Lake district

Lake District Weekend

23rd -26th August 2008

Michelle and i spent the weekend just outside Keswick in the Lake district this weekend. Deanna and Katie stayed at home with there uncle Robert.

We travelled up to cumbria by National Express coach, This took a whole day just getting there. We left whitstable at 7:50 am and arrived at London victoria by 9:35. Here we had a wait of 1hour 25 minutes for the next Coach at 11 am. Then the long journey began to Keswick with a brief 10 minute stop at Birmingham arriving at our destination at 7:40 pm, we then had to get a taxi to our campsite, finally setting our tent up at 8:15pm. For spending a day just sitting in a seat i felt exhausted.

On the sunday we headed to Kewsick to catch the Boat across Derwant Water, we started our walk at Lodore to see the Water Falls.

We then started the climb of Catbells (In Reverse),

The Climb was tiring, but worth it for the views

The summit at 1500 ft was reached and the panarama was fantastic

We Started the decent, which to be honest was alot more difficult than the Ascent

It was a scramble to get down, this would be dangerous on a wet day.

We really enjoyed the climb and will be back to do some more.

Exam Results

Well Done

Deanna

My Daughter Deanna, got her exam results today, she achieved 7 1/2 GCSE passes, with a couple more results pending (animal care and business studies). Well i must say I'm proud as punch. Some of her results although passed were not as high as she wanted and so she is going back to 6th form to re-sit some.

I left school without any exam passes, so to have my daughter achieve this is a very special moment for me. Got her intelligence from her mother :)

New Addition

Congratulations

Derek & Michelle (My Sister)

On the Birth of thier Daughter

Melissa June

Melissa (Greek for Honey Bee) June (After her grandmother) was born at 5:58am on the 15th August 2008, weighing 6lb 9oz .A little sister for Josh and Sonny.