Whitehaven 2

The 2 weeks in Whitehaven so far have been a bit of a whirl of spending time with family, visiting friends, dinners out and trying to get out on some of our favourite walks.

Norman, T, L, Esme, Joan, Wils & Nic.

Joan and Norman invited us all for a lovely dinner on Esme's 88th birthday night and the next day Len and I took Wils and Esme out for a Sunday Roast at The White Mare, the pub in Beckermet, where Len and I got married over 7 years ago. It was really nice and we could do a bit of reminiscing although it was raining when we came out and we couldn't pause for a photo of the 2 of us!!

Jean and John cooked a lovely "dinner for 8" last Friday and we had some laughs as we caught up with Janet and John, and Doreen and Alan. It has also been good to see John and Ros, Linda and Brian, Alice, Audrey and Ian, and Sally and Dave

Doreen, Alan, L, Jan, John, John & Jean.

Harold & June in jovial mood!

Last night was another fun and laughter night with Harold and June and dinner with them at the Briery Pub in Stainton.

L & Tom @ Talkin Tarn

Last week we visited Tom, who Len used to work with and who lost his wife to cancer a year or so ago. He lives in the countryside near the village of Brampton (an hour or so away) and we met up for a walk around peaceful Talkin Tarn (a little lake) before going to Tom's house which he did such a lot of work on when he and Judith first moved there. After the 3 of us had dinner in a local pub Len and I started to head back home but ended up staying at a B&B not far away so that we could do another walk in the area in the morning. However we woke to the patter of steady rain, and instead, drove through Carlisle and out to the coast passing through Port Carlisle, Burgh-by-Sands, Bowness-on-Solway, Silloth where we walked along the prom to Skinburness, Allonby, Maryport and then on to Whitehaven.