8
First Impressions
The sun peaking over the fells to the east was quite a sight to behold as Quimbeck awakened. With Debbie still sleeping, Bonnie made a cup of tea from the complementary set and sat by the second floor window, watching the dawn sunlight stretching across the town. With the pub set on a slope, she had a view over the village’s rooftops to the fells beyond, and the windy lane down which they had come.
Back up the valley, though, was where the most mystery lay. Hidden among the largest stretch of forest in the Lake District, was the semi-mythical Christmas Land.
Today, she would discover her destiny.
On cold winter evenings you can take a sleigh ride through pristine forests, lights back in the trees winking at you, fairies and pixies come out to play. If you’re lucky
