The hot weather continued in The Lakes throughout this week as it did across the country, most of what we did was done in the morning before we went back to the house to stay cool. Both these short walks are easily done in an hour or so and both enjoy plenty of cover, which kept the baking sun from us. The first was the usual up and around Aira Force walk, starting at the bottom up to High Force and back down. Nothing too difficult, the bottom parts of the waterfall are still out of action due to the fallen tree, however that has now been cleared (since our last visit at Easter) and they look to be constructing a metal walkway to replace parts of the path.

The second walk is the simple circuit of Grasmere, with refreshments in the village itself beforehand. I always enjoy this walk, its flat, great scenery and perfect for those days in between mountain days. This walk the scenery seemed to be even better than normal, the water sparkled and the reflections were pretty good. A lovely place to spend a couple of hours, one day I will extend the walk to include Rydal Water!!