Murdering Coffees and Feeling Strangled by Teapots - Getting To The Lakes and Out ASAP
August 1st 2010 As Mum had finished her contract work in Scotland, we met her back at Aunt Sybil's to get ready for our Tour of Scotland. In the course of our planning I had suggested that as The Lakes region was on the way, why not drop in for a night or two? No one seemed complain so we made way for Cumbria and The Lakes district. The trip was broken up by a visit to Judith and her husband Ken who live in Lanca
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