Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Lake District jaunt

Greetings from Suffolk Branch in hot and sunny Keswick! We've been enjoying a multi activity break in preparation for our India trek later in the year. Our main priority was to restore full power to our legs so plenty of steep climbs were on the agenda - Scafell Pike and Cat Bells for example. Here is Polly relaxing in the sun and admiring the view on top of Cat Bells - moments later a Hercules, Tornado and Typhoon were to fly past and wake Polly from her reverie.



Thinking of Chelmer and his nature notes, we thought he'd like a picture of some very pretty primroses in Great Wood - they were lovely but brought on an early bout of hay fever afterwards!



Finally, in case we have to cross any rivers in India, Polly decided to test out her canoeing skills but sadly the Banana Guard makeshift canoe was a bit leaky - oops! Hope next month's canal boat is more shipshape. Polly was soon forced to abandon ship and go for a swim instead - it was certainly warm enough!


Suffolk Branch enjoy a bit of culture so it was next stop Castlerigg Stone Circle and then a final debrief in the very fine Cafe 26 wine bar which concluded a very successful training mission. Cheers!




3 comments:

Bears Unlimited Norfolk Branch said...

Wow Polly, how did you get that lake to be the same shade of blue as your uniform - what a stunning colour!

The banana guard canoeing has to be the most original thing we've seen for a long time - love it - and of course the canoes in India could be leaky, so good practice.

Glad you had a successful trip.

Love the Norfolk Branch xxx

Fred's mum said...

Polly says thanks for your comment but she can't take all the credit - it wasn't that original as she got the idea from Croc canoeing which Norfolk Branch pioneered as she recalls... She did line the canoe with a banana skin to improve the leaks but of course that just made the inside too slippery! She volunteered to test out the prototype for the furies as she drip dries!

Anonymous said...

Midlands Branch enjoyed seeing the photos, particularly the one with blue sky, blue lake and blue uniform.

Glad the training went so well.