Been on a dreadlock holiday.................. one of the local Patterdale scruffs :-)
Happy Solstice and all that...
Aren't the nights drawing in..... ;-) Yes...dad will be saying that to mom tonight, as he has done for the past 40 odd years......actually I think they got it wrong - today felt like the longest day - not yesterday....work was typical of a Friday!
Last weekend in Ullswater with SPICE and the Walkwise guys lived up to its reputation (as always), and somehow me and Sue missed the headliner rain - on the drive up on Friday - and Tipton tornadoes - yes folks we did it again! We think it was our singing in the car on the way up that did it :-)
We managed by the power of text to time it perfectly and meet up with Dawn & Ken for lunch at the Gateway Inn in Kendal and then onwards to Lakeland Shop for some retail therapy before heading to Patterdale and our Hotel. I did laugh when one of our TGIF members - Shirley - strolled over on the Friday evening to our dinner table - rolling her eyes as she'd planned a quiet weekend away with hubby Dave - and of course had chosen our Hotel - with 40 odd (and some of them were.....) SPICERS.....however she and Dave had a fabuloso time I think - and we didn't misbehave at all (not so's you'd noti
ce anyway....). On Saturday I broke my duck and did the harder walk with Andrew leading - up St Sunday's Crag w
hich was 3000 feet and 10 miles (or was it 10 feet and 3000 miles?) anyway we also visited the Priest's Hole - a cave where there is a tin box of goodies - and a Visitor's book! Pic here of me and Ken outside the Priest's hole... and one of Andrew and the group
hich was 3000 feet and 10 miles (or was it 10 feet and 3000 miles?) anyway we also visited the Priest's Hole - a cave where there is a tin box of goodies - and a Visitor's book! Pic here of me and Ken outside the Priest's hole... and one of Andrew and the group Sue went on Brian's walk to a lovely waterfall called Aira Force - where (allegedly!) Brian broke the record for losing walkers - out of the 18 he lost 16 - I'm not sure when he noticed - but they were all survived to tell the tale in the pub later!
On Sunday morning, when I got up, I was walking like Julie Walters' 'Mrs Overall' - so did the easier walk - following a nice steam boat ride across Ullswater and up Beda Fell - only 1750 feet and 8 miles this time - we got a little wet but it was warm and so we didn't mind - rather comforting in a weird way - see me, Sue & Dawn -the SPICE Girls.
I'm curious to know whether Shirley & Dave's planned walk up Helvellyn was as wet as ours? ... and then, kindly, Sue took me to show me Aira Force on the way home - quite spectaclier waterfall and then home via Tebay (of course!) for a pie frenzy :-? Ken & Dawn stayed on for a nice romantic break in Hawkshead, and kindly sent a pic via Ken's mobi of their Cheese & Wine party on the top of Latterbarrow Hill right in the middle of my working week - so that was nice :-)
The week has thankfully flown - one trip to the gym.... no pics on Blog :-/, Tracy, John & Chloe came to collect the train cake - see pic last week - and I did a 4 mile walk round Preston Bagot on Wednesday evening and am still tingling from the stinging nettles - or was it the excitement of one of Steve D's walks?....and I could have baked a loaf or twenty with the amount of wheat in me boots - thank you again to the kind farmer who planted his wheat across the right of way - probably a relation of the farmer who nailed the gate shut last week?!
Off to Loughborough with Sue on Sunday for a walk - hope this rain stops!
Have a great weekend
Kimmie x
Kimmie x
I've chosen a couple of apt Tommy Cooper moments to share - :-)....
I phoned the local ramblers club today, and this bloke just went on and on.
I phoned the local gym and I asked if they could teach me how to do the splits. He said, "How flexible are you?" I said, "I can't make Tuesdays or Thursdays."
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