But not all the time

Mon May 24th

Today it's overcast and raining. Still we can't complain it's only the 2nd day of rain in just over 3 weeks. It was therefore a morning of doing stuff indoors.

Fred can be seen knitting and I dealt with some year end accounts queries for the company with our accountant.

I was tempted to start on tax returns, but my enthusiasm waned. It's all very well doing it with all the paperwork in front of you, but trying to work everything off electronic copies on a single screen is hard work.

We did escape for a brief walk between showers down to Mixal Lake. It was amazingly quiet and the lake completely flat with pockets of mist in the trees.

We encouraged Jack into the moored canoe, which was fine until it wobbled and he jumped out. Some perseverance required.

During the afternoon break in showers we drove five minutes down the road to Pender Hill Park, for a quick stroll up to the top. A little steeper than we envisaged with some sections quite hard going unless you are a four-pawed Spaniel with mountain goat tendencies.

It's a shame the weather was damp and misty as the view on a clear day from the top would be stunning.

The view in the video is broadly between the green lines on the map after the vertical climb up the squiggly red one! 1.16miles with an elevation gain of 563ft, according to Strava, much to Fred's laboured efforts with trekking poles.... more climb than hike methinks on this one!