Coniston

We got up early to catch the best of the weather, it was sunny to start with. We left for a walk at 9, leaving Amber.

We headed up Coniston Old Man, a short but tough climb, passing some old mine workings on the way.

We then headed along the ridge, getting to the peaks of Brim Fell and Swirl How.

We walked back down through Coniston village and had a pint in the Black Bull, then went to the lake jetty where we had an ice cream.

We knew rain was forecast later, and we got back to the van just as rain started. We relaxed for a bit then had showers and made omelette with peppers, onion, mushrooms and potatoes. We stayed in watching TV, it was raining by now.