We started our journey to Cumbria with a trip to Pinner to check in with Grandma and Grandad and we decided to do the same on our journey home. Being it bank holiday Monday we decided to get up early and beat any bank holiday traffic. We set off just after 5am and had a …
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Our last day in Cumbria
All good things have to come to an end….. This morning, Lay ran Togo up Beacon Tarn, ending his jaunt in the hills with the same route as we started our holiday with, whilst I made a start on the task of gathering our belongings!! We wanted to have a fairly chilled last day in …
This girl can!!!!
As you know, I am a triathlete in training and, when not swimming epic open water events, I have been using our time in Cumbria to become reacquainted with my bike and to test out my ankle on some gentle runs in preparation for my first event on 10 September. Well, my Cumbrian training culminated …
Torver to Coniston
In researching an alternative start to my walk on Wednesday I came across a car park I wasn’t familiar with and a quick search on the internet revealed: This car park is above the village and is on the site of the long dismantled Coniston Railway station. This car park is ideal for those wishing …
Pieces of eight!!
It’s Megan’s long awaited birthday – the days having been on the count down since our arrival in Cumbria. This morning Megan and William were early to rise (and I mean EARLY) filled with excitement. I had to pretend to be asleep a couple of times to keep them in their room, especially as I …
Wray Castle
Today, Daddy was having a day off for good behaviour and was heading into the hills with Togo. This left Megan, William and I to fend for ourselves and gave us the perfect opportunity to explore a National Trust property without having to worry about Togo. A bit of research later and we decided on …
Cathedral Cavern from Tilberthwaite
Today we ventured to Tilberthwaite to re-visit Cathedral Cavern – a walk introduced to us by Tony during our visit to Cumbria last Christmas. After walking along the road and through the farm, we paused for a family selfie in the same spot as last year. We decided to take a more direct route to …
Triathlon training – bike
So…. the triathlon training has started. Dusted off my bike and cycled from Holly Bank Barn to Brantwood and back along the shore of Lake Coniston. A scenic and undulating route but good to be back out on the bike again. Have lost my bike fitness since Paris 2016 but I did OK. It will …
Coniston open water swim
Today we combined a family walk from Torver with a swim in Lake Coniston. I needed to get some more practice in before the 3.8km event on Sunday and wanted to check out the temperature in the lake so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. It was hard going into the wind and the lake …
Uppark House
Today we became members of the National Trust (thanks GA and GM). Having researched national trust properties near us, in Cumbria and at various holiday destinations we are sure we will get our money’s worth. To kick start our National Trust journey we headed to the nearby Uppark House in South Harting. Megan and William …