Monthly Archives: August 2012

Escape to the country

Posted on August 31, 2012 by sarahcondie

While we have been in England I have become hooked on a program called “Escape to the Country“. Each episode focuses on a county in England and helps a couple find a new home. We hear what sort of house … Continue reading →

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Bath

Posted on August 31, 2012 by sarahcondie

Keith and I had never been to Bath, so Ursula took us there this week. We drove along the Bath Road through many picturesque villages and parked in the Park “n Drive and caught a bus into Bath. We explored … Continue reading →

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A birthday walk

Posted on August 31, 2012 by sarahcondie

Somerset is a lovely place to have a birthday. If my family had been here, it would have been perfect. We went to church with my aunt to her village church in Churchill and then had a walk through the … Continue reading →

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Coming down from the mountain top experience

Posted on August 31, 2012 by sarahcondie

After a wonderful week, we plunged down from our mountain top experience with a bit of a bump. The next day we drove down the M5 towards Iron Bridge – in Shropshire, to stay with yet another cousin Charles and … Continue reading →

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A lakeside stroll

Posted on August 31, 2012 by sarahcondie

On our final day, we chose a walk along a track on the other side of the Lake. It was cool and looked like it might rain, but then this was like every other day we had been there, so … Continue reading →

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Mountain goat experiences

Posted on August 31, 2012 by sarahcondie

We did a number of walks during our week in the Lake’s District. The day my cousin Joanna came to visit with her family the sun came out, so after a cup of tea, we set off to climb a … Continue reading →

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Climbing Catbell

Posted on August 27, 2012 by sarahcondie

I am married to a mountain goat – a wonderful mountain goat, but he sees a mountain and wants to climb it – simple as that. He has always been like this and I have followed him up many steep … Continue reading →

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Sunshine

Posted on August 26, 2012 by sarahcondie

The view from my window seat across Ullswater Lake is stunning and is ever changing. When the sun shines everything sparkles. The sun came out for us on our first day in the Lake’s District and Keith had found a … Continue reading →

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“Pulses of rain”

Posted on August 22, 2012 by sarahcondie

We left Derbyshire reluctantly, we could easily fill a month without trying, but the northern Lakes District beckoned. I am delighting in the weather forecasts and have never heard such varied ways of describing wet weather. They told us we … Continue reading →

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“Patchy”

Posted on August 21, 2012 by sarahcondie

While Keith pored over his minute book of the Wirksworth Classis, I pored over maps. So little time, so many walks. I chose a walk in the Dovedale valley which included a steep climb, magnificent views and included the names … Continue reading →

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