Real Yorkshire weather.

VERY heavy rain overnight and during the first part of this morning accompanied by strong winds - not a day to be up in the hills so we decided to be a tourist!

A leisurely start this morning and on to visit Lancaster, (what a dump!) in order to buy some clothes and bits that I need for the new school term when I return. We then went to Hawes to visit the Dales Countryside Museum and had a walk around Hawes looking at the local shops during which time I bought a new pure wool throw for my sofa back on the boat!

A quick visit to the Wensleydale creamery only to find that the viewing gallery and museum was shut so we had to put up with a visit to the shop and the purchase of some amazing Wensleydale cheese with ginger - of which half was eaten by the time we returned back to the caravan!

Back home the sun was attempting to push through for the evening although the winds are still just as strong. The forecast for tomorrow is almost as bad as today with the impending heatwave beginning on the very day we plan to drive back home! We can't sit around and so we plan to go walking again for the final two days of our holiday regardless!