Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain… Forecast for all day…

We went up to Keswick Town Museum, which has all the usual dusty things in glass cases.

But one very unusual thing was a lithophone, made of tuned pieces of slate – and we were not just permitted but encouraged to play it! Although I should think the staff get quite bored quite fast.

We had lunch in a local cafe, and then it had to be the Pencil Museum.

By this time the weather had eased up a bit, so we walked along the river Greta and then along the old railway line towards Threlkeld.

We had a cup of tea in a cafe along the route, and then headed back to town for an ice cream as well (we are on holiday!). We went back to the B&B for an hour’s feet-up, then to the pub for supper.