Over the years our love for Cumbria grew and grew until Max and I decided we couldn't stand it any longer, upped sticks and moved 350 miles north. During the last couple of years before the move I visited my favourite "Lakeland" websites on an almost daily basis. It might sound melodramatic to say that I was sustained by the images shared by many OFC members, but my daily fix of the Lake District both kept me sane and reminded me during the more stressful weeks leading up to our move just why we were doing this. I've a long way and many lifetimes to go before I'm as experienced a walker as other correspondents here, and I'll never be as good a photographer, but I hope by sharing my View From I can give something back, and perhaps "pay it forward" to those who have not yet been as fortunate as Max and I.
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Sunday, 10 February 2008 |
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 Ann Hiley, Jo Hall, Max and I set off from Loweswater at 11.45 in thick fog and Max and I were both quietly thinking to ourselves "we're nuts". No visibility, no chance of any views so I left my camera in the bag. However, 1.5 miles into the route we suddenly realised that the cloud above us was considerably thinner, and that might be blue sky above, and YES, there was a fell up there! Cameras out and jackets off - IT'S INVERSION TIME!
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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 When on holiday in the Lake District every walk counts and so it should. Each outing is planned and considered, and the best use made of the available time in order that the day can be savoured once back at home.
Living here is rather different. A lot of my walks are short trips, either grabbing a couple of hours in between all the other things that have to be done or dog-walks. At 12.5 Ollie still adores being out on the fells but can't manage much more than a couple of miles every four days or so, he then spends the intervening time sleeping soundly, eating and then going back to sleep. |
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Sunday, 06 January 2008 |
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 Despite the morning looking a bit dull and gloomy, Max and I decided to drive down to Wast Water (if only to see how long it took from home <grin>). For the first weekend of 2008, whilst we didn't want to do a huge all-day walk, we did want to visit somewhere special to get the year off to a good start!
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Friday, 21 December 2007 |
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 As John has quite rightly said, this beautiful spell of fine weather is about to end and I wanted to get out for at least one long walk before the cloud and rain arrived. Today's walk was a simple stroll from Braithwaite to Force Crag Mine, up Coledale Hause and then on to Grasmoor. And because Grasmoor is a cul-de-sac (AW's description, not mine), it was There And Back Again.
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
 Spur of the moment decision to walk this morning seeing as it looked as if the rain would hold off for most of the day. |
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