Boating on Windermere

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Waiting for t'boat

On Monday we had planned to go on the boats on Windermere with Pat and Bob.  They couldn't make it but as we had planned to do it, we decided to go ahead anyway.  We are so glad we did, it was an absolutely glorious day - deep blue sky and not even a breeze.  The lake didn't even have a ripple on it.  We sat outside for the journey from Lakeside to Bowness and back and didn't really get cold at all.

We got the late morning sailing to Bowness with a Spanish captain (?) and then searched for somewhere nice for lunch.  Now lunch in Bowness is never going to be cheap, so we decided to go for something nice and suffer the cost.  We ended up in a tapas restaurant, it was run by Spanish (a good sign) and we all chose one dish and got a big portion of patatas bravas to complement it all.  It was all very good and didn't completely break the bank.

Handsome boys

Tom Lennon

We then had a quick look around the shops, I finally spent my Fat Face vouchers from last Christmas in the sale and then headed to a spur of land which juts out into the lake where Tom could throw stones and we could all admire the view.

Then, tea and a bun in a cafe before heading back on the boat.  It was a lovely lovely day.