Day 11 of our trip to the Lake District, but we were still in the North-East because one of us was doing a tour of Newcastle University.

Day 9 of our trip to the Lake District, except we’d moved over to Sunderland to see some of the family for the first time in ages.

Day 7 of our trip to the Lake District, which featured a walk through some very heavy rain up to Easedale Tarn.

Day 6 of our trip to the Lake District, which featured a trip up a Via Ferrata at the old slate mine on Honister Pass.

Day 5 of our trip to the Lake District, which featured a trip to the Lakes Distillery, some alpacas and some more time in Grasmere.

Day 4 of our trip to the Lake District, which featured a slightly wet walk on the “Fairy Walk” in Borrowdale.

Day 2 of our trip to the Lake District, including trips up a mountain, around Wordsworth’s house, and into Ambleside.

Day 1 of our trip to the Lakes, mainly involving the drive up the M6 from home, but also a stroll around Grasmere.

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A grand aristocratic country house which has been converted into a museum celebrating the Revolution.

You can’t beat a fortress on top of a mountain. That’s why they built them there. Grenoble’s one is great.

Sur le Pont d’Avignon, l’on y danse, l’on y danse. Sur le Pont d’Avignon, l’on y danse tous en rond.

Whatta lotta notta lot. Every holiday has a day like this. This holiday had more than one.

Paddling down the Ardeche river on a beautiful sunny day, accompanied by lots of French people.

A small town in the Ardeche across from Vallon Pont d’Arc, where we stayed for most of a week.

School geography had a lot of stuff about glaciation. The Pyrenees are ideal for a refresher field trip.

Glaciated valleys tend to be steep at the bottom and flatten out as you get higher. We didn’t get that high.

The Col du Tourmalet and the Pic do Midi de Bigorre. The Col is a long way up, but the Pic is further.

We decided to get out of the rain by visiting a cave where water was literally pouring out of the ceiling.

A bit of an adventure exercise involving several zip lines and via ferrata. All four of us had a go.

Luz Saint Sauveur nestles at the base of the Col du Tourmalet, the most famous climb in the Tour de France.

A morning parkrun followed by breakfast and an unexpectedly slow drive along some French motorways.

A day of driving through France collecting occasional geocaches, ending at a spectacularly pretty chateau.

The annual UK Mega geocaching event was being held in Aberdeen. I know someone who lives there.

We didn’t see the devil himself, but he left a very big hole in the ground last time he was here.

I’m Hen-er-ry the Eighth I am, I am, I’m Hen-er-ry the Eighth I am. Making a family weekend out of the original parkrun.

A bit of driving and a bit of walking on the flat. Oh, and some cake. Light relief after the previous day.

Walking up some big hills on a fantastic day in November. You could see for miles and miles.

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