Secret places.

Discussions and planning are now well underway for the Tour of Britain cycle race.  In Borrowdale we are going to need as much safe parking as we can find.  The police and other agencies have much experience to draw on but we also have to make sure that our Trust tenants can carry on with essential activities.  So I’ll be having plenty of discussions with them as plans develop.

I’ve mentioned a few times how easy it is to find a quiet space in the Lakes so I thought I’d post a few pictures to show one of them.  You will have to find it for yourself though!  These are from a recent evening walk and were taken no more than 400 metres from one of the most visited places in the area.

Whilst we were there, Jan noticed some litter (plastic bottles that won’t biodegrade) that had washed into a crevice so I managed to scramble round and retrieve them.  I even kept my feet dry!  

The dogs occupied themselves with swimming.

We know that many who walk these places also pick up litter as they go along – that includes regular, local walkers and visiting holiday-makers.  It’s great to meet people like the couple in the picture below that we met one day as they were walking along the lake shore.  They had found a sizeable plastic container, salvaged it and then filled it with other litter they came across!

  

This kind of care taken by so many contributes enormously to keeping this place so beautiful.  They just do it for no recognition and I never meet many of them so I’ll say a big ‘Thank you’ here and hope that some of you read it.

Hi there, it’s Daisy.

I think my Dad must have had otter in him because I love the water.