Well, it’s been a wet start to the year.
The lake is very high and it’s very warm for January. Usually we would expect snow and
ice by now. Ironically, we have just finished the work on a winter ice-climbing
guide. Credit for most of the work goes to the British Mountaineering Council
(BMC) and Natural England. It is due for release this coming week and as soon
as I have an electronic copy, I’ll post it on my blog. It is a really nice
piece of work but there is no ice climbing to be had at present!
The weather wasn’t especially helpful either
for a day I have just spent on Derwentwater.
The Trust is having lots of work done by the building department on
Derwent Island. Access of course is by boat but none of the building team had
relevant experience. So I spent a day instructing them on use of the boats and
on safety drills for this specific trip.
Fortunately they were all very quick
to learn the essentials and their daily journeys will reinforce their
proficiency. Each of them now has the skills to drive the power boats they will
use to get them and their equipment safely back and forth to the island.
It turned out to be a wild, exhilarating
day on the lake with driving wind and lots of rain. The builders took turns to
have an hour spell in the boat but I was out there in the wild weather all day
and got a thorough soaking. But I do love to have days out in wild weather.
Daisy here. I’ve been to Derwent Island
playing with my friends Gus and Bryn. It was really wet. I got cold.
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