I know it’s been a wee while since I have written anything but that is about to change, the reason for a lack of any communication is a lack of any news to communicate in the first place.
A quiet first week staying at Uni chilling out and being attacked by geese in heat gave way to a couple of quiet days at home, all very nice but pretty sedate and not really news-worthy. There was the beer festival of course, always a laugh and this one was extra special as the Rook laid on live music each night. There was a mixture of the usual guitar based singing as well as some sea shanties and folk music. Good beer was drunk by all and a good time was had.
Then I went on holiday to the Lake District for a week with my mate Laurence and his family and it was awesome. We walked most days and on the days that we didn’t due to bad weather, this is the Lake District after all, we went to some of the towns in the area. This was good as it is something that I don’t really get to do with Ben Lairig much as our time in the lakes is always limited and full of walking so it was nice to see a different side of the lakes. The Ruskin museum in Coniston is worth a visit in particular.
Being in the lakes of course also meant that there was a lot of walking done as well, I have now climbed up Scafell Pike, the tallest mountain in England as well as knocking off numerous other small tops and peaks over the week. It was a nice change of pace to the usual extreme walking weekends I normally do. No less active but spread over a longer period of time.
The walk up Scafell was wonderful but the walk down was the single worst piece of walking I have ever done, it was so windy, misty and wet that it was a real effort and when we finally got back to the car we looked as if we had been swimming rather than walking!
It was a wonderful week full of good food and good company.
A quiet first week staying at Uni chilling out and being attacked by geese in heat gave way to a couple of quiet days at home, all very nice but pretty sedate and not really news-worthy. There was the beer festival of course, always a laugh and this one was extra special as the Rook laid on live music each night. There was a mixture of the usual guitar based singing as well as some sea shanties and folk music. Good beer was drunk by all and a good time was had.
Then I went on holiday to the Lake District for a week with my mate Laurence and his family and it was awesome. We walked most days and on the days that we didn’t due to bad weather, this is the Lake District after all, we went to some of the towns in the area. This was good as it is something that I don’t really get to do with Ben Lairig much as our time in the lakes is always limited and full of walking so it was nice to see a different side of the lakes. The Ruskin museum in Coniston is worth a visit in particular.
Being in the lakes of course also meant that there was a lot of walking done as well, I have now climbed up Scafell Pike, the tallest mountain in England as well as knocking off numerous other small tops and peaks over the week. It was a nice change of pace to the usual extreme walking weekends I normally do. No less active but spread over a longer period of time.
The walk up Scafell was wonderful but the walk down was the single worst piece of walking I have ever done, it was so windy, misty and wet that it was a real effort and when we finally got back to the car we looked as if we had been swimming rather than walking!
It was a wonderful week full of good food and good company.
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