Sunday morning in Richmond, and the chance for a lie-in. So obviously we're wide awake at stupid o'clock! Quite nice that we don't have to get up and race around sorting out kit though!
Funnily enough Richmond is quite quiet on a Sunday, although the street sweeper has already been past and we can hear the church bells in the distance. Not sure what we've got planned today; we're meeting Mum and Dad for breakfast at 9.30 (we would normally have been walking at least half an hour!) and we need to pop up to Reeth to see a lady about a dog.
I discovered a factory shop here in Richmond that make custom boots (and stock paramo!) but they're closed on Sundays. I'd wondered if they could have a look at Dawn's feet as the balls of her feet have become a bit swollen.
Not really surprising I guess and that reminds me that I haven't been doing my list for you so here's a quick synopsis:
Weather: we have seen pretty much three seasons worth of weather; at one point all within the space of about an hour! Rain, sun, cloud, thunder, wind, fog, and mist about covers it!
Blister Count: Currently zero! Dawn has had a couple of near misses but managed to sort them out in time.
Distance covered: Today so far - to the bathroom and back via the kettle! Total so far - 113.5 miles officially but probably a few more as we have diverted here and there.
Height gained: A difficult one but the guidebook reckons that by the time we finish we will have gained and lost enough height to have climbed the equivalent of Everest!
Type of terrain covered: so far we have covered fields, hills, rocks, streams, floods, bogs, roads, tracks, paths, poo, scrambles, old tramways and railway lines, and the occasional pub threshold!
High points so far: The Lakes, Keld Lodge, meeting some amazing people on the way, sharing the journey together (we're still talking!).
Low points so far: The long slog along Haweswater and the last few kilometres into Shap when Dawn had hit the wall and was struggling.
Wainwrights: One (despite best intentions!). Kidsty Pike - the highest point on the route. St. Sunday Crag and Helvelyn will have to wait for another day!
I shall leave you now as I'm still wondering what to do today once we've been to Reeth. I'm sure that it will include another pub at some point (we would hate to disappoint those of you who think this is just a pub crawl!) Apparently Black Sheep and Theakstons do brewery tours and Masham isn't too far away!.............
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