Summer poses its own set of challenges. This season’s weather hasn’t been great with few warm weather days. Yes there has been sun but it’s often felt more like late October than high Summer. But the weather hasn’t deterred the crowds. Try to go anywhere around midday and the car parks are mobbed. Hawklad doesn’t do mobbed car parks….
But leave it until the evening and suddenly the car parks are empty. Ok that usually means the venue is shut but not everywhere. Just like Dalby Forest. A few hours earlier this walk would have been rammed with hikers, dog walkers and mountain bikers but now at 6-30pm it’s all change. It’s quiet, we are the only car in the car park. A 2 hour walk and we didn’t see another soul.
Or just like 6-30pm on the North East Coast. A couple of intrepid surfers enjoying warming drinks on the beach. A couple of ball chasing dogs with well wrapped up owners. That’s it. Solitude.
Yes 6-30PM cuts down the places open but it opens up so much space and peace. It works for us. Just don’t forget the Woolly Hats, it is Summer here.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
I always took my lake vacations at the end of September. The wster was nicely warmed by the summer dun, and the warer-lovers were home wotking or wherever. Yeah, I had to bring my own treats and liquids, but there was no crowd, and no rowdiness. True vacations…
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We often went to Switzerland in October. Much quieter yet still ok weather.
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Good thinking.
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🙏
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glad you had a nice walk, even if it was 6:30. It works for you, as you say! X
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It’s a perfect time but the nights are starting to close in now. x
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So peaceful.
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It really is
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I’m also not good with packed car parks full of tourists. So when my daughter’s car broke down in the Starbucks car park yesterday, I had already done enough people watching from a passenger seat and went for a walk. I can only cope with a short amount of time looking out at all the folks looking in. It’s a two way form of voyeurism, and I’d been doing that nice smile and a nod for long enough, while she went to get her weird iced coffee (I’m too tight to pay Starbucks prices). I could carry on asking myself: Where have all these mixed bunch of people come from FFS?
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I wish Costa and the like would start having one way windows. I must admit I’m so like you on this.
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Lol! Summer in England is quite different from summer in Pakistan.
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I bet it is 😂
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😅😅😅
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Sounds like a perfect time in late summer – maybe a little chilly but it’s still beautifully light. Enjoy!
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It is such a great time. Only down side is a few times the light goes before we can go too far.
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I am glad that works
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Today again, empty car park and yet it was in the heart of the Peak District. Would have been overfilled just a few hours before.
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It looks so peaceful and serene. I’m glad and inspired you find ways to experience and the joy of summer with Hawklad. Enjoy the rest of it up!
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Thank you, finding those places makes such a difference
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Summer? I’ve forgotten what that is – however, it is handy for keeping the crowds down. Looks lovely without all the people.
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Today I was in a jumper….
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Very early and very late always worked for me. It does help when it’s not dark, of course. Sorry about English summer!
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The light at those times is often wonderful
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Yay for empty parking lots. Looks like a lovely walk!
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Again today. 630 and no one in the car park
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Yay! 🥰
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I would never want to leave! That must have been lovely ❤
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Yes I get those feelings. We need these places xx
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That sounds absolutely beautiful! And your photo is breathtaking❤️
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Thank you, your blog has many breathtaking views ❤️
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You’re welcome! Thank you so much. Can’t wait for the foliage. Surprisingly here and there leaves are already turning colors.❤️
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I feel for your lad. I don’t do mobbed car parks either, or crowded lifts, Does your son ‘do’ lifts ?
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