Yesterday....

Day 5: Glenridding to Shap (18.2 endless mile)

Well!..... I think Mum, Dad, Pads and all of the poor people who have been through what I went through yesterday could probably agree with me that yesterday was HARD AS ROCK!  18.2 ( Oh yes that 0.2 of a mile made ALL of the differance ) of long uphill SLOG, 4000 feet of ascent in total, and down the other side. It seemed to go on FOREVER and EVER and EVER!


We started off at Glenridding and climbed a mountain ( although it seemed more like a rock face) until we got to the top and Dad took us up a mountain called Angle Tarn Pike's (1857' )  explaining that it was part of the route.

Angle Tarn

We were all convinced until we started to wonder where all of the other walkers were. It turns out that Wainwright did'nt even climb up it and It was'nt part of the Coast to Coast Walk route.

Wainwright knew the right way

unlike, Shepa Dad

Anyway we took it in our stride thinking that Dad would'nt do any More Thomas Traverses (my decription of an off route walk led by DAD with an unknown destination). Hmm how silly were me and Mum? Very! We ended up going up 2 more traverse mountains that yet again Wainwright did not go up as part of his Coast to Coast (The Knott (2423'), Rampsgill Head (2581'). Finally we walked onto and Kidsty Pike (2560' and actually part of the route!). Great start to the day.

High Street from Kidsty Pike

 Moving on to a subject I would rather talk about, the rest of the walk the beautiful Tarn and the descent from  Kidsty Pike down to the Haweswater reservoir. So finally after our little de-tour of the Lake District Fells we walked over to Kidsty Pike and down into the resevoir, where we stopped for a quick break.

Haweswater

We then proceeded around the resevoir (for some miles avoiding sheep and bullocks!!!!) and through Shap Abbey and  into Shap.

Shap Abbey (still 2 miles to go ...)

Typical that our accomodation has to be 1 extra mile at the other end of the small town. Absaloutley TYPICAL. We had some food and went to bed we slept like logs. I will report back tonight to tell all of my lovely and lucky viewers about the forthcoming walk (if there is wifi)

Caitlin :oD