Back home again. Last few days in Cumbria

Throughout our family mini-break in Cumbria the wifi at the holiday site was temperamental to say the least. Yesterday afternoon, however, by some miracle it decided to cooperate and allow me to post my blog, albeit with fewer photos than I would have liked. It just seemed to take an age to download photos. So it goes. 

Once we had recovered from the exertions of our morning hill walk, 

the small people, my daughter and I went to examine the state of the beach and how high the tide might be. Very high was the answer. Only the pebble section was accessible but the small people made friends with other small people by a rock pool. After some time Granddaughters Number One and Number Two joined us and spent some time hunting for interesting stone and bits of sea glass. Granddaughter Number One collected quite an impressive display.

We went to St Bees for dinner at a rather fine hostelry and on our return did a bit of packing before heading back to the beach. On the previous two evenings my daughter, the small people and I had gone down to,the beach and dabbled our feet in the Irish Sea. The small people were determined yesterday evening to get into the water properly in their swim suits. 

On the precious two evenings it had still been quite warm and we had had a rather splendid sunset display. 

As the tide went out the sunset was reflected in the “lagoons” it left behind.

Yesterday evening, however, was dull and rather cold. We watched to lifeboat men bringing the lifeboat in to shore. I think they had only been doing a training mission, not a real rescue. They had considerable difficulty loading the boat onto the trailer which was driven into the sea towed by some kind of amphibious tractor.  The sea kept tossing the boat past the trailer. 

They managed it eventually. Most impressive! 

The tide was still on its way out and there were some lagoons which provided the small people with a place to splash about. They are considerably braver than I am about getting into cold water.

Today we set off for home, taking a look at the priory in St Bees before getting properly underway.

Then we had a light lunch in Whitehaven and eventually got properly underway. On this return journey the satnav took us on a picturesque route through a host of lakeland places, giving us ideas for places to return to for further adventures.

 

Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!