The other day we took a trip to Ullswater, had lunch at Pooley Bridge then after taking a few photographs jumped on the steamer, "The Lady of the Lake", to Howtown where we had tea on the lawn at the Howtown Hotel.  What a way to spend an afternoon.  And what a privilege to live so conveniently near to this amazingly beautiful area.

Postscript Feb 2012: I wrote a longer piece about a later trip up Ullswater on the main Around-England blog.