tell me something amazing

i will tell you two things that are amazing. thanks for asking.
on thursday of last week i planned to drive north about 45 minutes to go to lancaster castle. but i kept seeing signs for 'the lakes' and 'the lakes' kept calling to me. i thought heck. i like driving. i want to pay for petrol. i'm going to go to the lakes. so i drove to windermere. the most famous and most southern of the lakes in the lake district. it was amazing. i was close to tears as the sun shone through the clouds onto the gorgeous green fields. how can something be so green in january?
i parked on some obscure street and walked along the lake. i stopped on a bench and let the sun shine in my eyes as i ate a mixed berry fruit corner. (oh my gosh. england's wonderful. have you had this yogurt?? i've been waiting for two years to eat this stuff.) (yogurt is pronounced with a short o, by the way) gorgeous. freezing cold. but totally worth it. then i went to the peter rabbit store and bought a tiny little pin. i was this close (my fingers are about a quarter of an inch apart) to staying at a bed and breakfast overnight. but i decided i wanted to eat linda's dinner.
as i drove back i saw a small road off the main road and decided what the heck? let's drive up it. i turned onto it and on either side of the car there were walls about 4 feet high with sheepfields as far as i could see. i drove about 20 minutes and parked the car, got out, and stood by the wall to watch the pink sunset. total contentment.
amazing thing number two: (and you thought we were done!)
on saturday i rode the train by myself (very adventurous, if i do say so myself) to lancaster. i went to the castle... which is a working castle! this means that they still keep prisoners there and hold court there in court rooms that were built in 1796-- those are the newest portions of the castle. then i went to the priory church. and then i went all over town looking for a chocolate caramel shortbread. i've still not found one to rival the one i had in rye 2 years ago. i'll just have to keep looking wherever i go.
rode the train back and got home in time for dinner. delightful.
love you all.
and miss you tonnes.