Friday - bribery and corruption get Thomas and his cousin up at the crack of dawn (well I was up at 6:30 making the picnic anyway.) By 9.00 we were striding out up the path towards Ill Bell. This has long been a target and we have been waiting for a good day, which today promised to be. In the event it was a little cloudy, but that did no harm as it would have been hot work in full sunshine. We reached Ill Bell at about 11:40 having eaten our picnic on the peak before. The reward for all the climbing for us was a wonderful panorama of the Throutbeck Valley, the sea, Kentmere and the Kirkstone Pass. Thomas's reward was extra pocket money. On the way we saw skylarks, falcons and a fox running across the fell. It is odd that I have grown used to seeing urban foxes but this was the first time I have ever seen one in the wild. We started down the other side of Ill Bell but the path is very steep and narrow and Thomas took a bad tumble. We decided it was safer to retrace our steps and to go back the way we came. All in al though a lovely walk and a real feeling of achievement when we got down and looked up at where we had just been.
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