Weather

Lovely bright if a little overcast start here at Ullswater. We were woken at 0800 by the sounds of a JCB on the lane at the back of the site. They re laying the road out of Pooley Bridge on to the fells.
Muttly and I walked up the lane to a gate way overlooking the lake. The guy with the JCB was saying he worked for a plant company were we live in Grimsby.  There branch in the North West offered him a move so he took it. He mostly works nearer Manchester but this week they are here in Pooley Bridge. A good move on his part. 
The plan today is a walk down to the lake to check the steamer times for tomorrow’s walk. Muttly on a boat we havnt tried so this might be interesting. I assume he won’t have been on lake steamers in Romania but we will find out tomorow.

We are staying at Hillside Caravan Park. When I tried to book other sites in the area they were full and Hillside said I had one of the last pitches. That is not the case because there are at least ten unused pitches on the touring part of the site we are on. I am not sure if it’s the booking system at fault but you would think they needed the trade after last year. 
We walked down to the lake just to check how long it took us. This was a good move because it was very busy making it difficult to walk through to the bridge. Not helped by people queuing to get in one of the tea shops. We will allow plenty of time tomorow.
We could have booked the boat at the shop in the village but it was closed so we booked on line when we got back to the site. 
If this weather holds it should be a nice walk along the lake. It is forecast for overcast but pleasantly warm tomorrow

When we walked down for the boat this morning it was overcast but warm. As we headed south down Ullswater we could see the mountains behind Glenriding disappearing under clouds.
It was still warm but but it drizzled a bit whilst we walked from Adria falls back to Glenriding. Before the boat arrived the clouds came down and it started to rain. 
We were sat on the side of the boat that the wind was on so we were a bit damp by time we got half way back and the rain stopped. Walking up to the site dried us off a bit.
Muttly crawled under the seat on the boat and fell asleep even though he must have been soaking wet. He seems to be able to sleep anywhere. At the moment he is curled up on his mat after demolishing his tea in record time.

Nice warm if overcast now we have moved to Pateley Bridge. The A66 was misty  on the tops  but it cleared before we got to Scotch Corner. 
If this weather stays dry we will have a walk up the river tomorrow. It should be easier for management and muttly. I believe the path follows the route of the railway used to build the dams in the top of the Nidd valley.
We have had  a mooch round Pateley bridge. The pavement is very narrow so trying to distance oand keeping muttly out of the cars is a bit tricky. We have found some dog friendly tea shops including one that sells breakfast pancakes. Maybe if I behave I can have brecky there on Monday.

Today’s walk went well but management has sun burnt arms. Applied sun stuff to neck and face but forgot the arms. 
It was lovely sitting looking over the water whilst we had lunch. There was a nice breeze to make it comfortable. We sat in the park with a 99 each before coming back for afternoon tea. Why are they called 99,s.
Muttly was getting the idea of styles and gates until he launched himself off the top of a stone style. He landed with bit of a grunt but seems ok. He is a bit big for flying at his age. 
It’s supposed to be hot tomorrow, a mountain biker that past us said so. Maybe a more local walk. 

A lot cooler and overcast today. We walked into Pately Bridge for breakfast in one of the cafes. Unfortunately muttly decided he wasn’t going in the cafe. We were warned he might be wary of thresholds. I found a nice bench in a garden off high street so we sat there to have bacon and egg pancakes.

Stayed overnight in Grantown on Sun. 6th. on our way north to Moray Coast.   Its a lovely site