seshat's blog post - Lake District: day 1

Day 1, September 6th:

After getting up at 7AM, bf picked me up at 8AM and we set off for Dunkerque. I had been finishing some "home work" (our annual report) the night before, so I wasn't terribly awake. I regularly felt my eye lids getting heavy, but my navigational skills were required for the last part of the drive, as the ferry port was on a "non digitalized" road according to the GPS. We arrived at the ferry port less than 15 minutes before the latest check-in time, a bit too close for comfort.

The ferry trip itself was uneventful, we just played some Monopoly (travel version which we bought on the ferry). As we approached Dover, we went outside to watch the Albion coast come nearer. I tried to capture the different shades of white in the intermittent sunshine, but I found my pictures to be quite dull, especially in composition.

Then we drove from Dover to our rented cottage near Penrith. An uneventful drive, if not for the little detail of having to drive on the wrong side of the road. Roundabouts were especially scary... Combined with some very narrow winding roads that made me wish no one would be coming from the other direction... But we made it to the cabin safe and sound.

The main building was beautiful, very picturesque. Our own wood cabin was less pretty, but contained all the necessary commodities.


One of the less boring shots of the cliffs of Dover:



The main building, next to our cabin: