Mellow ...

So anyway, here we are, in the Lake District, Marie and I. We left Nottingham shortly after noon today and arrived at our hotel, Inn on the Lake (Ullswater), shortly before 4pm. That was pretty good time since we stopped for a sandwich en route.

The hotel is smashing, sort of old fashioned and right on the edge of Lake Ullswater and mossy fells towering all around the place. Even with fairly heavy rain and low cloud and mist it is a tremendous location. I keep waiting for Connor MacLeod to come striding towards the hotel.

We settled into our room and then came down to the bar for a drink before a splendid dinner in the hotel restaurant. We both opted for the same fishy starter followed by Aspargus soup. Marie opted for pork and I had some lamb, nicely washed down with a bottle of French Merlot. Dessert and coffee to follow.

The hotel really is quite quaint - has a 1950s feel about it and the music, or should that be muzak, is very amusing. During dinner we had some guy on pan pipes doing Robbie Williams "Angels" and later Clannads "Harry's Game" and then in the bar "Time to say Goodbye" as done by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Boceli.

And that's all for now folks ... because after some beer and a bottle of wine I am feeling distinctly mellow.