I was so taken with my trip to Carlisle earlier in this tour that I simply had to return to Cumbria, so here I am in Workington with Stacey and 10 month-old Luke Makin. This is such a beautiful county, no wonder it provided such inspiration for Wordsworth (the most popular poet amongst penguins incidentally).
I passed by his home, Dove Cottage, on the way here to Workington today but there was no time to stop. Apart from having a busy day ahead telling smokers about NHS stop smoking services, I was keen to get some more of the sea air that you do so well in this region. Having filled my lungs in Blackpool I just can’t get enough, and was told that Workington would provide a similarly breezy pick-me-up.
Speaking so freely of geography has gotten me all misty-eyed, don’t you know?
Part of me misses the old Antarctic wastes, after all what’s not to miss? Ice underfoot, stinging gales, and all the herring one can eat. Utter bliss. Talking of ice, I read today that the Arctic is melting. It’s a dashed worry for us in similarly icy circs on the other side of the world, and it made me all the more homesick.
I’m quite the nostalgic aren’t I? But I’ll drag myself back to the present and my duties here in charming Workington. NHS Cumbria has a most excellent stop smoking service which last year helped 2,771 people to quit smoking. We’re seeing plenty of evidence that they retain those persuasive powers and that they are exercising them furiously.
If you want to quit smoking, but you couldn’t meet us today, call the Penguin Stop Smoking Hotline on 0800 032 7252.
This afternoon, on leaving Workington, I’m off down the coast to Barrow. I believe nearby Walney Island is rather popular with your native seabirds – I wonder what time they close?
Cheerio!
I passed by his home, Dove Cottage, on the way here to Workington today but there was no time to stop. Apart from having a busy day ahead telling smokers about NHS stop smoking services, I was keen to get some more of the sea air that you do so well in this region. Having filled my lungs in Blackpool I just can’t get enough, and was told that Workington would provide a similarly breezy pick-me-up.
Speaking so freely of geography has gotten me all misty-eyed, don’t you know?
Part of me misses the old Antarctic wastes, after all what’s not to miss? Ice underfoot, stinging gales, and all the herring one can eat. Utter bliss. Talking of ice, I read today that the Arctic is melting. It’s a dashed worry for us in similarly icy circs on the other side of the world, and it made me all the more homesick.
I’m quite the nostalgic aren’t I? But I’ll drag myself back to the present and my duties here in charming Workington. NHS Cumbria has a most excellent stop smoking service which last year helped 2,771 people to quit smoking. We’re seeing plenty of evidence that they retain those persuasive powers and that they are exercising them furiously.
If you want to quit smoking, but you couldn’t meet us today, call the Penguin Stop Smoking Hotline on 0800 032 7252.
This afternoon, on leaving Workington, I’m off down the coast to Barrow. I believe nearby Walney Island is rather popular with your native seabirds – I wonder what time they close?
Cheerio!
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