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I was in Keswick as the car needed a service. It was a beautifully sunny, winter's morning with the last of the overnight frost covering the grass in Hope Park. A walk round for an hour or so would pass the time nicely while the garage did the work. Dougal would appreciate a walk too, so rather than leave him at home, I opted for a stroll out to the lake.

The Mockerkin Mob, our local walking group is rather depleted at present and Storm Eowyn on Friday left several homes in the valley, including mine, without power. Some weren't yet re-connected, so as a consequence several potential walkers sent their apologies for this "A" walk today. As a result it was a select band of two and a trusty dog that set out for today's winter walk around the Whinlatter Fells.

At one time, Cumbria was part of Scotland, but at other times, part of Scotland were English, so the border has moved over the years. This night it edged south for a few hours as Loweswater Village Hall seemed to be invaded by men in kilts and ladies sporting tartan sashes.It's Burns Night and the Loweswater 77 Club is in celebratory mood.

After Clitheroe, Cathy and Mark continued north and joined me here in Loweswater for a few days. The weather had taken a turn for the worse, as it had all across the country, but we still had chance to get out for a low level walk and a trip to Cogra Moss was one they hadn't done since the new path had been completed.

An invite for Loes and I to travel down to Wiswell near Clitheroe in Lancashire today. The plan was to walk with my daughter and her friends, stay overnight ,and then travel back to Cumbria. The first part went to plan except that Loes's knee was playing up and thought she travelled down to Wiswell, in the end she wasn't able to join us on the walk.

Another day of blue skies and sunshine, below zero temperatures and plenty of snow on the fells. The valley and lowland roads were clear but ice was a problem after the wet winter. Newlands and Honister Passes were closed but we thought we'd combine a trip to see friends in Buttermere with a drive up the valley as far as we could safely get.

The weather is beautiful and the next best thing to a walk in the snow is a drive in snowy scenery.We head out, ostensibly to call into the shops in Keswick, but end up extending the drive and shopping a different day.In the sunshine and with a good covering of snow the high fells are looking superb.

The snow was beckoning, so after a morning of shopping and other domestic duties I had the chance to get out for a walk. Low Fell, like all the Cumbrian Fells, had an extra layer of snow fall on them last night and the little snow down here at valley level belied what there was much higher up. I would walk to The Lonesome Pine and then take it from there.

With additional contributions from many of you I managed to donate £600 to our good causes this year.

As before, I donated £1 from every calendar sold to Mountain Rescue and Air Ambulance charities, check out the results . . . and of course a huge thank you to you all.