Weekend at Grange

We went to Grange-over-Sands to see the Prom Art last weekend.  Every last Sunday of the month in the summer, people come and set up their tables and gazebos to sell their crafts. There was jewellery, cushions, glass ornaments, clocks, pictures. It was good to see the wares, and to talk to the people.   Ann's craft group are hoping to take part in it next month, so we took note of how people set out their stalls, and how they coped with the strong winds.

After some lunch we walked around the town and the ornamental park and admired the ducks before going to the Hazelmere Cafe for some Assam tea and a very gooey cake going b y the name of "The Beesting"

Ducklings by the lake

I bought a pair of trainers at a shop called Lancasters, and got them muddy straight away by walking out on the grass beyond the promenade.  After checking in at the B&B we drove up to Bowness on the Witherslack road, a very windy and isolated road running through beautiful woodland underneath Whitbarrow scar.  The day had brightened into a bright evening and it was very beautiful driving through the countryside.
Bowness turned out to be wall to wall bars restaurants and bistros - we might as well stayed in Liverpool. We drove on up to The Queen's Head in Troutbeck, and being very full of lunch and afternoon tea, we shared a main meal and cheese and biscuits, which did us very well.
The next day I enjoyed a full Cumbrian breakfast at Corner Beech House, with home made raspberry jam, before setting off for our visit to Holker Hall.  As we left Grange we drove down the Beech Hut gallery, where Ann bought a necklace made with coloured felt balls. We enjoyed a nice lunch at Holker Hall and bought some plants from their shop, and Wensleydale cheese from their food hall.
For all it being a bank holiday, the roads were not too crowded, and we were back home in less than two hours. We drove back through Grange, and the road into Grange from the West really does have some beautiful views across to Arnside, Silverdale, and Morecambe bay.  A great way to spend a bank holiday weekend.