After the first two days being relatively short to help us ease into the hike, today was a biggie at about 25km and over 600m elevation! We felt ready though and made sure we got up and ready early, with a quick banana and snack bar to get us going (after using the pub toilet when they unlocked their doors at 7:30). And just like that, we were off, with a nice stroll down to Ennerdale water whilst the sun already shone brightly. The path then thinned and became quite rocky as it ran alongside the water, with some scree walking and a little bit of rock climbing making it interesting, before settling again lakeside where we stopped for a cuppa and porridge…Cue gusts of wind, dark clouds and drizzly rain! But, as if someone was
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