Wed 26th May - Day 40, Hardraw to Baldersdale (25 miles)
Black Hill Moss, Hardraw |
It was another early start at 06:30, the sun was shining in a cloudless sky.
Great Shunner Fell looking south to Pen-y-ghent |
I came across some red grouse chicks and it was quite amusing watching the mother bird doing the broken wing routine while I was standing right next to them.
NE from Great Shunner Fell |
Catrake Force, Keld |
It began to cloud over again as I stopped for lunch just before getting to Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest Inn, I can remember that Mick & I camped here when we did the Pennine Way 29 years ago.
Tan Hill Inn |
A piece ahead of me I could see another walker, as I started to gain ground I saw it was a couple, I caught up with them on a bridge that crossed the stream. He was very surprised when I said "Hi, are you Andrew Wright?", it was his receipt that I found, it must have fallen out his pocket. Then we both discovered that we were both walking LEJOG, Andrew started on 10th April and will finish 10th July, as he is B&B'ing his schedule is fixed, his girlfriend Mel was accompanying him on some sections.
Andrew said he had met another walker doing LEJOG, we walked together for a couple of miles until our paths split, he went onto Bowes while I headed north to camp at the YH at Baldersdale.
I arrived at the YH at 18:00, another long day but 25 miles covered.
680 miles completed.