Full Steam Ahead on Ullswater

One of the priviledges of living so close to Ullswater is knowing many of the Ullswater Steamers crew, so we don't need too much persuasion to join the aboard for a Lake Cruise. This time we have Simon and Sal with us, so we decide to catch the Steamer at Pooley bridge and head for Howtown, where we get off and wave Bye Bye to Welsh Dave and crew as they head off to Glenridding

We head to Glenridding too, but on foot, round Hallin Fell to Sandwick and then a leisurely lunch at Scalehow force. Kind of someone to leave four stones for us to sit on!

You might notice Breeze is sporting some rathe nice boots. We are still struggling with her wearing thorugh her pads due to the mileage and speed at which she travels and the constant skid stopping and changing direction. This was the first real test for these boots and the most amazing thing was that they stayed on. The fact that she wore thorugh them is another matter, which will probably be covered in a later post.....

Just to prove that there really were four of us - a quick self timer shot (camera is still refusing to oblige with colours and exposures, it was much nicer that this really!)

Having followed the shoreline to Patterdale and then walked up the raod to Glenridding, by pure chance we were just in time to get back onto Raven to join welsh dave and his crew back to Pooley Bridge. Todays Steamer trip was a first for Simon and Sal ( I think)

And a first for Breezey. She got tickled all the way from Pooley Bridge to Howtown by a nice lad from Essex so she really didn't mind that at all. On the way back - well see for yourself. After two fell walks in three days, I think she was just happy to have somewhere to kip for a few minutes.