On the road… AGAIN? 🤔

[Granca]

It’s lovely to be seeing more of Scotland through your photos. I miss my trips to the west coast so much, but need to explore much more too… one day.

 

[Candy]

Not that I'm in any way biased, and I'm not saying it's better than Scotland by any means (wouldn't dare! but a wonderful and incredibly dog friendly place to stay in the Lakes is the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in Great Langdale. It was an absolute favourite Winter retreat for Trevor and myself and we also loved the nearby National Trust campsite in the Summer. Both well worth a visit!

 

[Sophiedoodle]

The thing that we love about Scotland is the right to roam… we can literally walk anywhere! We are always so conscious when on holiday in England about where we are actually allowed to walk, but up here we don’t have that at all!

 

[Sophiedoodle]

I’ve been doing something very exciting this morning!

 

[Sophiedoodle]

So, this morning I did the Go Ape Treetop Challenge
This involves high wires, Tarzan swings, zip lines, and basically it’s an obstacle course up in the trees! I had SO much fun, and mum watched from below (once she eventually found me!).

Here’s a few photos and videos

Let’s gooooo


The 400m zip line to get me across to the course!

Go Ape 26/11/21

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By this point, I had got the hang of it

Tarzan swing

Go Ape 26/11/21

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Each little course finished with a zip line, then I moved onto the next bit where I climbed up the ladder to get going again

Go Ape 26/11/21

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[Granca]

Each little course finished with a zip line

Well done, Sophie! The zip lines look a tiny bit less scary than the ‘bridges’ for walking across! Did you have anything to hold onto, or were you just supported by the harness?

 

[Sophiedoodle]

Did you have anything to hold onto, or were you just supported by the harness?

You are always attached to cable around the trees or the cable above you (pic). Some bits had cables you could hold, others didn’t!

 

[Lab_adore]

Speechless! You are so brave Sophie

 

[Granca]

@Sophiedoodle Hope you’re now all safely inside somewhere to avoid the stormy weather and not having to travel home today.

 

[Sophiedoodle]

@Granca yes, all safe inside! I definitely chose the right time to do Go Ape, it was beautiful this morning, the wind just picking up a little as I was finishing.
It isn’t too bad where we are, but very bad over the East coast, and dad is in Aberdeen tonight for a gig!

 

[Atemas]

Looks great fun @Sophiedoodle

 

[Selina27]

Hope you guys stay safe, the forecast sounds pretty dire for the next few hours in eastern Scotland xx

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Wow, that looks very intimidating, @Sophiedoodle ! You're a brave one!

Hope your Dad is ok on the east coast...

 

[Jacqui-S]

Hope you guys stay safe, the forecast sounds pretty dire for the next few hours in eastern Scotland xx

Luckily we are still in the west though leaving time is 10am ish.
Will adjust our homeward journey depending on the weather (and swerve a walk at Wallace Monument which was our original plan)

 

[Stacia]

I think I could do the Zip wire, but couldn't climb up the ladder to do it! Scared of heights! Looks great fun, a great adventure.

 

[Sophiedoodle]

Scared of heights!

Me too

 

[Candy]

Sophie, I would have had to stay firmly on the ground with your Mum! I'm very accident prone and a total wimp when it comes to heights unless I have solid ground under my feet. I can see the attraction of that though and well done for going for it!

 

[Sophiedoodle]

It’s snowing lightly this morning

 

[Jacqui-S]

On our way home, dodging windblown trees....

OH is home safely from Aberdeen - after getting there yesterday and setting up the band, gig was cancelled right before doors opened. Sensible. They also had to make an unplanned night stay out of it.
I think we have been pretty good where we were, relatively speaking!

 

[Granca]

On our way home, dodging windblown trees....

OH is home safely from Aberdeen - after getting there yesterday and setting up the band, gig was cancelled right before doors opened. Sensible. They also had to make an unplanned night stay out of it.
I think we have been pretty good where we were, relatively speaking!

Safe journey for you too
Just a bit blustery here so far. It seems to have hit the north badly, but also the south-west. My friends in Devon sent a photo of their neighbour's tree blown over their (new) greenhouse - fortunately saved from crashing directly onto it by the intervening wall. Just hope it can be removed without causing any damage!