black mountain holiday

We went camping in the Brecon Beacons last week. A chance to hang up my cycling shoes for a few days in exchange for some walking boots.

Fresh air, exercise and decent beer. Lovely.

A typically wet day in the Lake District

As the weather was so foul, we decided to walk from Greensides Mines around Glencoyne Head to Aira Force, then back to Glenridding via the lake. The scenery would have been fantastic, but for the fact that we could hardly even see our feet. Even with 1:25000 OS map and GPS, we managed to get lost a couple of times. The weather only began to clear as we made our way down from the tops towards the waterfall.

The next day was completely different and we got some fabulous views from the top of Helvellyn. We got to see the Pennines, Scottish hills, the Isle of Man and even (with binoculars) Blackpool Tower.