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131- Lakes District - Edinburgh - Yorkshire - UK

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It's always good to see Daniel and Ellen. We'd last seen them in Majorca a few weeks before, and we were grateful to be able to stay with them again inbetween jaunts and pet sits. That weekend, there was a 'Lambing Day' at a local farm and Ellen and Daniel had taken a gig selling Jersey milk ice creams for a local farmer who couldn't make it that day. The queues were like this all day! Sheep dog demonstrations. Some of these border collies fetch more than 50k AUD at auctions. And... what the day was named after. This one looked blissed out!  Welcome to the world, little one. ❤️ Pics around Sevenoaks. Since we had no pet sits booked, we took advantage of the longer days and improving weather and planned a 'loop' to three destinations: the Lakes District, Edinburgh and the Yorkshire Dales.      The whole trip was just over 1500 km, which we covered in about 9 days. The first stop was Windermere in the Lakes District. We did fall in love with this place as the ...