Friday August 8th – The Lake District is the home of Beatrix Potter, and there are a number of sites around the area including her childhood home and a discovery centre to visit. Jenn and I decided to pop into town this morning to visit the discovery centre. It’s a child’s paradise with interactive games and 3-D displays of the animals and characters from all her books. It was fun to reminisce about the stories and which were our favourites. Afterwards we stopped at an outdoor store and Jenn bought a purple raincoat – her souvenir from the UK!

After lunch, we headed off to Kendal Golf Club where we had booked a round of golf. The weather cooperated and the views were stunning. You’re not allowed to drive your power carts on the fairway so there was a fair bit of walking and lots of hills to climb. Jenn played a good game (we played best ball) and we shot 95 on a difficult course – one where we often had to ask “Where’s the next flag?” We had no one in front or behind us, which helped us not to feel too stressed. There was a nice dining room at the club and we decided to stay and have the steak dinner for £10 – seemed like a real steal.