With the family, I have had a gorgeous walk over Carlton Bank and Scugdale on the northwestern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. We did not see much birdlife, must be the time of the year, but the rocks were very interesting as usual not least because some of the path reclamation work was from imported rocks not local to the area. Once we got off the moor we were on to the terminal road running up Scugdale and then we just climb back up to the moor and then headed up for the trig point and back down to the car. The views across the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray are quite amazing although it was a bit hazy today. A nice tea and a nice foreign language film "the idiot" is coming up soon and maybe even an episode of Star Trek if we have time. This has been a good start to the holiday for Fiona because she felt pretty tired this morning but strangely enough after walking 7 miles around the North Yorkshire moors she looks a lot fresher and she says she feels a lot more relaxed. Plenty of walking to be done this summer vacation!