She also enjoyed mountain biking with a group of RAF Air Cadets. While a cup of tea was being brewed on a camping stove for her later on, she told the assembled Cadets: "There's lots of scientific studies about the healing powers of nature and being outdoors."
The Duchess of Cambridge tried her hand at abseiling at Cathedral Quarry, Little Langdale, earlier today, during a visit to the Lakes to emphasise the benefits of the outdoors to young people