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Mevagissey

Another good weather day following a night of on and off showers.

Mevagissey is great place to visit, even with all it’s tourist shops it is still a working fishing village, with character. It also has free attractions, something rare in Cornwall, a really good museum and an aquarium.

One thing to remember though is that the streets are one car wide so park in the first car park (on the left) you come to, it is only a couple of hundred metres to walk to the village and it is better than trying to drive on Mevagissey streets.

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Back at the campsite we had tea and cinnamon doughnuts whilst sitting outside watching the sunset.

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Stickle Tarn via Stickle Ghyll

After several heavy bouts of rain overnight it was not raining when I woke up this morning. The plan was for an early start so we could get across to Langdale and get a parking space in the car park opposite the hotel – which is the nearest one to the start of the path. This meant setting the alarm for when it was still dark. Richard got up and walked across to the cabin to sort his breakfast – I stayed in my tent and had breakfast in bed.

We did get a good parking space, we were second in the car park – and set off at about 9am in what would prove to be variable weather. Some sun, a bit overcast, a few drops of rain and one heavier spell that lasted five minutes and even fog. But no wind and it was not cold.

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We were in no hurry so about 10.30am we stopped for tea and cakes – just by the bridge that takes you over Stickle Ghyll.

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I was using my Golite backing sack as a daypack – obviously nearly empty but a very comfortable bag to carry.

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We stopped for more tea at Stickle Tarn – where the sun came out and then the fog drifted in.

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We were down at about 4pm having had an excellent day on the hills.

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The Lake District pt1

We got to Kendal at about 3pm – a bit late for a cooked breakfast – but fine for a homemade cheese scone and tea.

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We are camping at the Windermere Camping and Caravan Club site – which is between Kendal and Windermere. We got the tents up – and then had a short walk to catch some of the colours in the sky.

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We cooked and ate our dinner in the Backpackers Hut and whilst in there there was a hail downpour.

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Dinner noodles with smoked sausage and fresh tomatoes with tomato and chilli sauce.

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Old Man of Coniston pt2 – Saturday Evening

Sunset and Wild Camping

Our plan for the weekend is to spend the night up on the tops, so we can get some sunset and sunrise photographs – as well as to enjoy camping away from a commercial site.

Once we got to the top – we made some tea, took some photos and waited for the other people on the summit to leave and for the sun to set.

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tea

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Richard helping out a “just married” couple

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