Wow, the first awesome weather in the Lakes for what seems like weeks and weeks, and we were at home…
We weren’t the only ones to think that, the car park at the New Dungeon Ghyll was very full. Despite the temperatures being in the minus small numbers in the valley we know of a superb mountain sun trap – Pavey Ark.
We’ve done the route a few times before but it’s an ultra classic and offers a line that is almost always dry, so Capella was the chosen line.
It seems that some paragliding club or another were having a meet in Langdale as we’d passed several folk carrying large glider packs on the trail up Stickle Ghyll and the skies were full of gliders! Plus, there was a windsock set up in their chosen landing field opposite the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel.
It made some sense of the packed car park too – as we left we noted that many of the vehicles were vans with gliding stickers and other “badges” stuck in their rear windows.
Dinner
When we got home, after a swift gin & tonic, it was time for dinner… And seeing as we had gotten pretty cold during the day Laetitia opted to knock up something warming, Hungarian Goulash. Made with a recipe from our Hungarian recipe book and our Xmas present from Dalma – real Hungarian paprika!
Thanks Dalma! 😀 It was yummy! :yum:
I have also been experimenting with paprika from Dalma – it’s much more tasty than the stuff you get in the supermarket here! I made a Sertés pörkölt the other day (from my Hungarian recipe book courtesy of Dalma) and also added some of the paprika to some home made bean burgers; both of which were very tasty 😉
Chuffin tree hugger…