Friday 11th October 2013, 11.50am (day 778)
I have worked the last two Sundays and I’m working this coming Sunday too, so today I took the day off and made the most of a decent weather forecast. This is taken in the far south-west corner of the Lake District, looking southeast over the long estuary of the River Duddon, with the town of Barrow on the peninsula in the background. (More pictures from the day will be put on my other blog later.)
Being 42 
I learn something new every day from the blogosphere. I as aware of Black Combe, but White Combe is a new name to me. Apparently one is visible from the other (in good light!)
🙂 Sue
White Combe’s just a little subsidiary hill of Black Combe, on its east side. I imagine that most days you will be able to see one from the other 🙂
Some days I can’t see more than a couple of hundred yards when the clouds are low! Sue
Well, remember, ‘if you can see the hilltops, it’s going to rain. If you can’t see the hilltops, it’s already raining.’
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