'The loveliest spot that man hath found'
Sunshine? What is this? Where does it live? Not in the morning I'm in that's for sure! Today sees me start out with some dark clouds above me and a determination to ignore all the weather forecasts I've read for today. Nope! I'm not putting on my wind breaker or rain coat!
Skip forward an hour and I'm scrambling for the wind breaker.... The temperatures dropped and is that drizzle?
Walking along the Beck - Eagle Crag looks over it and kinda looks quite scary - but the weather is playing to this scene - surely your not a bad place.... Walking into the valley I start to see waterfalls and torrents of water coming down.... although... It's getting harder to see.... Must be crying.... There's water in my eyes...
I start ascending Lining Crag and when I say 'ascend' I mean rock climb my way up. About half way up I realise that my undies and everything else I'm wearing is wet through.... Maybe I should put my rain coat on. Ok. Yes. Do that. The temperature has dropped again - and I don't fancy hyperthermia!
Happy(ish) now in my own personal sauna suit, I make the final summit at Lining Crag. Eagle Crag looks like a pile of Peebles from here! See! No scariness here!
Some of the paths have now become their very own little Beck, with water streaming on and over my boots. Time to get a wriggle on!
So I head the Easdale Beck path and soon find myself in familiar surroundings..... I've been here before - several times.... Hello Grasmere! Hello Chemist where I can buy some more bandages! Hello civilisation! Who knew I was missing you so much? And to see that the hotel I was booked into was the biggest one in town and I was happy about that was even more surprising! What a gorgeous place - not to mention the gorgeous extras of population. Fabbo food Tonite people! Yay!
Ok I'm off to dry out my clothes and get myself ready to enjoy tourist town!
