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Apologies for the rain last week; we're back from the Lakes now so expect the indian summer to resume shortly.


Yep it rained a tad. Then it rained lots of tads. Every bleedin' day.









The rivers rose inexorably.
Fords that would normally have been a doddle to drive through became impassable.
























Roads that had been skated by James & myself became rivers.






















Yet did our spirits drop? Yeah, course they did! But we overcame our despair; we waded through our slough of despond in the only sensible way; the only way clinically proven to beat depression, as recommended by 8 out of 10 cats: we ate cake.


We took our medication carefully on the first day, just a muffin & a piece of lemon drizzle cake at Wilfs. This seemed to help so we found a cake dispensary in Keswick and handed our prescription in for tiffin & autumn plum cake at Lakeland Pedlar.


Ok, possibly we overdid it on the Sunday at Zeffirelli's in Ambleside with the triple layer lemon cake. Looking back this seems to have been too high a dose and probably contributed to our prozakpastry addiction.

Unfortunately the rest of the week proved as wet as the weekend which inevitably forced us to indulge even more shamelessly.

Memorable moments:
apple & date muffin
lemon drizzle x 2
tiffin
autumn plum
coffee & walnut
triple layer lemon
victoria sponge
raspberry & almond bundt
raspberry, oat & nut slice
strawberry cream sponge
chocolate & orange x 2
blackberry & apple crumble
date & treacle scone
orange polenta
raspberry bakewell
raspberry & almond tart
blueberry & almond tart

Disclaimer:
list does not include breakfast pastries, croissants etc or ice creams, obviously.

Luckily the caffeine and sugar combo provided the energy required to drive around the northern Lakes in my guise as Tarmac Quality Inspector (SouthportSkateScene dept) in order to catalogue & record suitable routes for adventurous (& probably certifiable) skaters.

Results:

bugger all. The hills are just too steep. You'd have to be mad to even consider this area.



















So, I'm considering going back to this area.
Possibly with a.... (whisper it) heel brake.
Oh, the shame. I feel dirty
now. But they are available to purchase in certain types of discreet establishments which cater for
those sort of tastes: sometimes known as specialist skate shops. So it's a possibility.












Plus I'm still addicted to the darn cakes so I have to go back for medical reasons.