Change of scenery

I arrived early evening yesterday to join my wider family at a lodge just north of Ullswater.

My sister had found it and wanted to book a brief get away for a change of scenery for a couple of nights. As it turned out, she had room to spare, so invited my parents and I along too, which we all gratefully accepted.

It was a bit of a broken night’s sleep for one reason or another, so it was a slow start and we all took a little while to come to. They all headed off out mid-morning, which gave me a few hours to myself, so I took a little drive out, read some more of Nick De Semlyen’s Last Action Heroes and did a little more work on a project that is going to take a while to get off the ground…

I also squeezed in a burger lunch at the onsite pub, which looks out over this curious body of water. Following this, I had a nap just before the afternoon of excellent rugby kicked off.

The family all returned mid-afternoon, so after some tea and cake there was some meandering down to the playground and adjoining bar for a chat and chill out. 

The rest of the day was spent just hanging out together, playing, reading and chatting.

Feeling very chilled out and relaxed.