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With family arriving at lunchtime on Saturday the weather took a turn for the worse . . . typical !

Still there's no point in sitting inside and so after lunch we put on water resistant clothing and headed out on a first small walk.

While the whole crowd (of five and two dogs) assembled in the garden . . . there was the chance for a few photos.

This was the view and the weather forecast . . . low cloud, possible rain, cooler.

Luke was (made) ready first and we waited in the garden while the others locked up the house.

Big scary dog Dylan on the stone . . .	. . . I want to do that suggests the two year old.	. . . Now who's 'King of the Castle'.

Rhian, Gareth, Luke and Ann on the way down to Crummock Water.

As the afternoon progressed  the weather did improve.  The clouds lifted a little and the fells became more distinct.

Relaxing on the fallen pines down at the small beach . . . with Mum and Nana.

Dougal gets a chance to be centre stage . . . with a backdrop of snow covered Mount Fugi . . . I mean cloud topped Grasmoor.

Shift up you two . . . let's add some colour to the picture.

Dougal is pushed to one side, Dylan is not sure of the drop to the water behind him . . . and Luke stands tall.

The bracket mushrooms have withered even further since our visits during the week . . . this was it on the 28th July.

The Bracket fungus looked so new on the 18th.	. . . it was starting to die back by the 22nd.

We crossed the fields back to the cottage and Luke was intrigued by the sheep of course.

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Cathy and Alexander arrived late that night . . . so next day she and I repeated the walk but with four dogs.

Lunch in the garden with the "emergency chairs and table".

The weather was still overcast, very humid but we had sunny intervals . . . hence the sunshade.

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With the warmth of the day it was suggested that we went for a walk to Harry's Pool and all have a swim.

To be fair, it has been delightfully warm, but the recent rain has chilled the river and made it a slightly more peaty colour.

I can tell folk don't think it is as warm as suggested.

Luke has his little wet suit on so I take him for a float in the pool.

Rhian's entrance into the water was, shall we say, a little more dramatic than others . . . much to everyone's amusement.

Family photo of Gareth Luke and Rhian.

He seems more interested in the camera so he can't be that cold after all.

Time to get changed . . .

The assembled multitude  . . . photographed by Gareth of course.

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