Chapter 6
The Tall Man and the Donkey
Not far from Nicolas’ home in Plumpton Head, the River Eamont pours merrily out of the ribbon lake of Ullswater at the point where the lake is overlooked by the wooded bluff of Dunmallard Hill on which sits an ancient fort. Once free of the lake’s boundaries, the River Eamont makes its way through the gentle county of Cumbria in northwestern England.
In late spring, Peter Bennett would sometimes take Nicolas to a favorite fishing spot outside the small hamlet of Eamont Bridge, situated south of Penrith, along the River Eamont’s peaceful banks. They would spend the day fishing for brown trout and eating a picnic Mrs. Bennett had made of thick roast beef sandwiches and Nicolas’ favorite cheese, Wookey Hole Cave Aged Farmhouse cheddar from Dorset. Nico
