Rivington Pike
Sponsored Walk Saturday 20th May 2017
The walk at Rivington Pike was so fun!
It didn’t look as if the weather was going to be nice to us
when we arrived, the sky was overcast with big dark grey clouds, and, sure
enough when all of the group was together it started to rain. At first it was
just drizzle when we first started the walk, up a well-worn gravel path, (I
think the topic of conversation at the time was dogs, as a couple of Golden
Retrievers had just gone past with another group). Then we turned into another
path, except this time it was really steep.
We got to about half way up the hill when the weather
cleared up and Caitlin and I seemed to be leading. (Personally, I had no idea
where we were going, but the path was quite straight forward!) We went up a bit
more to where there was a lovely view but it was very overgrown, on a small
narrow path, when we made the decision to just go up and then down, not around
and then up. It started to rain quite a bit then and as we got further up we
came on to a moor-like bit.
We went past some D of E teenagers packing up their
stuff in the hammering rain and Caz (I think it was Caz..) asked if they were
enjoying themselves. Most shook their heads and one girl said ‘No!’ very firmly
and decidedly, although, I don’t
think that I would enjoy it much if I had to pack up in the pouring rain
either, so I don’t really blame them!
After this there was just one stretch of huge steep steps
left until the top. Well, if when we saw the D of E people it was raining cats
and dogs, it was now raining horses and cows and giraffes and elephants! To add
to that there was a howling wind as well! So, we got up the last bit and we
were at the top, yay! We decided to scrap the picnic lunch as we were all so
cold and very, very wet. So, as Ellie handed out chocolate biscuits (I think
they were bourbons, but whatever they were, they were very yummy!) we tried to
admire as much of the hazy view as possible.
We went back down the hill thoroughly soaked through, with it
still hammering it down. We decided to do some geocaching and I found one! I
was very pleased with myself as we’d been hunting around for ages for it! After
we’d done two (Ellie found the second one) we walked back soaked to the skin
and very hungry, but still cheerful all the same.
When we got back Becky produced a huge birthday cake from
her rucksack for Caz and we all sung Happy Birthday and departed with a fat
slice of yummy cake, making a very welcome addition to our wet picnic in the
car!
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