Well we made itII We started off with a couple of gentle walks around Grasmere/Rydal Water, Tarn Hows and a long walk in Langdale/Mickleden from our cottage near Elterwater. We then had a fairly easy walk up Latrigg one drizzly afternoon, much to our delight.
He then announced that he fancied climbing Loughrigg Fell, some fifty-odd years after he'd first dragged six-year-old me up there. He didn't even go the easy way, ignoring my suggestion of starting a little further round and instead going straight up the steep path from Red Bank Road! I had to urge him to stop and take a breather every few steps at one stage; I was climbing right behind him as he got a bit wobbly a couple of times and even checked I had a mobile signal in case he got in real trouble.
We sat on the big cairn where several paths meet in sight of the summit where he declared he'd had enough, but after a rest and a bit to eat & drink we made it to the summit proper, before descending via the old quarry & caves, and along Loughrigg Terrace. Hugely proud of the stubborn old sod!!