Onwards and upwards me hearties!

Yes, dear reader, as you will now know from earlier posts, it has been a sunny day! Accordingly, we went on a hike at about 11am this morning. Here is the gorgeous James pictured at the start of it. You see that tall hill behind him? That is where we were heading.

The walk was quite a tough one as we are both out of shape due to lack of exercise and too much beer and wine over the last few weeks.
However, with some determination and plenty of rests we made it all the way to the top and back again, a total of just over 3 miles.

Now we are back at the campsite again and James is having a well deserved nap. I am taking the opportunity to catch up on some reading for once. I am about half way through The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and throughly enjoying it too.

This evening, as James already mentioned, we are heading to the Winder Hall for dinner. The main purpose of the evening is to taste some wines and champagnes so that we can put together the drinks list for next weekend. Nick will be cooking in the kitchen but will also be likely acting as our sommelier to Seeing as we have now seen him cook and mend the plumbing, we are wondering if there is any end to his talents! We will keep you posted!

So there we have it. Sonia and George should also have landed in London by now too. They will probably be all meeting up as we speak! Ilona arrives on Wednesday, followed by Joe and Cheryl on thursday. What fun! Tomorrow we have to complete the ceremony details and in the evening we will be heading off to Windermere to have dinner with Martin and Alison who have also arrived, though from the closer departure point of Essex.

With that i'll say goodbye for now as it is time to get ready for dinner. I hope all are doing well!

Big love,

D&J