From 46eb664866317dc09fb7acfa57780fe0ea5c26e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wilson Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:43:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] blog: back from the lakes --- .../blog/2026-03-26-back-from-the-lakes.md | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/blog/2026-03-26-back-from-the-lakes.md diff --git a/src/content/blog/2026-03-26-back-from-the-lakes.md b/src/content/blog/2026-03-26-back-from-the-lakes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fed315f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/blog/2026-03-26-back-from-the-lakes.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: Back from The Lakes +date: 2026-03-26T21:41:20.521Z +slug: 2026-03-26-back-from-the-lakes +author: Thomas Wilson-Cook +tags: + - journal + +--- +I'm back from a few days away in The Lake District, in northern England. + +The weather was gracious for mid March: a full day of sun, and only heavy rain as the car sped homeward out of Cumbria. On the sunny day I walked fourteen kilometres, and it was almost perfect conditions. Warm enough to walk in a single layer (but obviously re-wrap for lunch), and it _demanded_ sunglasses. Personally, I'd have taken it a few degrees hotter but I like being lightly grilled from the sky and the rocks. + +I managed to knock off a few more Wainwrights: Coniston Old Man (pictured below), Dow Crag, Sallows, Sour Howes. At this rate I don't like my odds of finishing all 214 peaks before I hit seventy. I should get a move on. A lovely couple I encountered on the Kentmere horseshoe mentioned it's possible to do all the peaks in 36 walks. She was right! ([link](https://www.walkingenglishman.com/walkingthewainwrights.html)). I can't imagine every one of those walks will be as forgiving or pleasant as one might hope - but I guess you could power through them in a little over a month[^1] and never have to bother yourself with the outdoors again after that. Sweet interior bliss. + +Despite only being away briefly, I took another meal at [Fellinis](https://www.zeffirellis.com/venues/fellinis) in Ambleside. Always a pleasure to stop off there. Discovered a few lovely coffee houses, particularly [Fold Coffee](https://visit-kendal.co.uk/directories/kendal-business-directory/fold-coffee/), operating out of an industrial unit and attached to a gym. It's nice to know I could just as easily walked into a circuits class, or gone one door further over and haggled an absolute steal on carpeting from a nice chap who looked like a Reg, or maybe a Lyonel. Buy your bargain lino from Lyonel. + +Next time, perhaps - this time I just drank the coffee and left. + +![A dithered image of the view from Old Man Coniston looking out towards Dow Crag](https://thomaswilson.xyz/image/58cc3f43-2985-490c-9b67-358d57677949.png) + +[^1]: Though I couldn't for the life of me imagine walking past so many fine pubs and not delaying my itinerary at least a little.