We left the Greyhound Hotel in three separate groups so as not to overwhelm Margaret at Brookfield B and B with our sopping wet clothes clothes and boots, etc. Margaret has run this B and B for forty years and 19 years ago Doug and Sara stayed there on their previous Coast to Coast. She also hosted Alfred Wainwright, the originator of this trek, at one point. She treated us to tea, scones, and tarts that evening as we debated what to do about the weather since the wind and rain were still pounding. We talked about taking the bus and our mistake was planning breakfast at 8 instead of 7 thinking that might happen. We awoke to blue skies and decided to do the 17 mile trek. Breakfast took a bit longer ( I think Margaret thought we were taking the bus). We headed off and a local out with his dog was going to show us a shortcut but he walked very slow which had us definitely starting later than we wanted with such a long day ahead.
Finally off we made a quick stop at the Sham Abbey. 
The day was changeable with weather causing us to both shed add clothing. 
There was beautiful scenery. We are now in the Lake District. 
Doug described the day we had. It was AMAZING and I am so glad that we did go although my knee was hurting in the decline and Jeff's shin was also talking to him. As Doug said, it ended up being 19 miles and rivaled my marathons. 
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