As me and my hubby are not available on the 23rd for our wedding anniversary and we needed to speak to the man we hired my wheels from 2weeks ago, we made a day trip today.
We dropped the boys off at school and headed to Keswick, just over 45minutes away. We went and spoke to the man about the mobility scooter and he will sell it as soon as we have the money for it, so we have put in for a benefits loan so that I can get it. After we spoke to the man I hobbled round the market and the shops, managed to pick up a few books for me and a Christmas present for my sister. We were going to go to the pub for lunch but they didn't serve food until 12noon and it was only just gone 11am, so we went to the fish & chip shop instead as they were open.
After we had eaten we went up to Ashness Bridge, which is where my parents ashes were scattered. It was quite busy up there, but there again it always is, but it was still very quiet. We got talking to an older couple that were up there about the area and how we came to live here etc. We left ashness bridge and headed for home.
However, I decided we were going to go the scenic route - we went through Thornthwaite village, there's not much there except very big houses. We then got back onto the A66 and just before we reached the Buttermere turning I said to hubby to go there. So we took another diversion and headed into Buttermere village, where we bought ice-creams and sat by a stream to eat them, with lovely views of the mountains.
When we left Buttermere we headed towards a place called Mockerkin, which we had been told had a lovely tarn. We found the tarn, but it didn't look as nice as it had been made out to be and the only access to it seemed to be over a locked gate, not much use when your on crutches with a bad knee!
We had a lovely day, saw lots of nice scenery an plenty of sheep in the road!
