Dovedale

This is Dovedale.
We've had dull overcast weather all week and dull overcast weather forecast for next week but Thursday was sunny all day so we took a drive north. Just 1 hour and 5 minutes and you can get to this beautiful part of the country - the Peak District.
Normally you can cross the river on those rocks in the photo but the river was too high on Thursday. Zac (my 8 year old) managed to get wet feet within minutes of arriving so we tried going over a hill to avoid getting more muddy and ended up finding ourselves in more and more slippery, steep, wet places until at one point, I wondered if we could get back down. Lol
About half a hour later I slipped down part of the hill and grabbed onto something to avoid hurting myself but what I grabbed was stinging nettles. Lol
Zac was absolutely covered in mud but we got down about an hour later.
I love days like that.
I said to Zac at bedtime - "You could have spent the day glued to a computer game, but instead, we were out in the fresh air, in the sun, getting exercise and falling down hills". : )
I think I just about convinced him that it was good.
: )