Posted by Phil Winterbourne on September 15, 1998 at 15:47:29:
In Reply to: Re: what to visit in lakes district? posted by Patrick Fox on September 13, 1998 at 15:10:55:
Would it be possible for her to hire a boat and land on Peel Island? I know that the weather will probably be awful but she might be lucky.
I don't know that end of the lake very well - is there anywhere a native war canoe can be hired?
The other possibility is (again weather permitting) walk up Coniston Old Man (Kankenjunga (sp?))This is not a particularly strenuous walk if you are used to hill walking, but in January don't do it unless the weather is very settled (I was up there in snow 2 years ago and was glad that I, unlike the swallows & Amazons, had an ice axe with me)
Phil