Last Morning at Tower House

Daddy and I wanted to do another sunrise time lapse, but unluckily, we misjudged the timing and got up too late to see the sun rise over the peaks of the hills. Daddy, however, had planned ahead and had brought a thing of salt with him so that we could feed the cows. They loved the salt, except only one actually got the chance to eat it because once she'd tried it, she wouldn't let any of the other cows get anywhere near us. It was pretty funny. 

Feeding the cows

Sunrise through a tree

It was so cute, feeding the cow. Her tongue was really rough. 

Look at the length of that tongue!!

Fishing!

On the last afternoon we went fishing (or rather Andrew and David did. Ashlynn and I watched and told them when there were fish swimming close enough to catch with the net.) They rented fishing equipment and we sat in the boiling sun along the side stocked lake. In the end they caught 6 very nice yummy pink trout. 

Waiting patiently....

David and his fish

The Lake

The Dinner...

Photography

I convinced David to come with me to take some pictures of the road leading up to Tower House as the sun was beginning to set. Personally, I think the results came out very nice. 

I love these two. 

Walks in the hills

During our time in the lake district we went on lots of long walks in the surrounding hills. One of the days we walked to the nearest village. The walk back was pretty long, and we had a huge storm on our heels. Luckily we got back to the cottage before it caught up to us. 

Andrew on one of the many gates that we had to cross

Tower House

After a huge shopping trip at Tesco's we drove off to our house that we'd rented in the Lake District which was called Tower House. Here's some pictures of it:

From outside. The little tower off the the left was just used as storage for the bins. 

The dining room

Living room - we spent lots of time in here working on the puzzle and watching the Olympics

Mine and Ashlynn's bedroom

Brazil vs. Honduras

The next day we met up with David and Andrew's family in Newcastle at their home football stadium. We were really excited to get to see the semi-finals for the men's Olympic football, which in our case was Brazil vs. Honduras. We went into the game supporting Brazil, but by the time the game was over, we all would have preferred Honduras. 

Before the game

The game was pretty intense. Honduras scored first, which was surprising as Brazil was meant to be the best team. Brazil were quick to get back in the game, however and by half time, the score was 1-1. After some bad calls by the referee, the game ended with Brazil winning, 3-2. 

Huge crowds leaving the stadium

Ashlynn and I bought t-shirts so we could match David and Andrew.

A Day in London

Other than posing with Wenlock, we:

-booked tickets to see Shrek the Musical

-bought a picnic lunch at Marks & Spencers

-ate our picnic lunch outside of Hyde Park because food wasn't allowed in the park

-went into Hyde Park to watch some Olympics

-watched an all male acapella group perform

-went for dinner

-went to see Shrek the Musical 

At the concert

Outside the Shrek the Musical venue. It was a very cute musical with lots of sets, costumes and funny songs.