Saturday, 23 July 2011

A week in Keswick

Our longest stay in the Lake District was for one week in Keswick on Derwentwater.  Val, Dave, my niece Lucy and her friend Jess joined us...although not staying in Bessie!!






Val organised the walks and our first day was climbing Cat Bells and High Spy.  We took a boat across Derwenwater and then started our walk and caught a taxi back at the end from a very nice tea shop. 





It was raining at the start but the scenery was still spectacular.  We met a few people who turned back as the rain had made the rocks slippery but we carried on. The walk was tough and we were glad of walking poles at some points and had to scramble over rocks at other times, but we all made it....eventually...



Walking up Cat Bells



Intrepid explorers!

Made it!!

The next day however was more realxing as none of us owned a pair of legs that worked properly so we drove the Hardknott pass which proved to be very entertaining thanks to Dave's driving.





Legs working again we did a much flatter walk along Ennerdale water - Dave even went for a swim as the water looked so inviting.





At the end of the week Malc and I were on our own again and walked for 9 miles around the entire lake and had our first full day that week without rain!







And now were off to Scotland.....................................

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