Rainy day, sunny day

What a glorious week we had.  Bright sunshine and warm - even hot!  I had a mid week cake to make - boo, but managed to get out to Leck with Caroline on Thursday morning and enjoyed a brisk and beautiful walk up the dale.  Of course, the weather changed on Friday afternoon and by Saturday it was cold and raining!

Matt was away Thursday to Saturday and then playing cricket on Sunday so it was Mummy and Tom time.  We didn't really know what to do on Saturday, Janine came to the rescue on Friday afternoon, inviting us to Seth's birthday party on Saturday morning, so we popped along.  It was raining but between a tent and a caravan the children had lots of fun and didn't notice the weather.  Tom won best boy dancer in a competition and he won pass the parcel and came home with a good haul.

In the afternoon we did a quick circuit of the village, taking in the butcher's and discovered that an Indian restaurant is opening soon - fantastic news.  Apparently the owner already has 3 restaurants in the Lakes, so should know what they are doing.  We then came home and
had a long lego session before tea.  Matt arrived just before Tom went to bed.

Nik & Tom April 2015

Sunday dawned bright and sunny.  It was too good to waste the day so Tom and I decided to do the Waterfalls Trail.  We said goodbye to Matt and went on our way.  We decided to do it back to front (I prefer it that way).  We had the first ⅓ of the trail to ourselves, once on the open moorland we started to meet a steady stream of people coming in the opposite direction.  Note to self, it is probably easier not to do the trail the wrong way round during high season as some parts are quite narrow, meaning sometimes you have to wait quite a while to be on your way!

Boy and Ingleborough

Thornton Force

We came across a pile of slate in which people had scratched their names and dates, so we decided to do our own and leave it with the others.  Something to look out for when we come back next.

The weather stayed bright and Tom was in good form chatting away.  He even volunteered information about what has been happening at school - it turns out that one of their topics this half term is plants.  He knew you can get Evergreen and Deciduous trees and that plants breathe out oxygen.  So he has been listening.  It's funny how information he receives gets processed - seems it will stay in his brain for a while and then come out at completely random times, not when you ask him about it!

Money Tree

Tom and some mushrooms

We had lunch at Thornton Force, where we may have witnessed a wedding proposal.  We saw a couple climb up onto a large rock in front of the waterfall, the guy then got down on one knee, there were then lots of kisses and cuddles going on!  How romantic.  We carried on against the traffic to the beginning of the trail, spent quite a while admiring the wonderful money tree and then spent half an hour or so in the Falls Cafe where Tom played in the adventure playground.  I eventually dragged him away.

Caitlin, Tom & Lottie

Tom decided to walk home through the park as he needed the toilet.  There we bumped into Caitlin, Lottie and Rich and ended up playing in the park there with them for another hour.  We didn't get home until 4pm.  Tom was still full of energy and chat!  He did slow down around 6pm and was happy to be in bed for 7pm.  A lovely day.