On 12th April myself and a friend set off to walk the Lake District section of the Coast to Coast Path. For six days we set off each morning, navigated our way along the path and as evening approached pitched our tents for the night. We covered about 70 miles and were very lucky with the weather, dull at times but only one short period of rain. After a relatively gentle first day, the second day started with a walk along Ennerdale Water. Shortly after scrambling down Robin Hood's Chair, the difficulty of which should be highlighed more, Brendan noticed a large bird over the lake ahead of us. Once I saw it in my binoculars I recognised it immediately as an osprey. Major excitment. We got great views of it for most of our walk
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