Shepherd's Crag (March 18th 2006)

Well. Would you believe it?
We get up and there's more white stuff. Hairyface says, "Right after we've dropped Screature off at Higham Hall. Well go round Derwentwater for a change."
There won't be any white stuff that low down. What's he playing at?
So, we drive to Higham, past all these great views of white stuff on top o' the bumps and we get to walk round Derwentwater? Whoopie doo!
Actually it weren't too bad. Parked up by that big theatre place. Where the caravan theatre used to be. And off through the woods.
Trail hounds on the scent. Rescue dogs looking for missing hewmings. OK... me and her trying to find a squirrel to scare. (We didn't!)
It was a Saturday, so there were quite a few hewmings about. Unusual that, Hairy tends to go where they aren't. But little did I know his cunning plan.
The views were really good. Dead clear and all the bumps were iced over. Not too much smell wise. I guess frost locked 'em all in somehow.

Io had a trembler on Ashness landing stage. She thought Hairy was going to throw her in. He does sometimes (don't know why, perhaps he's evil!) but I told her it was too cold. He wouldn't do that today. I was right too. But she wouldn't come out on the wood bit.
Eventually Hairy got her out for a pic by bribing her with a bit of choccy. Bribing! I mean, he never did that with me when I was a pup. Still I got a bit too so that's OK.
He strides off then like a man on a mission. I know about that cos often I'm a dog on a mission.
I told Io, "Oh ho, we're off to a pub."
But we weren't. The sneaksvillain had found out that Shepherd's Crag cafe opens on Sats and Suns in winter. He was off for teean cake!

Not only did he he have teean cake he had ice cream on it too. Ice cream! I know. Completely cracked, aint he?
Anyway. The cake was so big he couldn't eat it all, so we got a dob of choccy cake each. Pretty nice it was too.
Then instead of a walk back round t'Lake he got he the ferry back to Keswick. The ferry!
It was packed with grockle types who had just boated round, not even walked. You could tell by their smell.

Back in Keswick, guess where we went?
Yup. The Dog and Gun!
He must have a seat with his name on!

Pics:

1: Funny stone - are they all like that inside?

2: Looking like a Big Dog at Keswick.

3: The ginormous teean cake!!! (Some of which we ett!)