This years hols saw me taking Harriet my camper van on a little tour of Scotland, England and Wales. After a stay in Edinburgh and some fantastic shows at the festival I arrived at Side Farm, Patterdale in the Lake District. Camping on the side of the lake with fantastic views and hills to walk up!
First day here main job, buy some walking boots. After a very scary and long way round to Keswick (damn you sat nav!) I found the people in Cotswolds outdoors to be amazingly helpful and although I know there are cheaper places getting boots that fit is worth paying for that service!
So I now own some fetching clunky size 8 (!!) walking boots complete with insoles to correct my flat feet.
Time for some practice. By the time I got back to the campsite (normal roads taken, third of the time!) the sun was still shining so as the forecast said this was the best day I decided to do the walk that included the trip on the steam boat.
A quick walk to Glenridding (no calf pain, amazing insoles) and I was on the boat. Looked across at the hill opposite and thought "oh look theres a van like mine" took couple of seconds to realise was my van dur, geography really isn't my thing!
The first walk back was a good test of the boots, but the difference was amazing.
I followed this the next day with a walk to the falls and back again. Quite knackering this walking malarky but I'm getting used to it, now for Helvellyn!
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