Derwent Water

We have just returned from a fantastic holiday with six families including various Burgii, Grews, Maycocks and Bennetts, at a hostel on the shores of Derwent Water.  After a damp and windy start, we were blessed with a fine day with to climb Cat Bells which was the highlight of the trip.  A certain Mrs Tiggywinkle is said to reside here, behind a little wooden door cut into the side of the hill.  Much searching was done to find the secret door, but hedgehogs are notoriously shy and Mrs Tiggywinkle proved to be no exception.  But despite the lack of hedgehog sightings, it was an epic day of adventure, surrounded on all sides by the most stunning views.  Without exception the twelve children gave the whole experience a big thumbs up, and went home hungry for more mountain adventures.  For us, it brought back memories of old when many, many mountains were climbed, and as the children's legs grow longer the mountains will most definitely get taller, or at least that is the plan.  We will have little persuasion to do from our end, James having declared his ambition to climb Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Ben Nevis next!