Another lovely day 😎

After a couple of days’ long-ish walks, we decided to take it a bit easier today. We looked round William Wordsworth’s house in Grasmere, a 3 bedroom cottage where he lived with his wife, his sister, three babies, and visitors such as Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Thomas da Quincy…

We picniced by a stream in the car park – much prettier than it sounds

Then we headed towards Rydal Mount (on the Coffin Road again) and collected information for a Famous Geocache. Once Mary remembered how to do sums, the checker gave us a green light and we headed up the valley along Rydal Beck.

By the weir in the woods, Mary got chatting to an engineer for the hydroelectric setup, and now knows more than she needs about such things!

We thought it a remote & wild spot, but just round the corner the beck fell through a series of cascades & big pools, in which a whole party of students were paddling & swimming.

The views over Windermere were stunning – despite the RAF’s tornados whizzing round in low circles

We got back down to Rydal Mount just in time to have an ice cream from the cafe, and then back to the car and home for chicken casserole.

Total: 6.9 miles, elevation gain 1,247 ft, 4h 45m