I love holidays. I never have a bad one because there's always something I can find to do (or perhaps not do). A week in the Lake District in April is asking for the car to be packed with all manner of stuff from sunglasses and sunscreen (ever the optimist) to wet weather, woolly, walking gear and lots to do inside on rainy days. So I packed three large canvases, all my paints, books on art that I haven't yet read, a sketchbook for my rucksack, other books, DVDs and even a 1000 piece jigsaw of a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. We unpacked at our Patterdale destination in a blizzard and woke up the next morning to a bright, blue, cloudless sky. So we set off walking... and then the next day... and the next day... even the day it forecast rain turned bright and sunny! So at the end of the week I took all my paints and the blank canvases and the unread books, unwatched DVDs and half a finished puzzle back home with me! I did manage a couple of sketches while I was resting my weary limbs though. It was beautiful - the daffs were still out and lambs bounced around in the fields. And yes, that is Helvellyn via Striding Edge with snow on top!!!
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