Hi all, back in the land of reality again. But would definitley move over there tomorrow given the chance, or more like the money... relatively small 2 bed cottage £350K plus!! and that does not necesarily include car parking. Just a little out of my price range at present

Sincere apologies for the lack of reports but the internet was just not on my side again unfortunatley. Very odd things going on though, could not connect with the laptop or the phone in the cottage or a couple of the 'wifi' outlets in the town. Yet the phone would connect no problem in the Golden Rule and down at the piers. Standing on the shores of Rydal Water in the drizzly rain on Thursday afternoon the phone conected to the internet perfectly. So I really have no idea what the problem was. But the new owner is up from next Saturday so have given her all the info I can so maybe they can suss out what the problem is.

Very mixed weather, first few days dry so a few good strenuous walks completed then Wednesday onwards was a case of fit in whatever walk could be done when the rains stopped. But that is what I love about the area, it is so unpredictable. Would never think here of going out at 2pm in the rain for a walk but it just seems the thing to do over there. Got a few hundred pics to sort through although not too excited about what may come of them. The light was so incredibly flat exposure was a nightmare.... Good skies and vastly underexposed foregrounds or good foregrounds and totally blown out skies. Got the feeling even Photoshop may struggle with some of them.

However did meet up with a couple I met back in December who just happened to be up for the week so that helped the week along a treat. Don't think any of us could believe it at first. I went in to the Rule on Saturday teatime as usual and was chatting to a few guys I've got to know and then had a look round, as you do, and lo and behold there was Steve and Karen sat at a table looking back at me with similar disbelief across their faces, so a long chat continued and as they had only arrived that same day and had taken a cottage for the week the agenda for the week was set pretty much in stone. Have given them the POE details so with any luck they might have a look in and join us.

Must start to check out what has been going on although I fear a  weeks worth of missed photos may be a bit too much to trawl through so may just look through the comments thread and see what is to be seen