We were treated to lovely weather for our first proper hike in the Lake District where we are staying in the small town of Patterdale with the MacKenzie family. Fiona MacKenzie is a close high school friend of Maya’s and current flatmate. Alex MacKenzie is one of my former soccer teammates. Also in the photo is Alex’s brother, Charles, and his family as well as Fiona’s brother and his friend from childhood. The MacKenzie’s have been holding family reunions in Patterdale for more than 50 years and today we did their traditional first-day’s climb of Place Fell. The views were outstanding and well worth the rugged 7 mile hike. On the way up Maya escorted Kyle through an underground cave/tunnel and I caught them as they emerged.