This weekend my brother came to stay (Uncle Nigel) and we had wonderful time. We went on a walk to up Gummers How and had the most amazing view at the top. James loved this walk and did some great scrambling and climbing up the stones (it is quite steep). He also loved the stream and had a wonderful time exploring. At the end there was a fallen tree trunk and James spontaneously started taking bark off and hunting for bugs. He then went climbing up and managed to get right to the top - of course Hannah had to climb up too! It was a great walk and I loved the children's delight at being outside.
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| Exploring the stream on the way up |
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| Lake Windermere from the Top of Gummers How |
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| A Family Photo with Uncle Nigel |
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| Are there any bugs under here? |
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| I think there maybe something here |
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| I found one! |
My brother Nigel took this video which shows just how beautiful this place is! It is quite noisy because it was SO windy at the top!
Gummers How is one of the outlying fell Wainwright Walks - we are hoping to do them all as a family. According to his book it is 390 feet of ascent and is 1 mile there and back. This is how it is described; "it is a fell walk in miniature, a little beauty, with heather, a few rocks to scramble on,a classic view and a rustic Ordnance column - juts like the real thing; and all so easy to access from a motor road and attainable almost without effort."
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