Coast to Coast 1991

It rained all night and into the early hours, but slept ok in the tent. It reminded of the Pennine Way back in 1971, when I had heavy rain in Horton in Ribblesdale, happy days. The rain had eased off by 8:30am, after I had packed up, I decided to pop in the café in Patterdale for a breakfast. It was rubbish, when I did the Coast to Coast in 1992 on a East to West crossing, this café was closed. I went to the post-office for a packed lunch and got a new pair of walking socks for a spare set.

From Patterdale, I started to climb for Boardale Hause. Here there was plenty of walker’s about, as well as plenty of paths going off in all directions. I decided to take a compass bearing to be on the safe side and soon reached the shoulder of the Knott. The peat-bogs weren’t too bad, but did slow me up in some places. I slowly approached the High Street and turned left to Kidsty Pike where the views were very good all around. I rested here for a while and took some photographs and chatted to a couple who were walking a section of the High Street. Later I descended down the steep slope to take me to the Randale Beck, here I had a lunch-stop. The Chaffinch’s were very tame and I was feeding them on bits of my sandwich. I set off along the bland shore path of Haweswater to Burnbanks, then through pretty field-paths to Shap Abbey and Shap. I was booked in at The Crown Inn.

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