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May 31, 2008Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay(25.0 km; 9 hrs 22 min; 744 m ascent; 780 m descent)Google MapThe last day of the walk! It was a very strange feeling. We were awoken at 7:30 am by the sound of steam engines, but didn’t get up for a while. Breakfast was at 8:30 am, cereal and toast and a cooked English breakfast, which we ate some of. We said our goodbyes to our hosts and walked down to

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May 30, 2008Blakey Ridge to Grosmont(22.0 km; 6 hrs 52 min; 239 m ascent; 594 m descent)Google MapLast night, after the noise from the bar died down, we were woken up a couple of times by heavy winds. And when we got up in the morning the wind was still blowing hard from the east. What was surprising was that the inn was shrouded in clouds! We met Christine and Neil for breakfast at 8:30 am,

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May 29, 2008Osmotherley YH to Blakey Ridge(31.0 km; 9 hrs 33 min; 1056 m ascent; 829 m descent)Google MapToday was going to be our longest day since the first day of the walk. If it were a stage of the Tour de France, it would be the “queen stage”: very long with plenty of climbing. Neil had looked at the Ordnance Survey map, and he said there would be four ups and downs before we got onto the

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May 28, 2008Danby Wiske to Osmotherley YH(19.8 km; 6 hrs 11 min; 342 m ascent; 214 m descent)Google MapWe had our usual porridge and toast for breakfast, but this time we got some extra toast to use as lunch makings because there was no shop in Danby Wiske. Last night we had heard a couple of showers on our skylight, and as we ate our breakfast it was raining quite hard. So when Christine and

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May 27, 2008Richmond to Danby Wiske(21.6 km; 6 hrs 37 min; 216 m ascent; 282 m descent)Google MapThe eating area of the Old Brewery was in their main house (our room was two doors up the street) and was a lovely room with an outside sitting area in the garden. This morning it was quite cloudy and it looked as if it might have rained a little bit overnight. We hoped this was not going to be today’

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May 26, 2008Grinton YH to Richmond(17.8 km; 5 hrs 58 min; 501 m ascent; 665 m descent)Google MapIt had been windy overnight, and when we looked out, the sky was blue with puffy white clouds blowing by. Today we had breakfast at 8 am, but unfortunately there was no porridge available, so we made do with cereal, fruit, and toast. We went down to the drying room to pick up the shirts we had rinsed

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May 25, 2008Keld to Grinton YH(23.2 km; 7 hrs 57 min; 570 m ascent; 640 m descent)Google MapOur breakfast at the usual time of 8 am consisted of our usual fare of porridge, toast, and tea. We had packed up already so after settling our bill (₤102) we set off. Outside it was still partly cloudy and the wind was blowing as hard as ever. We had found there was a woollen shop down in Muker, not far

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May 24, 2008Kirkby Stephen to Keld(19.1 km; 6 hrs 12 min; 712 m ascent; 565 m descent)Google MapThis morning we actually packed up before heading down to breakfast at 8 am. Breakfast was our usual porridge, toast, tea, and orange juice. Before leaving we looked out of our window and saw that even the clouds were very grey, they were still high clouds, above the summits. But they were a bit

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May 23, 2008Orton to Kirkby Stephen(20.2 km; 6 hrs 4 min; 482 m ascent; 533 m descent)Google MapOur beds were very comfortable last night and the duvets warm enough so that we didn’t need the heater on, so we slept very well. Breakfast was at 8 am and consisted of fruit salad, toast, porridge, and tea. The porridge and toast combination was becoming our standard breakfast. We packed our bags,

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May 22, 2008Shap to Orton(13.7 km; 4 hrs 10 min; 361 m ascent; 385 m descent)Google MapThis morning breakfast was not until 8 am, so promptly at 8 am we headed downstairs. Both of us had requested porridge, and besides that we had toast, tea, and orange juice. Once we were done we went up to pack up our bags, then settled our bill (₤64) before heading out for the next leg of our journey. Today we

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May 21, 2008Patterdale to Shap(24.7 km; 8 hrs 35 min; 1075 m ascent; 968 m descent)Google MapOnce again our breakfast time was 7:30 am. Ian was a great host. He made us very large bowls of porridge, along with toast and tea and coffee and cereal. No fried stuff from the extensive menu, but needless to say we were very full after that. We packed up and paid our bill and were ready to be on our way

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May 20, 2008Butharlyp Howe YH to Patterdale(12.9 km; 6 hrs 31 min; 897 m ascent; 827 m descent)Google MapToday started with blue sky, yet again. Not that we were complaining. So far the weather had been nearly ideal for walking. Breakfast was at our usual time of 7:30 am, after which we went down to the drying room to pick up our dry (or nearly dry) clothing. After repacking our packs, we finally

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May 19, 2008Borrowdale YH to Butharlyp Howe YH(14.3 km; 6 hrs 45 min; 750 m ascent; 768 m descent)Google MapAnother beautiful blue-sky morning dawned for our walk to Grasmere. As usual we had breakfast at 7:30 am; this time porridge, which was a bit lumpy, followed by fruit, yogurt, and toast. We still had some packing to do but that didn’t take too long, so we were on our way a little after 9 am

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May 18, 2008Ennerdale YH to Borrowdale YH(16.9 km; 7 hrs 12 min; 680 m ascent; 715 m descent)Google MapToday started with blue sky. We had ordered our breakfast for 7:30 am, so we got up about 7 am. Today we had opted for the cold breakfast, except that Rosemary had hot porridge along with it. Once we had finished, we packed our bags and left at 9:10 am.The first section had us walking along a

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May 17, 2008St Bees to Ennerdale YH(31.3 km; 9 hrs 55 min; 894 m ascent; 768 m descent)Google MapWe slept quite well, getting up about 7 am. It didn’t take us long to get our packs organized, then we went downstairs for breakfast. We both went for the Full English Breakfast: bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, toast, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Way too much food and we couldn’t eat it all.After settling

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