Join Julie for a potter around Glenridding

Julie Haiselden's avatarJulie Haiselden

Wednesday 15 May

With the fatigue of a week’s fells in my legs, I gave myself some time off! I spent a lovely day in Glenridding, home to the Ullswater ‘Steamers’.

IMG_20190515_101951899 Imagine living in one of the cottages to the left – everyone tells me I’d hate it in winter…

IMG_20190515_133758726A glorious trip aboard a grand old lady of the lake

IMG_20190515_124158409 A delightfully tranquil way to spend a couple of hours

IMG_20190515_110550991 Glenridding back to its beautiful best after the flood damage of 2015

Poignant reminder of the sacrifice made by the local community. War memorial between Patterdale and Glenridding with a personal cross for each of the fallen. RIP

IMG_20190515_161109627 A quiet spot to drink in the panorama and get on with the latest book review

A walk beside Glenridding Beck then back to base via St Patrick’s Church in Patterdale

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Checking in with my followers

noelleg44's avatarSaylingAway

It has been a while since I posted, mainly because I am up to my eyeballs in reworking the first draft of my book, The Last Pilgrim. The rewrite of a historical novel has proved different and rather difficult and quite a learning experience.

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 First, I am looking up the etymology of many of the words I have used. Were they in common use in the 17th century? Scramble is a good example:

From: https://www.etymonline.com/ – an invaluable source

“1580s (intransitive), perhaps a nasalized variant of scrabble (v.), in its sense of “to struggle, to scrape quickly.” Transitive sense “to stir or toss together randomly” is from 1822. Broadcasting sense “to make unintelligible” is attested from 1927. Related: Scrambled; scrambling. Scrambled eggs first recorded 1843.”

So I was okay using this word but not with the meaning I intended for that time.

Second, checking and…

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The Demon in the Wood (The Grisha Trilogy #0.1) by Leigh Bardugo

Ezzydesu's avatarServillas Speaks

“Fear is a powerful ally, but feed it too often, make it too strong, and it will turn on you.”

(Leigh Bardugo; The Demon in the Wood)

★★★★✩

This is such a sweet, short story. It takes place hunderds of years before Shadow and Bone and the Darkling is still a boy and not called the Darkling yet. The Darkling is a kid, I think 11 years old, and he is still learning about his power and what dangers it can attract.  The story shows a bit of the Darkling’s life before he became the Darkling, but isn’t really tied to events in the Grisha Trilogy. It is a so-called ‘can read’, but it is totally worth it to read.

Short stories are hard to rate. My feeling just said four stars, so I went with it. It is a good read and, I believe, longer than the Genya short…

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