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…
Lake District (Apr 2016) – Day 1 – Red Screes
Saturday 16 April We packed up the Gherkin (Vectra) and left Edinburgh at 10am, heading down to the Lakes enjoying a mixture of sun and snow on the way! After stopping off at the Gretna Outlet Centre we then made…
Christmas 2015
This year we enjoyed a lovely long 2 week break back on the IOM for Christmas and New Year. It was a nice chance to eat, drink, catch up with the family and enjoy the great outdoors! We flew back…
York Christmas Trip 7-10 Dec 2015
To celebrate me finishing for the Christmas hols and get us in the festive spirit we booked a short trip down to York – we drove down on 7th (200 miles) and booked into the Holmlea Guest House which was…
An Epic Journey!
To make the most of the last month of my summer holidays we decided to chase the sun and head south with our plan being to get to Bath during the city’s folk festival and then work westwards into Wales…
West Scotland & Skye – July 2015
Our second outing in the campervan took us out to the west coast of Scotland and to the Isle of Skye…it was a brilliant trip with the Cammy performing well and us experiencing some amazing sights during the week 🙂…