The Sunday was a more relaxing day compared to the previous day. The group decided to eat packed lunch walk overlooking the jetty area where the Keswick Launch departs from .....
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| ..while we considered which boat not to take across the Lake !! |
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| The long walk... |
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| .. to load up... |
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| ... towards our destination ... |
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| ... of Catbells. |
Once we reached the other side at "Hawes End" jetty, there was a discussion on how the party were going to split into three groups. One group was going to walk the Lakeshore, another group opted for the Catbells Terrace and the rest for the summit of Catbells.
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| Keswick ... far left hand side of the Lake |
Now you may think that this looks like wonderful weather and in one sense you would be right, but what these images do not show is the intense strong wind. We began the ascent and it was obvious that this was not going to be as easy as first thought. One of the group made a quick decision to retreat and catch up with the "Terrace" group. I had a talk with another responsible leader just before a crag about continuing as I felt it was outside the capabilities of another who I felt didn't want to continue. My co-leader on this section of the walk decided to try and catch the others up but they couldn't hear for the wind and pressed on. I escorted the unsure member back down to the Terrace and continued the scenic from there.
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| View from Catbell's Terrace |
Amazingly, the high level group met us at the south end of the walk as they came off the hill and we headed back to Brandlehow Jetty. The further surprise was that the original Terrace group were already on the jetty and the Lakeshore group arrived on the boat.
I was left to reflect on this hillwalking experience as we set sail back to the other side of the Derwentwater
At the end of the day, it was time to put these all thoughts to bed .....
... and leave the experts that see these things everyday to get on with it !!
