Yes, I saw your haul was quite spectacular, wd you (and n).
I went for lunch at the Brotherswater Inn in January and was confronted by a chap who looked like an extra from the Rocky Horror Show. Big hair, velvet waistcoat, watch chain, looked a cert to have killed and likely to kill again and again. I got the impression he may have been the owner.
You're lucky to have escaped with your lives.
Thirlmere. I don't think I know Thirlmere...