Today we walked from Patterdale to Shap. The route took us up a long incline to Angle Tarn at 600m and on to The knott overlooking Hayeswater at 800m. We went wrong once and climbed one extra hill but we let Kev off for that one! When we went over Kidsty Pike the gale-force wind came straight from the arctic and froze us. We found a little shelter for our lunch then hail stones started falling! However most of the day was again sunny and fantastic. We cannot believe we have had such good weather for 4 days in lakeland. The views have been fit for postcards, beautiful. Our descent today took us to the shores of Haweswater reservoir and along the full length of this long and beautiful lake, then into fields and riverside all the way to Shap where we are staying overnight. 16 miles today. We are all suffering but Kevin appears the worst due mainly to his boots which are hard and have no flex in them. Not sure if will be able to walk in them the whole way as he is in pain now. Tomorrow is a long slog to Kirby Stephen - 21 miles but it should be a lot flatter. Only 7 more days to do. We cover half the total distance in 6 days, then the second half in 5 days.
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