{"id":113792,"date":"2022-02-25T08:22:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T08:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=113792"},"modified":"2022-02-25T10:10:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T10:10:19","slug":"the-wild-and-windy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/julia-roberts\/the-wild-and-windy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The wild and windy week\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was back at QVC yesterday after a few days annual leave which included a week in the Lake District with my son Dan, his girlfriend Katie and Quin, their dog. We drove there straight after I finished Fashion on Friday on the Style Channel two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll come back to that in a moment, but first I just wanted to say that I managed to get the Frank Usher<\/a> dress I was wearing for that show after all the amazing comments I received on social media. It was a bit out of my comfort zone but that\u2019s what our fashion event earlier this week, Reset Your Style<\/a>, was all about. I\u2019m doing a two-hour show tomorrow at 5pm recapping the event which is good for me as I missed it.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

So, back to the Lakes visit. We didn\u2019t arrive at the cottage we were renting in Shap, on the edge of the Lake District until after midnight, but what a welcoming place it was. You can sometimes be disappointed if the place doesn\u2019t live up to the photographs but if anything, it exceeded our expectations. It\u2019s a good job really as the weather couldn\u2019t have been much worse in terms of wind and rain. At least we didn\u2019t get the predicted snow on the morning we set off for the drive home, but we did have constant rain and gusty winds for the first two days of our stay.<\/p>\n

The Monday was Valentine\u2019s Day (I\u2019ll come back to that later) and was a much kinder day weather-wise. We drove to Keswick where we had lunch and then walked by the side of Derwent Water. We visited four different lakes on our visit and although all were beautiful, I have a particular soft spot for this view. The person you can see in the distance is our son and on the end of the lead is Quin, their Dachshund\/Jack Russell cross, who thoroughly enjoyed all the long walks and lying in front of the fire when we got \u2018home\u2019.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Tuesday was also a reasonable day weather-wise when we visited Ambleside and the serene and vast Lake Windermere where this photo and the one at the head of my blog were taken. Wednesday, however, was a total wash-out as storm Dudley hit. We\u2019d gone to Grange-Over-Sands for a walk by the coast but had to cut it short as we were drenched within thirty minutes. At least it meant I could justify spending some time writing my next book while my Centigrade<\/a> coat dried out in front of the range cooker.\"\"<\/p>\n

Thursday was probably our best day \u2013 the calm before storm Eunice \u2013 and we took full advantage by heading to Ullswater. The younger members of our group decided to climb to a high vantage point for a better view of the lake, but my ankle wouldn\u2019t tolerate it, so Chris and I walked by the side of Ullswater on flatter ground. That said, we had walked almost seven kilometres by the time Dan and Katie picked us up in the car. I was extremely grateful that I was wearing my Skechers<\/a> boots \u2013 so comfy!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

We drove back during storm Eunice and the conditions were pretty dreadful. We saw two lorries on their side which had closed the M40 in two places. I was horrified that some people thought it was \u2018clever\u2019 to exceed the reduced speed limit, put in place for the safety of all road users.<\/p>\n

Although we saw lots of snowdrops while we were away, we didn\u2019t see any of William Wordsworth\u2019s famous daffodils, but I picked these from my garden on Sunday once Wilfie had gone home to his \u2018pawrents\u2019. I didn\u2019t want a repeat performance of the tulips episode from my last blog! These were grown from de Jager<\/a> bulbs, a show I\u2019ll be presenting on Sunday as part of our gardening event. And speaking of daffodils, Happy St David\u2019s Day for next Tuesday if you\u2019re of Welsh heritage.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

So, the daffodils survived Dudley and Eunice but sadly, my Crystal Palace gnome didn\u2019t. I got him when Roy Hodgson was our manager and named him Roy in his honour. Maybe him getting broken was a sign because we played Watford, Roy\u2019s new club on Wednesday evening and smashed them 4 \u2013 1 in our first league away win this year.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I mentioned we have a gardening<\/a> event on Sunday but prior to that we have a gorgeous Liz Earle TSV<\/a> launching on air at 9pm tonight. It features my favourite Liz Earle aroma, Bourbon Vanilla and Clove Bud in the body wash, body cream and Cleanse and Polish, plus eyebright and your choice of moisturiser. I\u2019ll be on air with Caroline at 2pm tomorrow but you don\u2019t have to wait until then to order as it\u2019s already on presell.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Before I finish, just a quick mention of Valentine\u2019s Day. I mentioned it so often on air that I had bought Chris some speciality cheese for his present as he LOVES cheese, but I wanted him to have a surprise too, so I ordered him these biscuits from a well-known biscuit company. They turned out to be very apt as we had several \u2018fried egg\u2019 breakfasts while we were away. We normally have poached eggs, but I didn\u2019t take the poacher and I\u2019m never very successful at the \u2018dropping into boiling water\u2019 method. To be honest, I think Chris prefers fried to poached anyway.\"\"<\/p>\n

I also thought I\u2019d share the card I got for Chris\u2026 I\u2019m pretty sure a few of you can relate to it!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

I\u2019ll see you on air later for Fashion on Friday with Danni Minogue<\/a>.
\nMuch love
\nJulia xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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