Breakfast at Riverside began with a table of goodies ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040384 and this welcoming sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040385 as I took this fruit ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040386 with my fresh orange juice ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040387 and these jellies ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040388 and coffee (decaf to be sure) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040389 were all represented on the menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040390 as our main courses arrived ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040391 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040392 to be enjoyed with locally made brown sauce. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040393

After breakfast, we began a walk down the road towards town and beyond past houses ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040394 when we ran into a school group out for a biology project ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040395 and passed fields with sheep grazing ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040396 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040397 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040398 and lovely ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040399 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040400 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040401 and moss (gentle reader, this will be all about ferns, moss, flowers, views and the occasional livestock photo; but, all delightful) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040402 ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040403 flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040404 this ram waiting to be shorn ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040405 and then watched the school group cross the stone bridge ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040406 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040407 and accumulate on the other side ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040408 as we marched on to the bridge we were not to cross ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040409 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040410 meeting this cute sheep along the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040411 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040412 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040413 and then we were back to the ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040414 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040415 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040416 and this nicely flowered house ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040417 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040418 with stone wall ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040419 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040420 slightly mossed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040421 and then more ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040422 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040423 before this sign for the dog collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040424 before we got our first view of the lake ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040425 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040426 with Suzanne posing in front 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../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040438 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040439 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040440 and then we continued our walk as we ascended and so the views became better ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040441 and first flowers appeared ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040442 along with ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040443 and trees ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040444 and so it was ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040445 flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040446 and views ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040447 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040448 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040449 as we began to see Grassmere in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040450 and enjoyed views ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040451 and closer houses ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040452 before taking this collection of photos of ferns, moss and flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040453 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040454 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040455 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040456 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040457 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040458 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040459 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040460 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040461 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040462 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040463 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040464 before noticing a deer ahead ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040465 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040466 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040467 and then some remarkable moss ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040468 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040469 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040470 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040471 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040472 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040473 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040474 and flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040475 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040476 before being warned about the loud bangs with this sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040477 as we walked past fields of butter cups ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040478 and were now at the level of the houses in the village ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040479 though we still had further to walk ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040480 and more flowers to photograph ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040481 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040482 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040483 as we passed estates like these ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040484 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040485 and saw many bird feathers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040486 manors ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040487 fields of butter cups ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040488 moss ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040489 and lovely yellow flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040490 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040491 before reaching the tea house which wasn't meant for windy cloudy days with rain threatening ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040492 but we did enjoy this sign and did slow down ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040493 as we came into town and found the church ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040494 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040495 described as follows ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040496 and entered. Although it was impossible to capture the sign boards in a photo ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040497 we could capture the history ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040498 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040499 and the memorial to Wordsworth ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040500 and the Arctic explorer, Richardson. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040501 In the church yard, we found Wordsworth tombstone ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040502 and the family grave site ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040503 including his grave ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040504 in their midst ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040505 in this larger context ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040506 and then followed a path of many names ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040507 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040508 to get to the Wordsworth daffodil corner ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040509 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040510 where Suzanne posed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040511 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040512 and we recorded more poetry ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040513 before going to the gingerbread house which had this sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040514 and the spooned garden ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040515 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040516 as well as a lot of history ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040517 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040518 before it was our turn to fit into the tiny shop and buy what was some remarkable gingerbread. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040519 We walked down the street where Suzanne met this friend ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040520 and we walked over to Dove Cottage where Wordsworth had lived ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040521 and did the tour but the light was limited and so the only photos I took were of this room where he had covered the walls with newspapers to make it less chilly for his children ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040522 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040523 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040524 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040525 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040526 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040527 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040528

Afterwards, we stopped at a tea house where this was not their wifi password ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040529 but we met someone who loaned us his guide book so we could get the story of Allan Bank ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040530 along with directions to reach it. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040531 Allan Bank is a house where Wordsworth lived for a few years (as S. T. Coleridge who was falling into drug induced decline lived with them). More recently, it was rented to various tenants and fell into disrepair before there was a fire there. They are thinking of redoing it and invite visitors to come have tea and explore the house and offer suggestions. The one room that has been done, in Coleridge's honor, is the library ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040532 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040533 with a nice view even on the rainy day it had become ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040534 but these were remnants from the fire in the hallway ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040535 and this was a tour of the other rooms ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040536 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040537 with room for suggestions ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040538 in quite large rooms ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040539 as we admired the floor boards ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040540 and stairs ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040541 and this note Wordsworth wrote to his beloved ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040542 as we entered his study ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040543 and then made our way to the kitchen for tea and watched mine develop ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040544 as per the instructions ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040545 to darker ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040546 and even darker ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040547 before our teas were side by side ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040549 and accompanied by our gingerbread ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040550 which tasted even better than it looked. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040551 We then caught a bus where water was sloshing from the upper deck under our feet and arrived in Ambleside where we visited the Royal Oak pub for starters ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040552 and then had dinner at Zefferellis, the sister restaurant of Fellinis. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040553 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040554 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040555 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040556 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040557