The family had a few days in the lakes this week. The weather was not great so i didn't manage to do The Old Man of Coniston that I wanted but the afternoon we got there the weather was glorious so we headed up Catbells and what we thought would be a family stroll.
The best decision was to drive up to the foot of the mountain rather than take the boat. It would have been fine if we had all day but on a tight timescale we could have waited around for a while. The worse decision was to take the easy path round the first hill because when we decided to climb it was grassy and slippy and also very steep. The zig zig path although with a few scramble bits would have been a little better. As we nearer the bottom of the second hill, Leanne slipped and hit her leg on a rock and this was about it for the girls and with the achievement of a great view as we made the man path they decided to call it a day and rest up.
It was only a short scramble to the top so I set off on my own. The top was only a very small slab of rock but It was a great view and the RAF were out in force buzzing up and down the valleys. It was a bit windy but otherwise a cracking view.
A quick skip down before they got too cold and we were heading down the main path. Even though it was a short mountain it still needed all the skills of a full mountain and great learning hill. Hopefully of to Wales next and a different path up Snowdon and looking forward to it.
