A Sense of Deja Vu?

We like to keep our readers entertained, so today we've got a little competition for you (the prize is a pint of Wherry to anyone who comes to visit us with the right answers).

We'd like you to spot the difference between the following 2 pictures ...


and ...


... although now we look at them they're quite as similar as they are supposed to be!We thought we were staging the same shot, but the memory fades over 9 months.

Hopefully all our readers are regular readers, which means you should have seen the first picture before, and 9 months gives you a bit of a clue.

Yes, Woolly, Yorkie and myself were at this lovely Tarn Hows viewpoint last year, when we passed through on the Cumbria Way. We told you how Woolly thought Tarn Hows grass the finest tasting in the Lake District. We therefore couldn't have a trip to the Southern Lakes without a Tarn Hows visit to allow Woolly to eat his fill of his favourite grass. The fact that Patrick had never been there before provided an excellent excuse for the visit and a repeat photo opportunity, not that we needed an excuse, as it is a very fine walk there and back from Torver.

Lots of love, Woolly, George, Yorkie & Patrick xxx

Day 2 is a Doddle

On leaving the memorial we rejoined the Cumbria Way which took us to Tarn Hows via a very scenic route. The view got even better when we got to Tarn Hows which really is a most delightful spot as you can see.


It was a real treat for us to be there and we could think of few places we'd rather be. We found it hard to believe that what we were looking at was man made. As we had a shorter and easier day's walk than day 1, we had time to linger in the sunshine. Wooly swears that Lake District grass tastes better than grass elsewhere, and, within the Lake District, Tarn Hows grass tastes best of all. We, therefore, left him getting his fill while we went off for something more to our taste - an ice cream from the van in the car park.


Our female minders spurned both grass and ice cream, and got out their exotically flavoured fruit lollies they had purchased in Coniston. Peace reigned as they were too busy licking to talk. We found it very amusing seeing their tongues turn the colour of their lollies, including stripes.

After stuffing himself with grass Wooly said he felt quite bloated. He didn't feel quite agile enough to leap over the next stile or two, so tried out the ground level animal passageway, although it took all 4 of us to lift the closing plank clear. Naturally, we were very careful not to decapitate Wooly!


The rest of the day's walk was very pleasant and we even had time for a pub stop in Elterwater. We arrived at our overnight accommodation feeling that we coul easily have walked a bit further. A bit different to yesterday!

Lots of love, Wooly, Yorkie, Dale, Isaiah & George xxx