Day 03: Seatoller to Grasmere (10 miles and lots of climbing)
Hi Everyone! If you haven't guessed by now the weather today was rather foggy, my weather forcast for today was; Drizzle, rain, drizzle, heavy rain, fog, fog and even thiker fog, drizzle - oh and did I mention that it rained?
Today we set of from Seatoller and yet again still no SUN! We walked through muddy fields and country lanes for about 2-3 miles.
We proceeded upwards`on a seemingless endless trudge to get to 2000 feet.
Eventually we reached our goal and then continued up and down, down and up along the ridges passing three mountains: Calf Crag, Gibsons Knott and and Helm Crag.
On the way and when everyones feet started to reach the climax of their pain, Dad sheepishly told us that the couple behind us had taken the flatter quiker route not along the mountains- oh and then made a quick escape...
We dropped down out of the fog ( still no gorillas ) and walked down to Grasmere where we went up to our hotel room ( Paddy leaving embarrasing dirty footprints EVERYWHERE ) to a nice warming bath which awaited.
154 miles to go ...
Highlight of the day: coming down from the curtain of mist to actually see something other than fog.
Hi Everyone!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog - very interesting! I also won't complain about the cool weather we are having here in Sunderland. No rain this week - so far!
Your feet must be starting to hurt by now - but keep plodding on!
I'll look forward to hearing all about your adventure in coming days.
Maria Ramshaw x
It's fun following your blog! A really good way to record your adventure.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about you all getting damp, walking through cloud/ fog is not much fun. Hopefully the weather has been kinder to you today. Stay happy :D