Waterside House Penrith
Pooley Bridge Penrith, New South Wales, CA10 2NA, Australia
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BACK IN UK, BRRRR FREEZING
My last week in SA was spent saying farewell to friends and family and getting as much sun and sea as possible. I left with a lovely tan (which is rapidly fading!). KLM flight back wonderful, compared to the outbound Air France flight. My friend Rod was at Oxenholme station to fetch me and I am staying with Sue and Rod ...
Regrouping
... delivers your bags. All we have to do is let them know where we are staying( we don't know yet) pay 8 pounds per bag per move and walk with a day pack. Hope this isnt too tough. We already own more back packs that Imelda owns shoe, now we oven 2 more, they are day packs, which everyone needs. The next leg is not too tough but the one after ...
A day in Grasmere
... pine forests we saw a sign "grey squirrel free zone" so now I know why. Grasmere has more camping shops than pubs and a very pleasant cafe with free wifi. They have hotels which look like fancy restaurants with accommodation. Stuart came up with a plan to hopefully make the rest of the walk easier, so we spent a pleasant day looking around and organizing. Will make some phone calls tomorrow. We are heading back to our room for biscuits, dip, cheese, raspberries and ...
Borrowdale to grasmere
... I couldn't and didn't want to keep on going tomorrow. This tough for a few days when you can see the end is ok but not for another 250km. I feel a bit silly for not understanding the advice in the guide book and on the Internet. I now realize that only the very fit carry their own gear and camp and when they said the walk was moderately difficult they meant with only a light day ...
Wild ennerdale valley to borrowdale
I got up twice during the night and didn't see the red deer or the badger. We had a cooked breakfast again and left before 9. Followed the Liza river for 5km, through pine plantations passed black sail hut, then headed up over and around hills with scattered sheep. Then the tough part very steeply up to 600m, and over a saddle and high plain ...


