Found at the guts of Lake District countrywide Park, Lake Windermere is England’s biggest expanse of freshwater. 

it’s also the perfect place to welcome in a new day during the warm summer months. 

It was 4:00am and my ship rocked gently below the parting night sky.  The brightest stars were still faintly visible to the eye. 

The moon’s content face was going to greet the sun and hail another beautiful day, these 2 celestial chums never far from one another in the heavens. 

I fixed my fishing rod to the side of the ship and gazed up at the last coals of stars as they faded from view. 

there had been something liberating about the night sky ; a yearning to explore further afield washed thru me. 

As my mind drifted, the sun began to climb above the horizon.  Soon, a glorious array of color spread across the morning sky. 

As the sun rose higher, its first-light began to glint on the open water, like gems dancing at the new dawn. 

Daybreak was greeted with the beautiful song of the skylark, nature’s most sublime alarm call. 

I peered through the morning mist and scanned the fringe of the lake.  I was still alone, without any other person to witness morning’s glory. 

I sensed a superb sense of solitude.  Secluded on my boat, I was the only person alive sufficiently lucky to observe this new light. 

A gentle breeze puffed its way across the lake, drawing ripples in the water. 

As morning advanced, the mist cleared to bare the  Naked mountains that form the background to this delightful picture. 

The occasional being may be seen around the edge of the lake including a person and his dog, drawn from their slumber to enjoy the new day. 

I had lost my personal audience with Lake Windermere, but there was always tomorrow.

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