I think I may own the last surviving bottle of Blue Stratos.
Jeez...just looked on Amazon & it tells me it's still available! And I thought we'd banned all chemical weapons ;)
Ospreys and water
OK, so I don't have any pictures of the ospreys, but I did see them on Esthwaite Water this afternoon. A lovely surprise.
I do have pictures of Allens Bank tho':
...and from the ferry across Windermere:
...and here's one in the general direction of the ospreys:)
The Lake District
The South Lakes is a lovely part of England - especially when the sun shines. Yesterday was a day like that, and even though these pics have been posted elsewhere I'll put them here too.
Reflection on Grasmere
Beyond the lake beneath the trees...
Wordsworth's last house, Rydal Mount
And, after a long walk, a long rest...
Boxing Day
It's always good to work off a few calories walking around The Cloud. It's almost a year since I was here last - I'm sure the track up to the top has become steeper!
The wind blew, but the rain kept off and Robyn, Mark and I slithered and slipped along the paths we've walked so often over the years.
Here are a few pictures...
Conference to decide on the best way back..
Merry Christmas
A restful and peaceful holiday period to all...
Yet more pictures...
This time from a London trip a couple of weeks ago
Peoplewatching in Cafe Nero
Mumford & Sons watching at the O2
A few more random pictures from last week's trip to Brixen
A few are filtered, a few have been fiddled with in post...& a few are just plain snaps ➡️
That's one of my favourite places close to Raas up on the alp.
Shopping trip:
Lovely Lüsen:
Innsbruck:
Bolzano knows how to throw a real Christmas Market:
Tonight's Menu
Last week, in N. Italy....
I settled for pizza 🍕🙃
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Meanwhile...
...on the train...
Rydal Water
Here's a shot with the sun shining through from behind the crag, taken from the Grasmere/Ambleside road. As always, the camera doesn't quite do it justice - even the brilliant iPhone 6S super dooper camera and sensor...
Another tree...and a boat
A weekend in the Lake District to enjoy the Autumn colours. More of those in the next post - meanwhile here's another tree:
...and that lovely boat...
There's a tree...
There's a tree, not far from where I live, that's impressive. It may be dead, it may have a unique Tudor mansion 100m to one side of it, & occasionally it may be surrounded by cows...but it's still impressive. Is it not?
These boots were made for walking...
...and another advance New Year's Resolution has to be *doing just what they do*. After separately ruining both Achilles' tendons over the years, and now getting a bit wussy about contact sports, walking would be a good option.
So, 5km, three times a week, timetabled, diarised(!) and a welcome break from being hunched over the keyboard all day. Except for when it's cold, of course. Or raining.
Autumn...
...is here again. A lovely sunny day, not cold, with a few clouds in a deep blue sky. If only it could stay like this until the end of April.
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It's late...I really must make an early New Year's Resolution to post here more regularly, even if it's just the occasional photograph. 'nuff said.
