Thursday August 29th Keswick

Good morning. Nice breakfast at our B & B. Then headed out for a 3 mile hike to the Castlerigg Stone circle. A bit of a hike but beautiful views. Made it there and back while encountering only a few rain drops. On our way down we saw the cute "tea hut".

Sheep on the way up the path.

Back into town to pick up our suitcases and then meandered around town. We had planned to walk and boat around the lake, but due to the unseasonably wet and rainy weather the trails and docks were flooded. So we walked around their Thursday market, had some coffee and cake and grabbed some lunch items in the market. Dennis got some locally produced cheese that he paired with a fresh roll from the local bakery. Denise found a pastelis de nata from Portugal. They were the real deal. Oh yum. As we walked, Dennis kept getting distracted by the slate on the houses and the variety of dogs. Keswick was dog city. Dogs in tow everywhere . Many eateries welcoming dogs inside and one providing a doggie menu. (We chose not to visit the pencil museum.)

Then once again traveling to our next stop, which was Shrewsbury on the border between Wales and England. Caught the bus back to Penrith and then the train to Shrewsbury (72,000). This train had only one transfer which went very smoothly. The second leg was on the Wales train line. Everything was spoken in two languages, Welsh and English. Found some Thai food and are settled into a small city hotel one block from the train station (and by a castle) Up 3 flights in a suite. Quite nice.

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