We were up early on Saturday morning and took a drive around the Lakes ending up in Keswick and back to Windermere taking in some great views on the way. The first stop was at Glenridding, in fact a small National Trust car park just a little way on from there as we made our way to Aira Force, the biggest waterfall in the Lake District. The car park was opposite a small area of shoreland looking across Ullswater and passers by had been building cairns as they had done when we were at Grasmere the previous day. Maria worked on her throwing technique and was getting some impressive distance as we found plenty of pebbles and stones to throw. Not many skimming stones though and Alison just had to take my word that I had been pretty impressive in the past at bouncing stones along the surface of the water.
Aira Force is another National Trust property with a small tea room as well as a fantastic walk. I did it on my own at first as Maria had fallen asleep by this stage and Alison stayed in the car with her while I got out and explored. There was an interesting tree which had fallen and was packed with coins hammered into it making it look like a reptile sprawled on the floor, its scales metallic in the intermittent sunshine. The waterfall was in full flow and a mist swirled below it as the water crashed down impatiently. Maria managed almost the whole walk, nearly 2 miles, although there were some steep steps on the route back down.
On the way back from Keswick I managed to watch a few minutes of the afternoon cricket at Ambleside. The photo shows a ball which got the final batsman out - I watched just two overs and saw 3 wickets fall which means the fielding side were very much on top.
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