The Lakes District of northwestern England has long been a mecca for landscape painters, photographers, and poets. We were only stopping there for one night but we managed to at least get a little taste. It certainly met expectations. We stayed at the south end of Derwentwater, just down the lake from Keswick. We got there right at sunset so I had to grab what was available. 

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Stayed in a charmingly rustic room that had been converted from a barn. 

_8502557 _8502568 We got up early to catch the sunrise over the town of Keswick from a public viewpoint and were rewarded with the sun hitting the hillsides as it rose. 

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Little shepherd girl following her flock.

_8502532 I will confess to being pleased with this image.

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This is all I have to show for 16 hours in the Lakes. I hope we get to come back. 

Now, the question you all really want to know- What is "fly tipping?" It's unloading your junk. Usually bigger stuff, too big to go in a dumpster. You could have given me 100 guesses.

Now on to Scotland!!