Awesome Adventure 2016: Keswick and Robin Hood's Bay

With only a few weeks left in England, we have been fitting in as much visiting and sightseeing as possible. After driving back from London earlier in the week, we went across to the northern part of the Lake District on Thursday. The village of Keswick was amazing and John was very impressed with the outdoor stores, including some Norweigan and Swiss stores. The walk to Friars Crag around the lake was easy but we finished with a climb up Castlehead. Having been to Windamere earlier in our travels, this time we went north, returning to Terrington via Hadrian's Wall. The return drive through the outskirts of Newcastle was a nightmare, with a lot of diversions for roadworks on the A1. So, we didn't get home until after 11pm.

Yesterday, we headed to the opposite side of England and walked from Ravescar to Robin Hood's Bay, along the Cleveland Way. We were nearly as impressed with Robin Hood's Bay as we were with Staithes. After a 20,000 step return trip, we decided to add on a rock scramble to the sea lion colony. We just had time to take some photos before the tide started to rise on the rock platform.

Mum and Paul arrive in Terrington this morning, after flying from Budapest and Prague to Amsterdam and staying overnight in Leeds. Looking forward to seeing them. We then collect Will from boarding at lunchtime. Sophie returns from Ardeche in France late tonight - ETA of 11pm. So, we will all finally be back in one place - at least until Will heads to Scotland with the cricket team tomorrow arvo, for matches on Monday.