After all the rain yesterday, I woke to a glorious sunny day, so Geoff came over on the train and we set off for the coast.

We stopped at Wolferton and hoped  to get down to the sea defense wall,as you may remember we had a bit of trouble last time.

 This time we sneaked our way down and along the coast into Snettisham, not disturbing one bird on our way 🙂

We stopped off for tea and cake at Snettisham village, where we realized that we were running out of walking time.

So we finished the last part off by bus……

Today Caroline Geoff and I went for a stroll round Grafham water.

The walk was a celebration walk.

Its now been a year since we met up on a walk along the Nar valley Way

One person was missing from our walk today and that was Ellee.

We walked by some great woods and found some interesting looking mushrooms but no edible ones. We  also saw a mass of sloes which made us think about making some sloe gin.

While we walked Geoff was collecting data for the open street map.

We are sure he walked twice as far as we did,going back and forth collecting and writing down all the information he needed.

A great day spent with great company…..for me its been a magic year, I had no idea when I met Geoff how much my life was about to change, long may it continue….

Fairfield horse shoe…

Helvellyn and Striding edge….

 The Old man of Coniston…..

Sunday saw us setting of for Coniston.

Where we walked up to the Old man of Coniston then on to Dow crag, and Brown pike before coming back down along Walna Scar Road.

It was another misty day at the top so no good views although it did clear for a few seconds every now and again just to tease us….

So a great week-end away and three fantastic walks……

We woke to glorious sunshine today, a perfect autumn walking day.

So it was not long before we set off to Patterdale, to walk up to Helvellyn and Striding edge.

We went up by St Sunday crag, ignoring the mad geordie who told us we should go up the pinnacle…..

we did speak to a couple of guys who had come up that way and they said it was HARD.

We carried on past Grisedale Tarn and Dollywagon  pike finally arriving at Helvellyn.

 Although there was a lot of people at the top of Helvellyn we were never caught up in any big walking crowds going up or down.

When we tackled striding edge, we didn’t take the path but went straight along the top which needed a lot of concentration!!

 On the way home I even managed to go and do some shopping at The Lakeland shop so that was a great way to end a perfect day.

Well I just could not stay away from my blog…. so my laptop came to Kendal with me and George has a great broadband connection.

After a 5 hour journey we finally arrived in Kendal,I was glad to be here and Geoff’s friends,who he’s known since he was 16, George and Jackie are very nice and have made me feel very welcome.

It was not long before George and Geoff were sorting a walking route out for today,plotting the route on memory map and downloading it to the GPS.

After a good nights sleep and a kipper for breakfast we set off for Ambleside. 

Where we walked the Fairfield horseshoe, it was a brilliant walk which included a little bit of scrambling. The weather started off quite well but by the time we got to the top it was cold windy and foggy, so no fantastic views today.

We didn’t hang around long and made our way back down to the tea shop at Rydal Hall where we enjoyed  Tea and cake, while admiring some creative textiles pictures by Dianne Standen.

It was then a short walk back to Ambleside and a quick look around the shops and a special house……..