Roman Holiday Day 5: Home Run

The problem with having fun is that time flies - the past few days have absolutely whizzed past. We've covered a lot of miles, had a lot of cake and a LOT of laughs - even when we were caught in a hailstorm on top of High Street and Steve was cracking Hail Caesar gags!

Today all we had to do was toddle from Eskdale down to Ravenglass and the train home.

Distance: 8.5 miles (I was only a little bit tempted to hop on La'al Ratty...)

Weather: Grey but at least it didn't rain. Much.

Terrain: Tarmac, woodland, occasional bog.

Accommodation: Eskdale YHA was properly cosy - loved my little nook!

Wildlife: A red squirrel - I swear it's a red squirrel.

Post yomp treat: A long hot bath - maybe not here though...

Roman Bath House - Ravenglass

Glad it's all over? Will be glad of a rest but have loved every second. 

Challenging as it was  the hike was the easy part, now we have to research it and write it all up. It's part of a bigger book project and it will be out next year.

Roman Holiday Day 2: Hail Caesar!

Steve thinks it went something like this. The

Romans in Cumbria received a message from their leader:

What's the weather like over there? 
                                  Regards Caesar.

In a hurry a telegram was sent back: "Hail, Caesar" 😁

Today was our biggest hike, Pooley Bridge to Troutbeck via High Street. Fair to say it was a challenge.

Distance: 15.1 miles and none of them were flat...

Weather: Malevolent (This was before it got *really* bad. High speed hail hurts!)

Terrain: Soupy

Wildlife: Wheatears, Goldfinches, Skylarks, some evil bug that ate half my knee and a gorgeous Herdy.

Food: Epic breakfast at Ullswater Guesthouse, 3 soggy oatcakes & a Nakd bar between hailstorms.

State of mind when finally arriving at B&B: Mildly derranged. Possible goose hallucinations...

Was it worth it?: You decide...

Roman Holiday Day 1: It'll blow over

We're walking the old Roman road from Penrith to Ravenglass for one of our books - it'll be out next year and it's a great excuse to get out on the fells.

Today we walked from Penrith station to Pooley Bridge and it went a bit like this:

Distance - 7.6 miles

If this is a milemarker we're going
to need more flapjack

Weather - thinks it's funny but it isn't

Terrain - too much tarmac followed by hard track with occasional soggy spells

Wildlife - several dozen startled sheep, 2 goldfinches and an annoying dog on the train ride

Food - a schoolgirl error in the sandwich making department resulted in one large soggy squished ball of bread. NEVER put sliced tomatoes on a rucksack sarnie

Accommodation - the very lovely Ullswater Guesthouse which is a) very friendly and b) next door to the wonderfully wellstocked Chestnut House

Chestnut House I might be here a while...

Outlook for tomorrow - possibly slow start...