Thirlmere.

As I keep wittering on ad nauseam ... There is only one lake in the Lake District, and this ain't it.

We took ourselves off to Grasmere village for a wander around the garden centre. It may have been the winter or the financial climate but externally they've rather gone down the tubes and concentrated more on indoor stock, so we had a brew and a wander around the village.
One of these days we keep intending to park for more than an hour and have a proper look round the village.
We checked up on Heaton Cooper and see the studio is still there, claiming to be a family business, but both H-Cs we were aware of are gone, youngest getting his time in 1995 and their home page doesn't imply any artist amongst them ''The business continues to be run by current family members.''.

Stopped off for a quick squint at one of Manchester's water supplies.

Anybody into history might like this bit.