Sue’s ankle was still a great range of colours: red, purple & blue. This prevented too much on our feet. Her swift recovery meant that we could walk from the B&B to the YHA and hire a Canadian canoe for a half day (4 hours).
We did a quick skirt round the top of the lake then headed down the western shore line, just to see how far we could get. The technique was probably awful, but we made reasonable progress. We felt there was a bit of a wind against us, but still headed across to the eastern shore after about 2 hours, then back north. We had time at the end to go up one of the rivers feeding the lake.
There were times when the direction was a bit ragged and I am sure that better technique would mean better style and less effort. It was good fun and we managed nearly 9 miles – not too bad for beginners!
Tags: Canoe, Windermere
