High Rigg with Simon and Sally

A potter round Keswick followed by a bowl of soup in Abraham's Tearoom and there is time to fit in a short walk before we head home to get all glammed up for tonight's bash.

We parked at St John's Church

went up via the Memorial Stone

It's quite steep!

Summiteering Spaniel

Bad Hair day

Sumiteering Simon and Sal

Heading towards Thirlmere

Turn right at the wall

Down through the bracken

Coffee stop

We will follow the road briefly

Before heading slightly uphill to join the path again

Team photo

Back at the church

Not a bad view from the churchyard

or the carpark! And that's where we were yesterday.

Just short of 3 miles. A nice little loop to get us limbered up ready for the dance floor later!

Having a swift drink before the minibus arrives!

The Horsey Girls (after quite a few bevvies!)

Blencathra With Simon and Sally

Simon and Sal are up for the Farmer's Ball on Friday night. Before they arrived we were trying to decide where to take them walking, husband remembered that Sal has quietly hinted at wanting to go up Blencathra - so that's the plan. It is forecast to be pretty windy today, gusting 50mph but it's an Easterly wind, so we know we'll be safe

Starting from the Sanitorium. It's a beautiful morning even if it is windy

Derwentwater behind us

A quick summit photo - pretty rare to get here and find no-one else on the summit. There were other's not far away but at least for a few seconds, we had it to ourselves

Breeze couldn't wait to get into the tarn, can you spot her on the island?

Dropping down below the top of Atkinson Pike we stop for a bit of lunch. It's a lovely day but the wind is cold and Breeze is wet. She soon feels the cold when we stop, so out comes her jumper

Walking across Mungrisdale Common

Breeze takes no notice of the midget sharing her boulder

Joining the Balcony route

Nearly back at the car

So 7 miles later we are back at the car and Sally has achieved an ambition! we've had a cracking day,

Windy Deepdale

We had planned a walk up the Dodds via Deepdale today but the weather was pants this morning. Consequently we didn't set off till about 2pm and it was blowing a hooley. We decided to head up Deepdale anyway and just have a potter about

We left the car at High Row and headed down the lane to Dowthwaite Head

Through the yard and into Deepdale

Simply stunning

Looking back

It was unbelievably windy and pretty hard work

Bog Dog

We decided to gain a bit of ground and then gradually head back towards High Row. As we climbed we thought we could see a house in the middle of nowhere. It was too far away to make it out and so windy our eyes were running. I took a few pics on zoom, not holding out much hope of being able to keep the camera still. You can see the building in the centre here, complete with a chimney

I am amazed that this came out, but all was revealed when we got home!

Heading towards High Brow

Beautiful Skies

Intriguing stone markings on High Brow

Heading over Horsemire Head

We only walked about 4.5 miles, but the combination of wet ground in places and strong winds at all times made it feel more. But what a lovely valley. We saw no-one except Old Man Weir at the farm not even a single walker in the distance. Happy days!