The night was cold and clear, and it wasn't beyond the bounds of possibility that there might be a nice misty start to the day. I slept quite well, but found myself awake sometime after 6:30, so decided to nip up to the lake to see what's what. I had to scrape some ice of the car, but a two minute drive and I was lakeside.
And splendid it was too. Very still, just the sound of a couple of swans to break the silence. The sun never really broke over the water, and lumps of cloud rose up in the sky obscuring it, at least until I gave up and went back for breakfast.
After breakfast we followed N's directions and went for a walk around the lake, and up a fellside at the left hand side of the picture above. A little winded, we stopped at the top for a grand view across the lake, and a Tunnocks Caramel Wafer to provide a much needed energy boost.
L-R: J, A, Gel, J, J, P, N and with his back to us, A. The white dog is B and the black one I.
We got back to the house just after 3 and, according to my iPhone, 23,299 steps later. A good walk, but my feet were just starting to complain. This was quickly put to the back of my mind with a nice cup of tea and a buttered slice of J's fruit cake (and she's promised us the recipe).
Nom nom and, indeed, nom.
2 comments:
Stunning early morning photo Dave! Well done for making the effort!
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