13 Oct 2023

 Left Edinburgh. Got a bit lost on the way to the carpark. Ticket didn't work so the lady manual put in 21 pounds, which was the 24 hr charge, so we got it a bit cheaper which was nice.

We took the scenic route after some highway. Marilla is a crazy driver. I'm sure we got air on at least one of the snaky windy hilly narrow roads with rock walls on either side.

Fuzzy brown sheep with white faces and fuzzy white sheep with brown faces... and tails!

We almost ran out of fuel but made it to a little town called Kreswick and had lunch. This area has very flat green stones in all the walls and houses. Cute little cafe, excellent coffee, full breakfast, and kale and mango smoothie. Smoothies here are pretty much just fruit/veg, no dairy or anything else. I bought some nice soap at a little craft market in a church hall. We drove up the hill to the Castlerigg stone circle which was pretty cool. The stones aren't large, but it's a full circle and the surrounds are beautiful.

Drove to Coniston and Marilla dropped me off. The apartments are lovely and I have a big bedroom/sitting room, separate kitchen and lovely bathroom to myself. James and Nancy were running a bit late cause of Friday traffic so I went to the 'co-op' and bought some stuff to make dinner - sausages and mash, carrots and zucchini (courgette here), and a quiche for us. Then I had to work out how to use the oven and the stove, and what to cook a quiche in, and how to make pastry in the world's smallest bowl (I ended up doing most of it on the bench). I got there in the end and by the time they arrived I had a nice dinner ready and we ate upstairs in their apartment and they shared a nice bottle of wine. After dinner Hamish and Harry acted out - sharades-like, all of the films in the top 100 list from IMDB. It was epic. I showed them Heads up. They loved it.

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