LAKES DISTRICT

FRIDAY 13^TH   Ian went off in one direction this morning looking for some Standing Stones which he didn’t find and I went off the other way for a wander along the beach.  The tide was out and there is plenty of sand between the cliff and the water.  I walked along taking photos, I think for the sake of it, and down to the jetty which only reaches half way in low tide.  We met back at the B & B and decided to go to Ennerdale Water, another lake a few miles away.  We found a car park and took one of the paths down to the edge of the lake and walked along for a while.  It was then time to find a pub for lunch.  The one we chose is where the Coast to Coast walkers stay on the first night after leaving St Bees so Ian feels he has at least touched part of the walk.  After seeing the terrain and being in the misty rain yesterday I think he is glad he is not trying to do the walk which has always been a bit of a dream for him.  

After lunch we seemed to take a lot of little roads back towards Seascale and finally wove our way back via St Bees.  The Sellafield Nuclear Station is between St Bees and Seascale is being decommissioned which they say will take between 50 and 100 years.  It is obviously a big part of the economy for the area and many of the workers stay in the accommodation around here.  The traffic at 3.30 is horrendous.  There must be hundreds of people employed there. 

Ian on the path at Ennerdale Waters.  Everything is very green still..  We have't seen any colour change so far.