Stacking the Shelves #112

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Since I got back from my holiday I have been pretty tired and fed up to be back to the daily grind! However as those who visited my Black Friday post noticed, I cheered myself up a bit with some great Amazon bargains! I have since then had a few bargains on Cyber Monday sales week which I might do another post about! I LOVE these sales! The downloads are from before my holiday along with other books from previous sales.  My Black Friday/Cyber Monday haul will need to wait for another time!

DOWNLOADS:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17457124-red-hill 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24062686-a-love-most-dangerous 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22328559-the-diabolical-miss-hyde 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23346377-in-a-dark-dark-wood

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18161987-the-last-day-in-the-life-of-jillian 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13034113-valkyrie-rising 

I've already read a couple of books in the Horror Within anthology but figured I'd take a look at the others that I haven't read!

BOUGHT PAPERBACKS:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4195422-just-julie 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1329268.All_My_Burning_Bridges
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2347625.Love_Curiosity_Freckles_And_Doubt

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1309880.Secrets_Of_The_Street
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7780687-it-s-not-a-rehearsal
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9933275-street-life

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10029038-50-years-on-the-street
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21238616-johnny-briggs
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9686509-jack-duckworth-and-me

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20863297-unbroken

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Chuckles on Tour: Lake District Day Two

So, most of you who follow my blog know about my winter trip to The Lake District in England, UK last week and I'm finally ready to show you the places we visited. I took so many photos that I've had to split it into six parts to cover each day, so please bear with me! It was freezing cold the first few days especially down by the lakes themselves with the chill wind but the trip was mostly dry so I'm very happy!

DAY TWO: WINDERMERE/CONISTON 

We started by taking a drive along Windermere which we briefly visited many years ago on the way home from a holiday in Blackpool. It was so busy at Bowness that we could not find anywhere to park-dread to think what it would be like there in summer! I did manage to get a couple of photod looking across the Lake which is the biggest in England.

We headed south down past Newby Bridge where we managed to get well lost before finally finding the road to our third lake-Coniston Water, third largest in the district. Coniston is where Sir Malcolm Campbell set the water speed record of 141.74mph on August 19th 1939. His son Donald was killed here on January 4th 1967 while trying to reach speeds of over 300mph in Bluebird K7. It was 2001 before Donald's body and the boat were recovered from the water. I've always been fascinated by the speed records so it was great to actually be at the lake where it all happened. It was VERY cold when the wind started up at the south end of the lake but I got good photos despite my shaking hands! You can see how cold Quincy and Otis look and how windy it was by the angle of their quiffs!

We drove north up the side of the lake and then stopped at the north of the lake where the boats were launched for the speed records. It was more sheltered here and as well as the lake, I got some photos of the Old Man of Coniston and the Furness Fells which are a stunning landscape overlooking the water.

We spent a lot of time here, enjoying the scenery. It is my favourite of the lakes so far. It was so beautiful and historic. Then we started on the drive home, getting lost again because my dad refuses to believe my directions despite me holding the map! It was another beautiful sunset that night back at the lodge.

 

Chuckles on Tour: Lake District Day One

So, most of you who follow my blog know about my winter trip to The Lake District in England, UK last week and I'm finally ready to show you the places we visited. I took so many photos that I've had to split it into six parts to cover each day, so please bear with me! It was freezing cold the first few days especially down by the lakes themselves with the chill wind but the trip was mostly dry so I'm very happy!

DAY ONE: SATURDAY 21ST ULLSWATER/KIRKSTONE PASS

There was snow on the hills when we set out this morning and it was bone chilling cold! However the sun was out and it was very clear and crisp so spirits were high as we took the M6 north to Penrith. The mountains around us were covered in snow and with nowhere safe to stop, I resorted to taking photos from the car as we sped along!

We turned off near Penrith to start at the north of our first lake Ullswater, the second largest lake in the region. It is the setting for William Wordsworth's Daffodils poem and the place where Donald Campbell set the water speed record on July 23rd 1955 in Bluebird K7 at 202.32mph. We started at Pooley Bridge and followed the lake south. This is Pooley Bridge.

We went south, looking for lay-bys to stop at but not many options were available. I did get my boys Otis and Quincy in a nice viewpoint though! Say hello boys!

 These are from various lay-bys we stopped at along Ullswater. It is a beautiful lake to visit.

We reached the far south of the lake and started following the road up into the mountains. It was gorgeous scenery but man it started getting so cold!

Then we arrived up at Kirkstone Pass and the view was stunning! I was so cold that my hands and feet were numb but it was worth it to see this amazing place!

I THINK the water that you can see above is Rydal Water and Grassmere (*hums 'Panic' by The Smiths*) if my map reading is right but I'm not 100% sure of that! Then we headed down the pass (below)

We drove along Windermere next but couldn't find a place to stop as it was Saturday afternoon. We headed back to our lakeside lodge (via Tesco for food supplies), tired, cold but happy! And finally here is the view from the patio outside our lodge, looking onto the lake.