Have yourself a merry little Christmas.
A very merry Christmas to all those who follow us. I hope
you have enjoyed the blog, following us through our many highs and a few lows.
Our job largely is to help people enjoy there visit to the marvellous countryside
that we care for in the northern Lake District,
and if possible to enhance their experience. So if we fix a gate, or resurface
a path, it gives us satisfaction to know that we are directly making that
experience more enjoyable, even if this can be quite subliminal to the user. Installing
information panels like those at Friars Crag, which, incidentally, are proving
very popular, is an obvious way in which we can go that little bit further to
give people more of an insight into the area. But there are also more subtle
ways. Try checking this out:
So it has been a very good year for us, and we really want
to thank all those people who have helped us in our achievements. All of this
would be so much harder without your help.
Let your heart be light.
Christmas in the Lakes can be an extra special time. For me
it is a time of appreciation, both of this wonderful area in which I live and
work, but also of the people whom I hold dear. The District is quieter, the
walking offers a bit more solitude, and the break from work allows me to draw
breath, relax and re-focus. During the summer Sue, my partner, and I walked the
Lake District section of the Coast to Coast
walk, and it really refreshed my appreciation of this marvellously varied
landscape which we call home, really brought it home to me what it is all about.
The Christmas break often works the same way, and at the end of the day there
is Hot Chocolate with a dash of rum, and mince pies. I like mine with a full
pastry lid, which I remove, add a liberal spoonful of Cumberland Rum Butter to
the pie, then squash down the lid on top. Yummee! So how do you like yours?
From now on our troubles will be out of sight.
Well probably not! During the summer there is always lots of
emergency work where we have to react to an event, either natural or man made.
Sometimes these can be really annoying, but we have to remember that in the
general scheme of things they occupy a tiny proportion of our time, and are
created by a tiny minority of our visitors. As always a big thank you to all
the people who have helped us with these. Also specifically this year our eyes
will be trained on the tree tops, for from springtime onwards we will be
looking out for signs of Ash Dieback. And we will be hoping that we do not find
any, but….And in the meantime
… have yourselves a merry little Christmas now
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