Bluebells and Runner Beans and A Happy 6th Mensiversary!

Today it is Six Months since we became Cumbrian Residents. We really can't believe where the time has gone, but in many ways it also feels as though we have been here for ages. It certainly feels like that in the village with the way we have been accepted into the community and social lives of our neighbours.
In previous years we would have been heading up this way in a fortnights time, for our summer stay at Foulsyke http://www.crummockwatercottages.co.uk/. By then the Bluebells in Rannerdale Valley are normally over. But we're not on holiday now, we live here (As I keep reminding myself with a big grin), so we can go and visit Rannerdale whenever we like.

We chose to do a walk we have done before on a number of occasions, but in the opposite direction to normal - which meant we went away from all the 'half a mile from the car' brigade. The majority of the Bluebells were saved until the latter part of the walk.
Husband walks through the Bluebells with Melbreak standing proud the otherside of Crummock water.
Looking back up the path you can see the valley is a carpet of blue.

On both sides of the valley.
Getting home in good time gave us chance to get on with one or two jobs in the garden. The runner beans were beginning to outgrow the coldframe, so they have been planted out tonight. Fingers crossed that we don't get any more frosts.