Baboons and Apes

On Monday this week a group of us (5 adults and 4 kids) went off to Grizedale to "Go Ape". The grown ups had been before but this was the first time for the kids who have all turned 10 (the minimum age now). We had a fantastic day and the kids surprised us by being right on top of the safety stuff and not getting it wrong even once. In fact it was ME that got told off by Big Mathew for not having my carabiners opposed (opposite sides for the closures) on one run. The weather was beautiful - clear blue skies and not too hot.


All of the staff at Go Ape were absolutely fantastic - especially Claire (Thanks Claire!) - they must pick them for having great personalities and a can-do attitude. This really is how family entertainment ought to be!

If you are going to do this yourself then it might be advisable to wear some insect repellent though. We use Avon "Skin so Soft" spray (which is allegedly also used by those rufty tufty boys in the SAS), but we forgot to take it with us and got a few bites as a result.


The whole thing took us about 3 and a half hours and we did a dash to Booths to pick up what was left of the bread and barbeque stuff and headed back to Limefitt for a barbie.

The stars on Monday night were spectacular as there was no moon and a totally clear sky - you could see the Milky Way and we saw satellites and shooting stars.