A good nights sleep cons me into thinking I can do another “proper” walk today. If I wasn’t already persuaded a first rate F.E.B. fuels me with the energy and guilt to get me out of the door and up a hill. Today’s yomp is based on another map lent to me by my mother [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lake District’
Stamina, and then some
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Beer, Catbells, Derwent, High Spy, Jennings, Keswick, Lake District, Nightclub on 15 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
No news is good news
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Beer, Camping, Danny Baker, Elterwater, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Jennings Cumberland Ale, Lake District, Langdale, Zombie on 14 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The eyemask really works and I wake at 8am instead of dawn as is usually the case when camping. A peak outside at the weather turns to a moment of panic all the other tents have been hastily packed away by people fleeing from the zombie attack. Ten seconds later the sleep has cleared and [...]
First Steps
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Ambleside, Beer, Camping, Coniston, Elterwater, Hawkshead, Hodge Close Quarry, Lake District, Lucys of Ambleside, Wordsworth on 13 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A light morning mist hovers above but the sun is fighting through to reveal the nameless peaks that surround the campsite as I emerge from my tent. The forecast is good and my abused walking boots beckon from beneath the peak district mud I that failed to clean off them last time out. It’s 9:30am [...]
Stairway to the stars
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Beer, Camping, Hartleys, Hawkshead, Jennings, Kirkstone Pass Inn, Lake District, stars on 12 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For somebody traditionally organised I find myself in the unprecedented situation of starting my holiday today having made precisely no arrangements. It’s all laid out in my mind, a 5 night walking tour of the Lakes taking in some known and treasured areas and (unsurprisingly) pubs, but when I tried booking accommodation last Wednesday everywhere [...]
