My wife and I were visiting the Lakes over a weekend in late February/early March. Our hotel was close to lake Windermere so early one morning, as we took a walk by its shore, we were astonished to see it so mirror calm and shrouded in mist that caused the sky and water to “merge” creating a complete mirror effect, with the berthed yachts resting ghost like on the horizon.

In a matter of moments this once in a life time phenomenon was gone, in reality but not through the medium of pastel!