Day 1: St. Bees – Ennerdale (14 miles)

Saturday June 12th - the start of our second adventure! After packing everything that we would need the night before, we were ready very early on the Saturday morning.  It has become a small tradition of ours that on our way up to the Lakes  that we stop off for a breakfast at McDonalds at…

Day 2: Ennerdale – Stonethwaite (16 miles)

We woke to a wet and rainy Sunday but after our first full English breakfast of the trip we headed out in the relative dry after being dropped off with Jo and Sarah back in Ennerdale Bridge. The weather, although not looking great in the distance did manage to hold off as we made our way…

Day 3: Stonethwaite – Patterdale (16 miles)

With 30 miles done and more than 160 miles to go, we headed out after a glorious English cooked breakfast (using fresh eggs from the farm) for our third day of walking. The day was to be broken up into two main sections with Grasmere being the natural break in the middle.  The first section…

Day 4: Patterdale – Shap (17 miles)

We woke early yet again to a glorious day, the sun was shining all over the surrounding fells.Today would be the day that we would leave the mountains of Lakeland for level walking through fields, trees and villages—the remainder of the walk would certainly not be as challenging (or as beautiful) but as Tim nor…

Day 5: Shap – Kirkby Stephen (20 miles)

The breakfast room at Brookfield House was very traditional; tablecloths; china; pots of jam; butter dishes; and breakfast menus. Admittedly, we actually liked that so after a hearty full English breakfast (yet again!), we made an early-ish start  as we had 20 miles to cover.  Day 5 was to be our longest day yet. We…

Day 6: Kirkby Stephen – Muker (15 miles)

Today marks the half way point of the walk— 83 miles done and after the 15 miles today, just 92 to go!!  Its also a watershed day (quite literally!).  From the Nine Standards Rigg, all water to the west of the Rigg flows west into the Irish Sea and all water to the west of…

Day 7: Muker – Richmond (19 miles)

Day 7, a long day at 19 miles and more importantly a football game to watch at the end of it (hopefully!).  It was World Cup day and England were playing Algeria (hardly the most exciting of games but it was an England game when all said and done!).  We’d also booked into the Beechfield…

Day 8: Richmond – Ingleby Cross (23 miles)

117 miles done (according to the “official” route—we had actually done more with all our detours and additional bits!); about 73 miles to go and today would be the biggest and longest day yet at 23 miles!! Despite having 23 miles to go, we had a leisurely breakfast along with the other guests of the…

Day 9: Ingleby Cross – Blakey Ridge (21 miles)

Another long-ish day lie ahead of us and probably the highlight of the second part of the walk—along the Cleveland Hills. So, after another big English breakfast (I for one was certainly getting a little fed up with these by now!) we set off at around 8am. The first section was a tedious walk up…

Day 10: Blakey Ridge – Grosmont (13 miles)

Being a short day at only 13 miles, there was no real rush to get up and get out. However, we were in the habit of getting up at around 7.30am so this day was no different. In the end we left the Lion Inn at around 8.30am and headed off left down the road for…