Buttermere, United Kingdom

Another overcast day, but warmer, in the low 20s.  We headed west today, covering new grounds.  Once again along narrow lanes.  Tom and Ruth have become used to the need to sometimes back up into a passing space to enable cars to pass.  ...

Yet another rainy overcast day.  It's easy to see why the country is so green.  Tom is improving but is still not feeling anywhere near 100% so we had a rest day; curled up with books in the lounge room, overlooking the garden, lawn, squirrels, ...

... to avoid the busy and popular tourist places.  She certainly succeeded.  We are staying in a delightful house outside Buttermere overlooking Crummock Water, as the lake is called.  It is so quiet that we are listening for sounds.  ...

Back to normal weather.  Surprisingly neither of us felt the effects of the unaccustomed exercise yesterday. We had a late start as Tom needed to free up some disk space and clean up one of his memory cards for the camera.  While he did this ...