Weather: Sunny; Steps: 39508 ; Distance: 16 miles; Time: 9h10m; Calories out: 1182; Blisters: nil!
Lovely start walking to the south side of Ennerdale Water. Encountered a tricky bit called Robin Hoods seat which I made trickier by taking the wrong path, but enjoyed a good scramble with a 30 foot drop to the water! At least it gave the other walkers a chance to overtake us.
Had lunch along the forest path to the north of the River Liza and stopped off at Black Sail YH, the remotest in England, for a cup of hot water. Then a steep ascent up loft beck to the Beckwith tarn saddle and a pleasant high level route prior to dropping down into Honister slate quarry. Then a steady descent into Borrowdale, where we're staying at a Farm in Rosthwaite. I'd love to tell you where but I fear the official secrets act my prevent me! We discovered that Prince Charles has been coming here for his holidays in the spring for many years. There are only three rooms so who knows I may have slept in the same bed as HRH.
Walked down to the Riverside bar of the Scafell Hotel for a drink and a meal. You may have noticed that I am quoting the calories out, which is a statistic that my new stepometer gives me. But I'm not sure I dare try to calculate the calories in! So far today a plate of beans for breakfast, a lovely selection of cheese, pickle and salad from the Fox and Hounds, for my packed lunch, flapjack from the Black Sail YH and Mars bar cake from the Honister quarry, rounded off by a Piazzola omelete and walnut and maple ice cream from the Riverside bar. So probably more in than out!
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