14/05/08

Last night we made it to Windermere in the very picturesque Lake
Districts. The plan for today was to go to the information place and
find a walk with a view. The suggestion was to conquer the 'Old Man'
of Conniston!! This was a fantastic walk to the top of an 800 metre
hill/mountain with stunning views, a few historical old slate mines,
not too many people around (might be a bit busy on a weekend though)
and more brilliant weather!!
That done, we stopped to give a couple of hitchikers (and their poor
exhausted dog) a lift into town. Then it was a 2 hour drive north into
Scotish border country to my cousin Merrill and Dan's place in
Langholm.