Me, Harry and Hester were in the Lakes at the weekend near Ullswater for Andrew's 50th birthday camp over and, either side of his fantastic shindig on Saturday evening, we managed to fit in two cracking expeditions into the hills - on Saturday a loop up Helvellyn via Striding Edge from Glenridding and, on Sunday, a yomp over Birk Fell and Kilbert How and back along the shoreside of Ullswater from Patterdale. With loads of lake swimming thrown in for good measure in the 'usual' beautifully hot Lakeland weather.
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| Saturday's route |
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| Helvellyn ahoy! |
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| Striding Edge |
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| Not far from the summit now |
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| Harry admiring the view |
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| Running down is a doddle |
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| Harry playing with the yachts in Ullswater |
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| Harry hitting landfall having just swam out to Cherry Holm island |
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| Sunday's run commences |
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| Ullswater from Birk Fell |
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| The 'birks' on Birk Fell |
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| Whizzing back to the lake for a swim |
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| Splash down |
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| Harry with stick |
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| Harry cam |
Harry is such a handsome boy! Beautiful countryside too
ReplyDeleteBest wishes