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shewhomust) wrote2024-04-11 05:51 pm
shewhomust) wrote2024-04-11 05:51 pm
We made it!
After days of we will never be ready in time!, we got away and we are now in Ravenglass on the Cumbrian coast, where the Esk flows into the sea. I can see the estuary from my window.
On Tuesday we Zoomed a LTYLR gig with Will Finn and Rosie Calvert. If I had known that they had been touring In Person, and had had an actual gig in Newcastle the previous night, I would probably have made a big effort to get there. They are one of the more successful acts at conveying their live performance through the internet, but a live gig would have been lovely. Oh, well. Anyway, I liked their version of the Swimming Song, so here it is:
Yesterday was all about finishing off one last work task, and a bonus visit to the doctor to have a second try at giving a blood sample (successful, hooray!), and ironing and washing up and packing... I wasn't sure until the last minute that we would have time to go to the pub quiz, but we managed it: we didn't get there early to reserve a table, but outside term time this isn't so necessary. I'm glad we went, because the team was very much on form: after two successive weeks in which we failed to win the tie-breaker for third place, we came first with a good score, and were very pleased with ourselves.
This morning we were away by midday. I had hoped for earlier - I always do - but it was fine. We lunched at the tea rooms (and ice cream parlour) in the shadow of Brough castle: unicorn ice cream is strawberries and cream, apparently, while dinosaur is blue (but it's vanilla). Elderberry-and-ginger was pleasant, but didn't taste strongly of either of those things.
durham_rambler had programmed the satnav to bring us through the Lake District, which sounded pleasant. He may need to have a word with the satnav. We skirted Windermere, with pretty views of the lake, glimpses of gardens (all daffodils and magnolia) and intensive tourist development, but then things got wilder, and we found ourselves driving narrow winding roads, admiring the fluffy sheep in tasteful shades of designer grey. The road got narrower and steeper, and it became evident that we were heading through Wrynose and Hardknott passes, and we were in for some serious stunt driving. We should have known this. Great fun, if that's what you're looking for, but wasn't durham_rambler supposed to be taking things easy?
We stopped at the parking space for Hardknott Roman Fort, and completely failed to spot any sign of the fort itself. It was damp and blowy, and we didn't know where to look, and then it started to rain. We got back in the car, and drove down the Esk valley to Ravenglass. Tomorrow we will retrace the last part of the journey in a steam train.
On Tuesday we Zoomed a LTYLR gig with Will Finn and Rosie Calvert. If I had known that they had been touring In Person, and had had an actual gig in Newcastle the previous night, I would probably have made a big effort to get there. They are one of the more successful acts at conveying their live performance through the internet, but a live gig would have been lovely. Oh, well. Anyway, I liked their version of the Swimming Song, so here it is:
Yesterday was all about finishing off one last work task, and a bonus visit to the doctor to have a second try at giving a blood sample (successful, hooray!), and ironing and washing up and packing... I wasn't sure until the last minute that we would have time to go to the pub quiz, but we managed it: we didn't get there early to reserve a table, but outside term time this isn't so necessary. I'm glad we went, because the team was very much on form: after two successive weeks in which we failed to win the tie-breaker for third place, we came first with a good score, and were very pleased with ourselves.
This morning we were away by midday. I had hoped for earlier - I always do - but it was fine. We lunched at the tea rooms (and ice cream parlour) in the shadow of Brough castle: unicorn ice cream is strawberries and cream, apparently, while dinosaur is blue (but it's vanilla). Elderberry-and-ginger was pleasant, but didn't taste strongly of either of those things.
durham_rambler had programmed the satnav to bring us through the Lake District, which sounded pleasant. He may need to have a word with the satnav. We skirted Windermere, with pretty views of the lake, glimpses of gardens (all daffodils and magnolia) and intensive tourist development, but then things got wilder, and we found ourselves driving narrow winding roads, admiring the fluffy sheep in tasteful shades of designer grey. The road got narrower and steeper, and it became evident that we were heading through Wrynose and Hardknott passes, and we were in for some serious stunt driving. We should have known this. Great fun, if that's what you're looking for, but wasn't durham_rambler supposed to be taking things easy? We stopped at the parking space for Hardknott Roman Fort, and completely failed to spot any sign of the fort itself. It was damp and blowy, and we didn't know where to look, and then it started to rain. We got back in the car, and drove down the Esk valley to Ravenglass. Tomorrow we will retrace the last part of the journey in a steam train.
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Oh! You can tell me, how is it pronounced? I found three different choices on the internet. None of them are the pronunciation I had in my head!
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