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I actually slept later today for some reason and did not wake up until almost 6:45. But there was no hurry as we only had a short walk, maybe three hours, to our overnight stop. Today is mainly a rest day. I was pleasantly surprised when I crawled out of my sleeping bag to find that the temperature was manageable. I did not have to immediately dive into my down jacket as… Read More
Today’s summary: we descended in one day what it took two days to ascend. As we were hiking down the valley today I started feeling a glowing sense of accomplishment the further we went because it was ALL down. It was at that point I realized exactly just how much “up” we had climbed the previous two days. Going up my glutes were cranky, coming down my knees were complaining but I… Read More
I woke up this morning thinking that today was going to be a difficult clothes day. I peeked out my window and saw the sun shining in a bright blue clear sky. That the sky was clear was not too surprising as I could hear a fierce wind blowing. No cloud had a chance of staying in one place with the way the wind was howling past my window. In addition our… Read More
“Burn baby burn.” That is the phrase that was going through my mind for most of today. Not only did we continue following the river up the ravine, which was slowly gaining altitude, but we were also climbing up one side of the mountain that formed the ravine, so it was double trouble. In all, we gained almost 1000m in altitude so today was a lot of up and my glutes got… Read More
Breakfast was served at 8am sharp for all the guests so even though I was ready earlier I loitered in the common room waiting for our hosts to invite us to sit. Heather was gone, having left at 7:30. I am not sure either the Australians or I would catch up to her again. Because we all sat down to breakfast at the same time it was a slow process but since… Read More
Well the big question for the day was not whether or not I was going to get wet but rather how wet was I going to get. The forecast indicated “light rain” starting in Reeth around 11am with “heavy rain” an hour later and almost the same was forecast for Richmond, the day’s destination. The walk was approximately 11 miles so there was no doubt that “rain” was going to feature in… Read More
It was cloudy and overcast when I woke up but I was prepared as the forecast had predicted “cloudy with occasional sun” but no rain. Katie, my hostess at the Castle View B&B in Kirkby Stephens, provided a great breakfast and some good advice on navigating bogs which started my day off well. Her advice was simple- go around them no matter how far out of the way you need to go!… Read More
To describe day eight I have to finish the story of day seven because as it turns out they became connected. As I was sitting in the pub at the George Hotel in Orton watching Wales and Ireland play their soccer match, my main occupation after posting yesterday’s blog, a huge crowd of eight people loudly entered the bar. They took the table next to mine and asked to borrow some of… Read More
Another beautiful day dawned in the Lake District I discovered as I peeked out my curtains this morning. It looked as promising as yesterday was, a sunny sky with some clouds and a great temperature for walking. My task for the day was to get from Grasmere to Patterdale. The route consisted of only 8-ish miles up and over one hill into the next valley so I was planning on taking the… Read More
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