6/8/15 Robyn

What a fabulous last day of our hike we had! Starting with goodbye to Paul and Joan and many adventures afterward. 

After saying goodbye to the Lake District and Doug saying goodbye to a horse, we were off from Emmerdale Bridge

Of course we took our usual couple of wrong turns but eventually went up to the top of Dent. Robert thought the contour lines on the map showed 20 feet between but it turned out to be probably 100 feet between instead so we climbed over 1000 feet. Whew! The views were worth it though. We had been getting glimpses of the Irish Sea but now we could really se it. 

We found out the place we were hoping to get lunch at was closed Monday so we ended up buying some sandwiches at a store and man named Martin (who crossed the Irish Sea from St. Bees to  the Isle of Man with "Charlie the amazing kayaking dog" needless to say - in a kayak) told us there were benches at a church we could sit on to eat. We ended up eating in the graveyard-another first. On we went through towns until we arrived at the Irish Sea. 

We traveled about four miles to St. Bees along the sea amid beautiful cliffs and pastures. Still up and down of course. 

It seemed more like ten miles, not almost four, but we finally made it to St. Bees and tossed our rocks we had been carrying from Robin Hoods Bay North Sea into the Irish Sea. A celebratory dinner at the Manor culminated a wonderful Coast to Coast with some fabulous friends.