Kendal, come rain come shine

What I like best about Kendal (apart from its comics festival, obviously) is its 'yards'. As you walk along the main street, you peer into the gaps between two properties, expecting to see an ordinary backyard or parking space, and instead see another, miniature street sloping away down to the river, or up the side of the hill. Some of them have names, but most of them are too small even for that. This, for example, is Yard 77:

If I had to choose one of my photos of Kendal to show you, I'd pick this one, in all its monochrome glory (it was taken on Sunday morning, just as the rain stopped). Luckily, I don't have to make that choice...

( ...and there are more pictures under the cut. )