Rain in the Lakes ....

Having a week off work in the new year is something DH and I have done for the last few years. Neither of us takes much time off over The Christmas and New Year weeks, preferring to take the first full week of January, just as everyone else is going back to work (including DD). It gives us chance to catch up with jobs or just take it easy, whatever comes along. 

Yesterday we couldn't get out anywhere as we had to wait in for a delivery of a replacement hob. The one we had, we discovered, had a small crack on one side. Thankfully having insurance meant that we could get a replacement sorted fairly quickly without having to save up to buy a new one. So we now have a brand new hob (again).  

Today we decided to go walking. The weather forecast gave it brightening up by mid-day after a pretty wet start. We started at the southern end of Thirlmere heading by the side of Wyth Burn ......

It wasn't  just a bit wet - it was A LOT wet!!!

We were walking over extremely wet/boggy fields, and then it started raining. And then we saw a bit of blue sky!

It eventually stopped raining and we decided to turn back and trudge through yet more muddy fields. 

We didn't go straight back to the van though. We opted to do some of the lakeshore permitted path, and had lunch looking out over Thirlmere. 

Although it was a very wet walk, it was still a good walk, and we managed to find two geocaches before the light started going and we had to head home....