12/14/2024 Ambleside, England & Cadiz, Spain

Greetings from beautiful but partly cloudy Spain!

We had quite the storm move through Cadiz Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon. It rained over 1 inch with thunder! No problems however,and afterwards, beautiful blue sky!

It’s quite interesting in Cadiz, the weather is vey Mediterranean and usually quite nice, but in the morning it’s in the low 50s. The folks here wear winter gear like they are in Idaho! Wool coats, down 3/4 jackets, wool scarves and knit caps all around! Even gloves!

Team C&K are on the move let’s check in!

Cindy is writing now,

Greetings from the Lake District in England!

We left the Peak District under cloudy skies, but no rain or wind! We enjoyed our stay at the Pack Horse Inn. The owner was lovely and treated us so well. Upon asking if we could have a picture of her and her staff for the blog, she insisted, instead, for us to get behind the bar for a photo! What a hoot!

Our drive to our new home in Ambleside was uneventful. In fact, Katie drove the last 40 miles (her first experience in driving in England). She did great! I have to say it’s just as bizarre being a front seat passenger in an English designed car as it is the driver!

The Lakes District is famous for all their hiking trails. We had done some research and one of the more popular ones, from Ambleside to Grasmere includes a portion called The Coffin Road. This route is notable as it passes two of the poet, William Wordsworth’s homes. Parts of the route are quite rugged and other parts just plain beautiful. It is also famous for Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. She is credited for helping to preserve The Lake District National Park. Our nine mile hike took us just over four hours and we couldn’t wipe the smiles off our faces! Just beautiful!

Love these English mail boxes!

Last night here, then we’re off to Scotland. Remember, our ferries got cancelled so we’re doing some revamping of our trip and will get to explore a little more of Scotland and England than originally planned. The people have been so friendly and we just keep pinching ourselves.

Stay tuned!

Back to Mike,

Wow, I’m not much of a hiker, but that’s beautiful!

Ok, there’s rumors of a Guinness beer shortage in England, Team C&K went on an investigation reconnaissance.