The Lake District

At the Lake District we hired five bikes. We rode through the mountains and got filthy!Then we rode through mud puddles that were at least 5 inches deep, Mum couldn't even ride though a teeny weeny teeny puddle!

When Dad zoomed down the mountain(and I mean zooooooooooooooomed) he neary fell off his bike turning a sharp corner - some of the hills we climbed were very tiring. My shirt got so muddy that the mud wouldn't come out so now I think it will be going into the bin! We rode for about 2 1/2 hours - I don't think I'd do it again because it was mostly riding uphill but Sam loved it.

On Sunday morning we drove to the meeting past Lake Windermere. It was raining boots and umbrellas (ouch, ouch). We could see the Lake was higher than the day before and some of the fields were flooded already.

We found the meeting at last and went in. After each meeting they have lunch at the hired hall - there was a sports court in the hall with a room full of equipment to play with. There were two other children at the meeting - one was Rowan and his sister was Shara. We played soccer - girls onto boys. The score was pretty close - we think it was a draw. Rowan is 12yrs old and Shara is 14 yrs. Then we had lunch. It was yum. I had pizza and some salad, then for dessert I had a cherry liquer chocolate which I hated, then I had a bit of jelly and after that some ice-cream. This is Sam, Matt & Rowan.

When we drove back to Aberdeen while Sam, Matt and I were sleeping, Mum and Dad went through a place where the road was flooded over all the lanes on our side. Dad had to wait in traffic for an hour. Then further up the road and there were more large puddles over half of the lanes - Dad didn't think it was as deep as it was and went through it quite fast and his windscreen got covered and he couldn't see for a while.

While I was asleep in the car I was sleeptalking and went "doh, doh, DOH" with my eyes open and then smiled at Mum and went back to sleep straight away. Mum and Dad said they were laughing their heads off! Then later Sam mumbled a few things and started fighting himself in his sleep!