Day 6 - Patterdale to Bampton Grange

The weather is more varied today, both drizzle and rain. Fiona is in wet boots for the 4th consequtive day, and I'm only a little better off.  We climb out of Paterdale and up into the hills again, then a long stretch across the tops.   Just before we begin our descent, Fiona does the numbers: we are booked to stay at our most expensive accomodation tonight, it is 1pm, and we may still have 7 hours of walking ahead of us; all of which means that she may barely get to enjoy the expensive room.  From the highest point in the day's walk Fiona takes off; accelerating downhill and taking the track in 4 metre strides.  I try to keep up, but after 10 minutes I've aggrevated an old knee injury, or to be more specific, two old knee injuries.  I hobble down the hill, then edge slowly along the side of Haweswater lake, to the village of Bampton Grange. 

Fiona contemplating the distance between herself and a hot bath.

The southern end of Haweswater lake

We decide to take a rest day tomorrow in Bampton Grange, to give my knees an opportunity to recover, and Fiona's feet a chance to dry out.

Distance Walked Today : 21km