Afternoon coffee with friends. I think we chose the wrong venue. The cafe at the garden centre seemed understaffed. Two of us were lucky and got a table quickly but soon there was a queue the length of the stairs while tables remained uncleared. It was another 15 minutes before we were given a menu and a further 10 until someone came to take our order. When the coffees arrived they weren’t as hot as they should have been.

There was one upside because all the delays gave us plenty of time to chat without feeling guilty about finishing our drinks and overstaying.

I had to find a blip on the walk there (I got a lift back). This is the entrance to the Ambleside Inn. The decorations on the other side were shiny and had my reflection in.