A solid nights sleep, we woke with the birds again… and the trains… and the rain and wind! A wet, blustery morning turned into a wet and blustery day, as we began our day with breaky under the lodges’s camping shelter. To our surprise, of the 6 of us camping, only two of us remained; perhaps they are all planning to get to Kirkby today, but we have a planned stop halfway at Orton to make for two shorter days rather then another long one. Finally admitting the rain and wind were not looking likely to stop any time soon, we, rather expertly if I do say so myself, packed the soggy tent down without any of it flying away and headed out by 9am. Of course, who wouldn’t stop almost immediately after getting going, just
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