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May 23, 2011

Well, it's raining like mad here today and my Ferry was cancelled due to a high-wind report on the sea, so I've re-scheduled for tomorrow. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a smoother day for sailing...

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Karen on May 23, 2011 from Rydal, United Kingdom

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Went up to The Caves in the hill on the other side of Rydal Lake yesterday. It was cloudy and windy when we left, but didn't seem like rain. Wrong. First day I've been here where it's rained hard enough to get truly wet while walking. Luckily, I wore my heavy jacket with a hood and so only my...

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Karen on May 22, 2011 from Rydal, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Karen's Travel Blog

Getting ready to pack, and moving my blog here

Hi to my family and friends..... and those I've not yet met! I've heard blogabond is better to blog at, so will be moving everything over to here soon. Please update all your bookmarks. I'm getting ready to leave tomorrow for my big journey - will be sending you all postcards soon!

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Lou801 on May 20, 2011 from Cardiff, United Kingdom

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May 20, 2011 - Rydal Hall

Walked down to Rydal Hall yesterday with Sarah. It turns out that this estate is rather young, being built in 1906. It had lovely gardens, which would have been more lovely if they actually had fowers in them! I suppose the term that better fits at the moment is "grounds." Anyway, they were nice...

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Karen on May 20, 2011 from Rydal, United Kingdom

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May 17, 2011 - Keswick & Kendal

Sarah and I had the day off today, so we walked up to Grasmere and caught the bus north to Keswick to see the Castlerigg stone circle and the town. We had lots of cloud cover today, but very little rain, so it was a good day for sight-seeing. We got to the stone circle around 11am and there were...

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Karen on May 17, 2011 from Keswick, United Kingdom

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May 15, 2011 - Wateredge & Ambleside

I had the day off today, so I walked down past Ambleside to Wateredge at the top of Windermere Lake and then back up into Ambleside where I met Sarah after her shift at 2pm. It rained lightly the entire walk, but it wasn't too much of a nuicance or enough to get me too wet, even without an...

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Karen on May 15, 2011 from Ambleside, United Kingdom

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May 14, 2011 - Nab Cottage

Sarah, from Austrailia, arrived today and, since I had the afternoon off, we walked into Grasmere along the same route I took a couple of days ago. We stopped at the Rowan Tree Cafe on the river across from wordsworth's resting place and had tea and cake. Sarah and I are going to get on just...

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Karen on May 14, 2011 from Rydal, United Kingdom

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May 13, 2011 - Ambleside

Walked into Ambleside today the same route that I ran the other day and took some photos. There was a beautiful rainbow over Ambleside as I was leaving town on my way back to Rydal...photos probably don't do it justice. St. Mary's Church is one of only two churches with spires in the lake...

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Karen on May 13, 2011 from Ambleside, United Kingdom

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May 12, 2011 - Grasmere Village

After work today, I took a walk into Grasmere to see Dove Cottage, where William Wordsworth lived from 1799-1808 and wrote some of his most inspired poetry. And I can see why...this really is beautiful country. So much so, that I got kind of carried away with taking photos today (around...

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Karen on May 12, 2011 from Grasmere, United Kingdom

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May 11, 2011 - Nab Cottage

Another work day similar to yesterday...a little easier now that I know the routine. As I was clearing the dining room this morning, I had a lovely, lengthy convervation with two of the guests, two elderly women up from York and Leeds enjoying a 3-day holiday who are grandmothers-in-law (and...

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Karen on May 11, 2011 from Rydal, United Kingdom

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