6/7/15 Robyn

When we started out we climbed into the clouds with some rain.

I felt like "the bear went over the mountain..." at the beginning of the day but then I realized that I do much better on the ascent than on the descent. This shows one of the challenging descents. 

There were gorgeous views of lakes. 

We came upon a Youth Hostel that had an actual bathroom that flushes. Quite a luxury on the trail. I got a kick out of the sign above the toilet. 

I was excited to learn that we were going to be walking part way around the Emmerdale Water. I was picturing going around our city lakes at home but this trail was anything but...

As you can see the day ended up being beautiful. It was nice to finish the rocky, rooted trail at the lake and get picked up by the hotel owner of our B and B. It would have been another 2.2 miles to the Stork Hotel in Rowrah that was not part of the trek. Nice dinner after a pint and game of cribbage with Jeff who did a stupendous job on our hike today. Fun meeting travelers who were finishing their first day and all we have left is one more 14 mile day!