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GLW2401
: Back to the Sliding Rock!
Wednesday
17th January 2024
It was a beautiful day, if
extremely cold. Just right to kick off
the year with its first Great (very) Little Walk.
We wanted to see the snow
covered Lakeland hills whilst having a lakeside walk. Fell Foot seemed the ideal venue, partly because
we have free parking. Or would have done
had it been open but it wasn’t. So we
decided instead to drive up to Gummers How where we could admire the view over
Windermere to the fells beyond and enjoy our picnic at the same time.
So like two old dears we sat and ate. Meanwhile two men with enormously long
telephoto lenses were waiting for planes to fly over so they could bag them. They would have a long wait!
Lunch completed, it was time to
get down to the serious business. But
where to go? We drove north along the
east side of Windermere, passing many fine houses including the one where
Margaret had been invited to stay by her very rich school friend’s
parents. That’s probably not
grammatically correct. The very rich
parents of Margaret’s school friend.
We decided to park at Ferry Nab
where the temperature was extremely cold, the ground extremely icy and the
parking fee extremely usurious. Still,
it was a good start point to walk around Cockshot Point to the Glebe.
Splendid views in full sun but it was a good
job we had our emergency instep spikes or else we would have been falling down
all over the place.
Geese, swans, ducks,
.....
.....a robin and even a pied wagtail seemed pleased to see us.
The
Fairfield hills at the head of the lake
looked grand in the evening sun.
And we were pleased to see the sliding rock
though it seems rather smaller than when we used to take Jamie and Emma forty
years ago. The polished surface showed
that is still used for that purpose.
It was starting to get even
colder with the sun threatened to go down behind Claife Heights as we set off
back to the car.
Where next? How about keeping Judy in the style to which
she is accustomed? Off to the Lakeland
shop and café. The café closes at four
and it was just one minute past as we reached the entrance. Sorry Judy, we weren’t able to contribute to
your spring holiday!
Don, Wednesday 17th January 2024
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