Beautiful Day

Monday was a very very beautiful day.  So much so that Matt decided to take the day off - fantastic.

First of all we went to Greenlands as Tom's Enjoy-a-Ball started up again today and I knew that Matt would enjoy watching him do it.  I was right and Tom did really well, only having one little clingy moment.  Unfortunately it was all football based today, so no tennis or rounders, but it was good fun - Matt got so absorbed that he forgot to take photos - rare for him.

Car boat 'Mallard' on Windermere

Me and Tom

We then headed down to Lakeside for a snack and got the boat on Windermere to Bowness.  We had found out at the weekend that local residents get 50% off the regular price out of season, so it cost £10 for all 3 of us for a 2 hour cruise, can't complain at that.

Solem (tired) boy

As I said, it was the most fabulous day - deep blue sky and great sunlight.  The mountains were covered in snow, "looks like sugar" there wasn't a whisper of a breeze it was glorious.  We wrapped up warm and sat outside drinking up the view and looking at the very lovely houses and hotels on the shore.  We docked at Bowness and had a little walk around - somehow we managed to do quite a bit of shopping - a new winter's coat for Matt and a new pair of lined trousers for me.  We then had tea and bun before catching the last boat back to Lakeside, once again opting to sit outside and admire the sunset and view (we were the only ones outside - not sure why)

We got home with a very tired Tom, so he had dinner and went to bed.  A glorious day - as you can see from the photos.

Sunset over Windermere