This is a _colour_ photograph of Lake Windermere last Thursday afternoon! Fortunately there were other things to do and among them was a visit to “Blackwell”:http://www.blackwell.org.uk/index.shtml , the masterpiece of Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott. It is a wonderful example of the Arts and Crafts Style, brilliantly conceived and stunningly decorated. It also incorporates work by other leading designers of the period, most notably William de Morgan. It is, I think, worth a very long drive to visit. We also caught the “Sickert and Freud exhibitions”:http://www.abbothall.org.uk/exhibitions/exhibitions.shtml at Abbot House in Kendal before a much sunnier trip up to Scotland. Normal blogging will resume shortly.