Monthly Archives: January 2013

No not a wedding anniversary as that is going to be 16 years for us this year and never a cross word This was the day 4 years ago that we became ‘fulltimers’ and (nervously) drove off in our new … Continue reading →

What a beautiful morning we awoke to after a rather chilly night outside. It certainly was not chilly in our yurt as the fire was well alight and got to the hottest it has been since we have had it! … Continue reading →

Because we have both been enjoying life recently and the weather has been bad! we have not been doing as much exercise as we should be doing. We used to do a lot of walking in the Lake District and … Continue reading →

We had a fantastic night tonight!  Every year on the twelfth night there is a ceremony to ‘bless’ the apple trees so that the harvest will be a successful one in the coming year.  We all met in the grounds … Continue reading →

We’d booked a property through Cumbrian Cottages (www.cumbrain-cottages.co.uk) early in December to take advantage of their late offers and were lucky to get a cottage right in the middle of Ambleside. The cottage was called Le Gite and it had … Continue reading →