Another day of rain, but only light rain with long periods of no rain. we do have some wind, much better than yesterday. so the guide book says we did Mallerstang. Its surprising how much more you can see if the rain isn't falling. More green hills and valleys and in the distant what looks like small mountains which Richard our guide tells us is where the group doing the hard walk is. Today is a day of Castle ruins. the first one we come upon is Pendragon Castle. This is the ruins of the castle which apparently build by King Arthurs father, and had something to do with the fighting between the Scots and the English. Today it is on private property and there is a sign saying no trespassing so of course we did, just a quick look to see it up close, not inside as it looks to unstable. Just as we are heading back to the road a couple of helicopters fly overhead.....do they take this no trespassing thing that serious? nope just some training for a near by airforce base. We are then off to Lammerside Castle which is our stop for lunch. This is again a castle that is falling apart but safe enough to go inside and sit on a rock for lunch. Its really pretty interesting to see how its built and how there are separate rooms. The area I'm in has had the roof cave in so we have sunlight streaming down on us. Its really kinda of a neat place to stop for lunch and it keeps out the wind. We then carry on past Wharton Hall which is some medieval house. We just walk past not stopping to investigate. We then arrive in Kirkby Stephen a little market town where we will meet up with the others and catch the bus home. We are told where to be at 5 and left on our own. Nancy Eleanor (a new friend from Toronto ) and I are off to check out the sights, there is a lovely old church which is now being used for both the Catholics and Anglicans that we check out, while looking around Eleanor who was a music teacher starts to sing a hymn, which is pretty incredible, her voice is beautiful and the acustics are amazing. Then off to a few store and a stop for tea at one of the tea shops which appears to be the stopping point for many of our groups. We had just received our tea and cake (always a snack involved) and a couple ladies from the hard walk blew in. they looked like they had been thru hell lol, apparently the wind was really bad on the top of the dell (hill). She looked like she needed a beer more than a tea but it did revive her. It was then back on the bus and home again. same routine as yesterday, boot room, hot shower, gin and tonic (a drink I picked up on from Coronation Street) then our walk and weather for tomorrow and off to supper. Tonight's entertainment was another game followed by a kids jigsaw puzzle. Again we were in groups and each group was given pieces to a puzzle but not all the ones we needed so we had to go around negotiating to get the pieces we wanted. My competitive nature took over so I was busy trying to trade for the pieces we needed we ended up with everyone needing pieces and no one willing to give them up so there were 4 of us sitting on the floor in the middle of the room with all our extra pieces taking what we needed to finish, this way no one lost and no one won. Apparently my negotiating skills amazed my team as they just sat back and let me do my thing and laughed at me . Have I mentioned I can be competitive lol. Another great day and we walked about 7 1/4 miles
the view when we stopped for our coffee break, the top of the distant hill is where the other groups were walking......silly buggers
Pendragon Castle ....or whats left of it
Lunch in Lammerside Castle, that's Nancy with the pink toque
A split oak tree, apparently there is many of these in Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood would hide in them
a little bench (a double headed ram) outside the tourist office in Kirkby Stephen
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