The Cumberland Pencil Museum was supposed to be the highlight of the day … at least for Shelly. And then buying food stuffs for our lunch was supposed to be just that, going to a grocery store. But, I got sidetracked in the beer aisle, I mean beer section. And the walk to Castlerigg Stone … Continue reading The Lost Lamb aka Lamb Rescue 911 →

Sunday April 18 Woke up to a rainy last morning in Edinburgh. Startled our B&B hosts with our yogurt and muesli breakfast, but you can only do a full Scottish breakfast every few days. We passed on the double decker bus in the drizzly weather and took a cab to Edinburgh Waverly station. Time for … Continue reading An ash-free post about our drive to Cumbria →

Saturday April 17 Damned if the fricken ash cloud isn't the talk of the B&B. Starting to think we should really start to worry about getting back home on schedule. Weird to have to think about. Honestly, it's the dogs we worry about. The weather changed back to not-summer weather. We spent a low-key day … Continue reading Dolly Parton, Princess Leia, and some bird from the ’70s →

After the adventures of the day before, we slept pretty hard. Woke up to a full breakfast – scone, eggs, this and that – and clear, sunny skies. So sunny that the locals were declaring it summer and donning shorts. We weren't that brave and headed out properly attired. We hit one of the must-see … Continue reading I got a sunburn in Edinburgh →

I'm dusting off my blog to catalog our UK trip to Scotland and England. Wait, I think dusting is not a good word choice here. Read further and I'll explain. We boarded our Virgin Atlantic plane around 4:30 pm on Wednesday. Thankfully, we had a two-seat across row, so it was just us in super … Continue reading Planes, volcanic ash, trains, a taxi, and Edinburgh →