St Thomas' Milnthorpe
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the crossroads from Beetham Road
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wipe your feet on the slate
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wet at times amongst the plants of Beetham Nurseries
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gorgeous Peony
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A strange watery sunset yesterday evening, a last walk in the fields below Monk Coniston
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by the Coniston Railway Station, onto The Banks
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a fine view up Yewdale
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sports in the John Ruskin School playing fields
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sunshine after a dull morning
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Bank Terrace.
Up the lane leading to Robin Lane, Troutbeck
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hazy past the islands on Windermere. Yesterday's heavy downpours haven't cleared the air
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now down Robin Lane
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into the village
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Town End
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The Institute
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Jesus Church, the vicarage, and Limefitt amongst the trees
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the National Trust's Town End building is closed and has work going on
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Wordsworth's House in Cockermouth is open again for business
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Main Street Cockermouth
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the sixth earl of Mayo, a statue erected after he was sadly assassinated in 1872
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the amazing metal gates of The Lakes Distillery
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alpacas at the distillery
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cooling down with front feet in the drinking water
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3 pm. Bassenthwaite and a heavy rain-storm behind Dodd
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a heart over Silver How in Grasmere.
In the fields below Monk Coniston
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a warm quiet start to the day
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the flowers on the Chestnut have given way to little prickly conkers
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new raised beds at Waterhead, posh
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a new wooden seat, looks like it should be producing music
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the poor Wateredge Inn, still closed from the floods
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amazing Lupins at Hayes Garden World
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I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!
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no wind, just those sweet smells
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across Wray Bay to Coniston and Wetherlam
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on the way home, locals sheltering under a Hawthorn
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some cumulus bubbling up, but no sign of any
thunderstorms (yet). 12 pm.
