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Setting off to Keswick on a (rare) glorious day, all 30 of us arrived at the designated meeting point ON TIME. We all condensed ourselves, sardine-like, into a smaller number of cars & proceeded onwards to the ghyll! On arrival we changed into our fleecey all-in-ones, everyone looking a bit panda-like, and our waterproof jackets. After a 15 minute walk / climb we arrived at the first pool, where we all jumped in and realised how cold the water was. Having now acclimatised to the temperature, and after the bare essentials on safety we began our descent thorugh the ghyll. Roo was leading all the way and we started a series of watery inclines / waterfalls.
By started, I mean we actually slid down the rocks & water without any padding except our bums! We arrived at one plunge pool whee it proved so popular we did it twice ... some jumped, some slid, some cried, but we all got very wet. After two hours we eventually arrived at the end of the ghyll, soaked, but delighted, and with most participants suggesting we do it all over again. |  |
There were no serious casualities, despite the height & wateryness of it all ... some bruises by the careless and many aches & pains, from our youngest scrambler (Abigail, 8) through to our oldest (Peter Stephenson, 54).
There have already been calls to repeat the trip, but closer to home, so look forward to diving into Cloughbridge Reservior shortly!
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