap packages

She says:
“What the tour operators, the airlines and the airport authorities don't seem to realise is that the experience of going on holiday abroad has become just like the experience of going to work - beset by transport problems, overcrowding, and that sensation that your head is going to explode by the time you reach your destination. For them, the task of processing thousands of passengers is all in a day's work. But for many of those passengers, the chore of passing through an airport is all in a day's holiday. If you're really unlucky, it can involve up to 24 hours or more - precious free time that is being squandered in an environment that could not be more inimical to civilised life if it tried.”

Couldn't agree more!

To see the full article click here :

http://money.independent.co.uk/property/homes/article2862160.ece

Wet Wet Wet

Well the weather has not been kind, but thankfully everyone who has stayed at the lodge seems to have had a good time - The Visitors' Book is full of happy comments, which is all we can ask for.

Sitting on the balcony during one of the dry spells I saw a green Tit. I got tremendously excited thinking I had found a rare bird but it turns out that it's just a juvenile blue tit. Interestingly it hadn't yet learned to be properly afraid of humans so I as able to go right up to it and almost touch it before it flew away. It looked a lot greener in real life that it does in the photo.