Last day of the holidays

At the start

Tuesday was the last day of the holidays - booooooo!  Matt was back at work, so Tom and I caught up with the Augers, the Atkinsons and the Durkins and went for a walk near Milnthorpe which incorporated the Fairy Steps.

Tom and his new best friend

It wasn't a particularly nice day, but all the children were on good form and we had a very lovely day.  It was a walk we didn't even know existed but had a bit of everything in it: hills, scenery, deer, rock features, forest etc etc.  The children all got on, don't think I heard any whinging at all including from Hugo who is only 3 - I think the walk was about 7 miles in the end as well - what a chap he is, a proper bundle of energy - I think he could have kept going for quite a while afterwards too!

The children and some deer

Tom decided that he would be in charge of Indy for the day and took the responsibility very seriously, leading him for pretty much the whole walk and then getting upset when Fred wanted to do the same for 5 mins (Indy is Fred's dog after all!)  What a change from a year or so ago!

At the Fairy Steps

As I said, it wasn't a particularly nice day so we had a quick lunch break and then headed onwards.  We got great views of Morecambe Bay and generally had a lovely day catching up.  Thanks Ruth for organising, hopefully we will do more of these walks in the future, such good fun and very social.