In ogni alba c’è un momento in cui la luce appare come sospesa, un momento magico, irripetibile, durante il quale tutto il Creato trattiene il fiato. Cesare Pavese Lecco

All ready to welcome visitors to Westmorland Show snowfield on Wednesday and Thursday. Have you got your ticket or wristband? Enjoy the day.

It's Wednesday morning so it was a coffee with a Portuguese treat

By 'eck it was cold today at the County Show! 🥶 Thankfully we were kept warm with plenty of Penningtons Tea and Coffee Ltd ™️ ☕️ (cups decorated by Grace!) And I got to watch the juniors handlers 🐏 which was lovely. Back tomorrow so if you are visiting come say 👋

Time to check out Home Bargains again Erik Burgess 🇳🇿🍷🥂 Dave Cronin

Special light and shade of an early autumn morning in Kendal and as Lochs Stiles would say "the cloudage is good" A scent of ripeness from over the wall And come to leave the routine road And look for what had made me stall R Frost

Happy Friday! These two lined up. What will be in your glass this weekend? Neil1888 CAS Stephen jim dunlop wineworldnews Talk-a-Vino Tom Lewis Susana Kawai The Wine Wankers 🍾🤛🎉🥂 Vendemmia Wines Stu Marco Nardi #winelovers #WeekendVibes

Friday evening's dinner wine a pinot noir bought D Byrne and Co in Clitheroe A delicate offering from California that tickled our palate but we still have a preference for offerings of this grape from Germany

THIS IS HISTORIC!! At last a government is recognising what junk food is doing to our health We need to get behind this FAST! RCGP British Dietetic Association Diabetes UK Well done The Labour Party bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 Public Health Collaboration

Baden for us Pinot country in all its forms but this evening with our dinner a Riesling from Martin Wassmer was just sublime beauty in our glass

There are people in Boikanyo, a shack community in South Africa, who have special needs requiring wheelchairs to get around. We are raising funds to help them. Join us in #Kendal 18 Oct for 'Voice and Brass' concert tickets online via TryBooking.com boikanyo.org.za/what-we-do/

Check out our NEW WEBSITE for details of our 'To the Ayrshire Riviera!' Conference on 12 October at the Scottish Maritime Museum: afhs.co.uk/ayrshire-feder… Scottish Maritime Museum

This one reminds of a great Tapas lunch in Malaga with MonthlyBlinders Wine a few years back Pat Macken FORIE

A Sunday beef dinner and a sublime beauty of a Barbera from the Roero. Barbera, low in tannins and with good acidity is just right for beef casserole

Don't you feckin dare... 14 years of Conservative cuts to our NHS...

A walk by the River Kent from Levens Hall to the Canal Head in Kendal Great walk, grand views but a really sad information sign at the beginning which made me fume Why is United Utilities not in court for what they have done to The Kent?

By Hawes Bridge at the River Kent a grand stile with associated portcullis for the stilers' pooches

Sneck lifter Tuesday Lochs Stiles take your pick locked or unlocked🧐

A grand walk to the Helm near Kendal, distant views of the Lakeland fells and the Kent estuary Then lunch at the Punch Bowl at Barrows Green before walking home

Kendal's own natural Ziggurat The Helm