Today we drove to just outside Sedbergh, which is actually in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, to see the Farfield Mill, formerly a woolen mill and now an exhibition and demonstration space. We spent lots of time looking at the beautiful pieces on display (a couple of the artists were there working) and bought a few things (only one small jug, really!). One floor was devoted to the history of the mill and another had a working loom where the weaver was preparing to weave a travel rug to sell in the shop.

On the way back to Kendal, we stopped at a tiny church, no longer in use but still consecrated and cared for. Inside were Arts & Crafts stained glass windows, some by Morris & Co. and others, in a competing style, believed to be by Frederick Smith of Campbell, Smith & Co.

Once in Kendal again, after successfully navigating into a parking garage in the centre of town (no minor achievement, even with GPS), we walked the cobbled pedestrian streets and discussed the buildings that might have been there when our rellie George Gradwell was known to be in Kendal (about 1820). We finished up at The 1657 Chocolate Shop (in a 1630-ish) building, for a reviving coffee and snack.