Sunday 15 May

Another good day's walking, although not quite as spectacular scenery-wise as yesterday.  Also the weather was pretty damp and windy for much of the walk, which does take the edge off things somewhat.  We have now walked over 100 miles along the Pennine Way.  It is quite satisfying to have done the distance and interesting to see the scenery changing as we go along.  North Yorkshire and the Dales could soon rival the Lakes for my favourite part of Britain.

Alan took some video of me attempting to fly my kite on Saturday.  Very droll.......

Saturday 14 May

Great walk today. We got a taxi to Keld then started walking back towards the hotel. This went via some spectacular scenery as well as Great Dunmow Fell which was pretty high and very windy. I did try and fly my kite, and for once it was windy enough, but I found that the strings were tangled. The spirit of Charlie Brown lives on! I will try to unpick the string and try again on Sunday.
Near the end of the walk we came to a pub called the Green Dragon. This was good on two counts. There was a folk music festival going on, and the pub has an impressive waterfall called Hardraw Force in it's grounds. I think that it is the highest drop for a waterfall in England.
The folk festival meant that there were lots of interesting characters around, and that the pub held a raffle. In which I won a bottle of wine!

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Friday 13 May

We had a good drive up without any delays, and sat in the pub waiting for everyone else to arrive. Matt and Jonathan came along. We then found out that the pub had stopped serving food. Jonathan went out and found Steve in the cafe where he'd been for the last hour or so. On reflection this shouldn't have been a big surprise as that is where we had planned to meet up!

13 miles today. Keld to Hawes. Hopefully not too wet.

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Daniel at camp!

Daniel is off for a couple of nights camping with the cubs.  It is very odd not having him around.  I dropped him off at the campsite and he seemed very relaxed about the weekend ahead.  I hope that he enjoys it.