Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Meet My Next Door Neighbour - Cumbria

Cumbria
On Monday I went over the county border to visit a friend in Penrith, Cumbria. I was shocked and amazed when on aprroaching Penrith these snow capped mountains came into view, even more shocked when I had an even better view from her terrace.
Cumbria
I swear it was like being in the alps. What a stunning county Cumbria is and so sad that they have had to tolerate so many floods in recent years.
A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged
On the way home I visited the Rheged Centre where I was thrilled to be able to see A Celebration of Harris Tweed. The colours are to die for.
A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged
Fabulous photographs of Harris showing the coastal wildflower meadows
A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged
Cabinets full of dyed wool
A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged
Harris Tweed Jackets in a vairety of colours
A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged
The instruments used to shear the sheep and
A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged
a taste of where their inspiration comes from. Not hard to see is it?

A Celebration of Harris Tweed Rheged

3 comments:

Kathy Dalwood said...

No that is somewhere I would love to visit - all that gorgeous dyed wool. Interesting to see where they get the inspiration for their designs. Thanks for posting Di.

helen morris said...

I went yesterday whilst I was at the Homes & Gardens Show in Rheged. The Harris Tweed was fabulous, did you see Nigel Caybourn's Mallory jacket in the display? I am coventing it!

Di Overton said...

I missed that 😢 Xx