Appleby or Busk!

So...today we had one last cheese adventure before we head back to 'Blue Skies' next week.We headed to Appleby along the picturesque, but winding, country lanes of the upper Eden Valley. We noticed that there had been snow in the night upon the tops of the Pennines and so decided to make a detour to stand in it at least once on this trip.We have been thwarted many times this trip on our intended routes and, on at least four occasions, have been greeted by 'Road Closed Ahead!' signs. I think it is the aftermath of the terrible floods last year and some roads are still in need of repair.When we encountered today's 'Road Ahead Closed' sign I was about to turn around when Will said "No, take a left we can get there up that road." He was consulting the Satnav on his phone. The road we took was signposted 'Busk'.It was a very narrow lane and as we progressed it became more and more unkempt. We came to a farmstead and drove between the farm buildings before finally arriving at a closed gate. It was a dead end.So much for the Satnav. We returned to the closed road and headed back the way we had come before finding another road up to the snow.It was freezing cold up on Hartside so we didn't hang around very long afraid we might get frostbite. We headed down to Appleby and found the Appleby Creamery and Will went in for a chat with the cheesemakers and a look around their workplace. He came out about 30 minutes later with a box filled with cheese! They had sent him away with a sample of every cheese that they made!We headed on to Penrith and had brunch at Booths before wandering around the town that we used to live in. We had a drive past the house but our 'renter' was out but the place looked like it was holding up well.