I’m feeling nicely tired out as I write this at the end of a lovely, sunny Bank Holiday weekend. On Saturday Glenn and I took the Cammy out for its first proper overnight outing on the Rock. We trundled to…
June 2016
June has been a bit of a whirlwind month… leaving Edders and getting settled back on the rock, catching up with friends and family, Glenn starting work, me getting stuck into my business plans and getting through all the admin…
The countdown to leaving Edders!!
It’s been an interesting/busy/challenging/enjoyable last couple of weeks which has included finishing my job at Heriot-Watt, making the most of a lovely sunny spell of weather, packing, working on my business plan, eating, drinking, Glenn having an interview and getting…
Lakes Trip (Apr 2016) – Day 8 – Keswick/Edinburgh
Saturday 23 April Sadly today was the last day of our holiday 🙁 This morning we packed up, grabbed a sausage and bacon roll from Gregg’s and then said our farewells to Ambleside before driving up ‘The Struggle’ to Kirkstone…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 7 – Grasmere
Friday 22 April Today was another chill day for us – I had a little walk around the shops of Ambleside and then met Glenn at the Apple Pie Cafe for a late breakfast. We then drove to Grasmere and…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 6 – Wansfell Pike/Helvellyn
Thursday 21 April Today was another lovely sunny day so Glenn decided it was the day for tackling Helvellyn..I’d seen photos of the ridge route Glenn was going to do and decided it wasn’t a walk for me! So at…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 5 – Ambleside
Wednesday 20 April Waking up to sore legs after yesterday’s hike made our minds up that today was just going to be a chill day around Ambleside. We had breakfast and then a good snoop around the shops before walking…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 4 – Skiddaw
Tuesday 19 April Having checked the forecast we knew today was going to be a lovely sunny day so we packed up our hiking bags and drove to Keswick (again via Kirkstone Pass and Patterdale). After a brief stop at…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 3 – Elterwater
Monday 18 April Today’s weather forecast was overcast and showers so we spent the first couple of hours catching up on work and having a chilled breckie. We then donned our waterproofs and drove 3 miles to the village of…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 2 – Loughrigg Fell
Sunday 17 April Having looked at the weather forecast we knew the best of the today was the morning so planned a 6 mile walk from Ambleside, that would take us up on to Loughrigg Fall. We had some breakfast…