Friday/Saturday

My foot was still playing up on Friday so we went for a short walk around Stavely, nice to see the road bridge that was swept away by Storm Desmond in 2015 has now been replaced, it wasn't there last October. The walk was a gentle stroll along the river Kent to the weir shown below.

Tom contemplating 42!

Just under where Tom is standing there is evidence of an old mill race that must have provided power to the Paper Mill now run by Kentmere, not that that name would mean anything to many other than my father and older brother!

View down stream the paper mill on the right

Back in Stavely Village we stopped at Wilf's for lunch

Where we sat out on the deck has been built over the mill race for Stavely Turning Mill, now the cafe.

note the fish ladder on the far side of the weir

We were visited by a nice looking Goosander 

Saturday I felt better so we decided to go to Haverthwaite and have a walk along the River Leven and find lunch out. Parking by the Anglers Arms we set off up what had many years ago been part of the A590 but now ended in a cow field! Part way along the road we found these unusual creatures!

After a number of woodlands and fields and a marsh were all of us bar Sammy got we feet, we ended up at the Leven estuary  

The whole day was a bit grey as the photos show and we had the occasional drizzle but even this and the we feet didn't dampen our spirits. We decided to lunch at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. Sadly I missed the train that came and left whilst we were eating.

Part of the teapot collection in the Tea Rooms

and then there is the evidence that my friend Mr Lamberton might have had a hand in the station yard!!!