Posted by Rob Boden on June 01, 2010 at 12:02:09 user humyar.
I'm posting to see if anyone, in particular families, will be around Coniston on Saturday 5th June. I've offered to take a family out to the island in my native war canoe, and so I will be able to give other people lifts out there. Oh, and bring them back too. I'll be flying a skull and crossbones burgee from my green canoe.
We will have a picnic on the Island (bring your own supplies), but if you are coming for the day there would be time to explore on the mainland too – the Igloo is nearby, and so is Swallowdale.
If you are able to come, either try and contact me beforehand, or just be at the shingle bay opposite the landing place on Wild Cat Island at 12.00ish. This is at the furthest north point of the National Trust woodland called Low Peel Near. There is some parking at the southern end of it, on the eastern shoreline of Coniston, or plenty at Rigg Wood just a few hundred metres north of it (then walk south for c. four hundred metres to the little gap in the wall).