Oh and today we move from the Lakes District into Yorkshire.
Pheebs knee a bit better this morning (forgot to mention Katie took her to the Dr last night who thinks its a twist or strain, not anything more serious and gave her a brace and some anti-inflammatories to take for a few days), but not up to walking so she and Mandy are taxiing to Keld. We really loved last nights B&B and it was great having Katie look after us and organising an appointment for Pheebs to see the Dr - really appreciated when you are away from home in a stressful situation.
Narelle and Pete have decided to take the high road to Keld via the 'Nine Standards'- piles of rocks designed to scare off your enemies. There were many stories about the amount and depth of bog across the top section of todays (varying from ankle to thigh deep), and given that, yesterdays trudge through bog, and the weather (yes still wet and windy) Joe and I decided to take the road to Keld. Some lovely views (thought it took me a while to appreciate them after about a 6km uphill) and the road meananderd past farms and old dry stone walls, then along the river. Lots of entrances to old lead mines visible in the hills. We were passed by a convoy of four wheel drives out on a grouse shoot - we could see them coming out of a valley way up to our right, then they followed the road for a while, then went back up into another valley where we heard shots coming from a bit later. They seemed really well organised.
Still wet and windy and really cold in places, so not really pleasant to stand around and take in the view. We reached the tiny village of Keld about 1pm (i think it was about 16 km today), but the B&B not ready for us, so we stopped at Keld Lodge for a cup of tea for me and a beer for Joe, and a chat to others as they came in from walking. These little towns/villages survive on walkers. We decided against partaking of the curried banana soup - didn't really appeal to me - but did hear later from Scotty and Gary that it was the best soup they had ever eaten - a big call!!
Mandy and Phoebe arrived by taxi about 2.30 and Pete and Narelle came in about 3.30 - apparently the bog wasn't too bad but it was a hard walk and freezing. Glad we did it the easy way today - though I'm not sure that the 6km, 25 - 30 degree gradient hill was that easy!
We had a great dinner at our B&B 'Butt House' tonight, due to the lack of alternative food sources in the village. They even had a cute little bar with a selection of beers and cider to keep all there happy.
Nice to have wifi for only the cost of a voluntary donation to the mountain rescue service - after seeing the terrain and weather that they may need to rescue people from/in, I'm happy to hand over a few pounds.
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