Ulleswater Steam boat and Chris’ adventurous walk

The weather once more was looking grey but we’ve not come to expect much more and just embrace the wet. We stopped at Lake Windermere once more for another quick look around the river before heading off to Ulleswater where we were catching a steam boat half way up the river, jumping off and then taking the 8 mile walk back to the car. That was the plan anyhow. When we got there though we decided that, as I wasn’t up too such a walk today (very tired today and sloth like) I would take a return trip on the steam boat up and down the river and meet Chris back at the car after he had jumped off and walked back. So, we took a half hour ride up the river together before Chris jumped off (not literally, they let him off on the gang plank, they didn’t make him jump) at a place called Howtown and I continued on slowly up the river taking the landscape in. It was lovely and slow and I went mad taking photos. We got to the end of the river and the heavens opened and the rain and cold just howled in!! I now fretted for poor Chris thinking “oh god, he still has to walk 1.5 hours… he’s going to be freezing and drenched! The poor man!!” Knowing that he had his mobile on him I attempted to call him and suggest he turn back to Howtown where the boat would once more be stopping on the way back but there was no answer. It was completely torrential. It was bucketing like I’ve never seen before. Then Chris rang, it wasn’t raining where he was, which was only 5 miles away. It was bizarre! So, I continued on my steam boat ride and Chris continued on his walk (ringing me at one stage to ask if I could see him as he could see the boat and was waving at us, I couldn’t despite my vast amount of squinting) I made it back to the car about half an hour before Chris and then decided I’d best get some form of exercise for the day and walked out to meet him in his last km or so and walked back with him where he told me of the beauty he’d seen, but sadly not spotted any red squirrels.

We made our way back to the B&B for our last night with Barbara and shared another meal with her a glass of wine or two. We had another lovely night of chatting and laughing before another amazing nights sleep.

written by  Chris and Emily on May 10, 2009 from Sedbergh, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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