paul and micky Easter Week - April 08  

Boot and Coniston

  
Home
 
 One week in the Motorhome at an end of the Lake District that Dad does not normally visit. As it happened we were well pleased. The campsite at Boot was a marvel and one of the best ever.Dad was shocked that he had no internet, TV or newspapers, but dad managed to console himself in the 2 pubs.
  
  Sunday 13th April 08 to 20th April 08  
off for the first day walk
over the stones
 
bridge or the stones?
  
Danger man
  
 
top of the hill
  
more stones to cross
 		  
 
On the top
 
More stones bigger river - time for a slip
  
 

Monday was a good day walked 7 miles crossed loads of rivers and tarns. the biggest was Blea Tarn a quick coffee stop a path down we found a nice old pub at the Green.
We then headed back along the river to Boot. This is where I was stepping on the stones and fell in the river, never mind we were only 1 mile from a towel and dry socks.

 
 
     
lunch stop
dad dips me in the water
 
Lunch by the river
  
time for a dunking
  
 
train at ravenglass
  
train chuggs along 
  
 
Train at Ravenglass
  
The train chucks along
  
 

Tuesday and walking again, this time 8 miles walking from the campsite at Boot, following the railway line on the eskadale trail to Ravenglass on the coast. Lunch by the river and arrived just in time for dad to catch a beer before we caught the train back to Boot.

  
     
 
the train again
at the tarn
 
The early morning train
  
Lunch was at Burnmoor tarn
  
 

After an easy day when dad vanished for a walk and turned up at the pub to meet us for lunch and a walk back, I only managed 4 miles with mam.
Thursday was back tp full steam. well it would have been if the early train was not a diesel pulled one. The idea was to catch the train 3 stops to Irton road, the walk up into the forest and back via Burnmoor Tarn a distance of 6 mile with a good climb, dad vanished again heading for higher ground only to meet us back for lunch at Burnmoor Tarn.
All in a fantastic time at boot an early night to head off for coniston in morning. I got to choose the pub tonight for being such a good boy. the Boot inn was my favorite, it has a fantastic play area out front.