After our trips to Spain and Malta we settled down for some time at home. The weather was very mixed, going from one extreme to the other. We had floods, snow, wild winds and warm sunny days.
This is Skelwith Force, the lower viewing platform was inundated, you can just see the handrails on the lower left hand side.
Fell Foot cafe flooded - again.
After the rain and floods the sun came out - these are the fields on Heaversham Flats
We headed up to Keswick for a weekend away in the good weather - another deal! - we took the ferry to the bottom of the lake and walked back, lovely weather and stunning views. we stopped on the lake side for Carole to have a quick dip.
Looking south
Looking towards Keswick from the side of Catbells
Sunset view from the hotel bedroom
I managed to get some Boys Walks in, this one was from Chapel House to Gummers How and back a low level walk but with great open views of Windermere and beyond.
A great shot of Dave Staintion's dogs in woods.
High Dam swimming - water temperature down to 7 degrees!
What a location for a swim.
Another Boys walk, this time up the Old Man but from the west side, as you can see the views were not worth it!
Sheltering from a gale behind the cairn on the peak.
Cathy's 70th birthday with some of the Girls Night In crowd.
A high pressure period gave us some fabulous calm days on Windermere - cold and clear with almost no wind.
Trying to convince myself there really was some wind on the lake - there wasn't, I had to pump the sails all the way back.
Carole paddled back from here to Fell Foot quicker than I managed to sail...
And then came the snow - not much but enough to make things look pretty.
Low tide at Arnside in the snow
Another Boys Walk, this time up Watermillock and Brown Hills, stunning views but really cold.
Ullswater in the background. Old man Dave Reay, on the right, has just had his 79th birthday - if I can get up there at 70 I'll be chuffed!
Jen and Kyri took us out to a great restaurant in Sutton Park for a delayed 60th birthday meal - a great weekend.
Live music at the sailing club - first time for ages.
And then came Storm Arwen. it battered the north, thousand of trees came down. We lost power from Saturday to Wednesday. The Raeburn and log burner were lifesavers. It was actually quite cosy for us but many were not so lucky and had a tough time.
Over 60 boats broke free of their mooring and were scattered along the shore many with extensive damage.
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