Any other time I wouldn't have even set off. But with my old mate Ian leading the ride I thought I should support him in his endeavours! No one else turned up and who could blame them, the car was rocking in the wind and lashed with a mixture of rain and sleet...nice! The weather was living up to the forecast, very wild and very wet. After a chat we decided that a walk would make more sense, so we drove over to Grasmere and parked up!
We walked along the new multi-use paths/tracks almost to Rydal before turning and returning by Rydal Caves and Loughrigg Terrace. An excellent day for testing waterproofs :-)
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The only time the camera came out was in Rydal Cave, it also provided useful shelter for lunch. |
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The danger of wet days in the Lakes...is not so much getting soaked and cold. More the lure of warm dry gear shops, a pair of Anatom Ex Ventia trail shoes proved to good to resist at £35 in my unusually small size. How did that happen!! :-)) |