"I climbed Grasmoor as my last Wainwright fell with my husband and daughter.  It was a spectacular day, which was good as the weather had been so windy for a few days, in fact I've never known it to be so windy and we've had some pretty challenging days over the last couple of years whilst completing the Wainwrights.  Some of our long weekends have meant taking in 12-15 Wainwrights at a time regardless of weather as not being locals we can't just pick our days, we just have to go for it.  Most of my trips to the Lakes have been by public transport over the years which has made it more of a challenge but just recently it's been good to have my husband accompany me with walking and navigating with the GPS which has taken away quite a lot of the pressure." CG

While visiting Skye in 2009 we had gazed across the sea at the shapely hills of the island and decided to explore the possibilities of a visit. We researched the wildlife sightings expected at certain times of the year, and decided late April or early May would be best, thus avoiding the worst of the dreaded midges!

Our coach arrived on time, the bags were loaded and once again we were treated to a city centre tour as we picked up more passengers bound for Vancouver Island. As people boarded questions were asked of the driver regarding arrival times at various destinations, his answer was a shrug of the shoulders and a muttered "All in good time." His demeanour suggested a certain amount of early morning grumpiness… there were two of us on board!