An unhappy report this evening from Aunty Debbie:
| The day didn't quite go to plan I'm afraid.
We had our earliest start, we were on our way from Glenridding at 8.40am in heavy rain, as we knew we had a hard day ahead, going over Kidsty Pike, the highest point on the whole route.
As we climbed the clouds came down and the wind and rain got stronger and stronger. Dave thinks the wind was about 60 mph. I got blown over twice and Dave was blown to his knees at one point too. After 4 miles and 2273ft of climbing we sheltered behind a drystone wall for as long as we could in the hope the weather would improve, but it wasn't long before we all started to feel the cold so we took the sad decision to turn back.
Luckily our bags were still at yesterday's B&B so we waited with them and got a lift with the baggage carrier to Bampton Grange.
So 8 miles in total, 2 very disappointed hoomans and a very wet Fergus.
The really frustrating thing is that by the time we got back to Glenridding the sun was shining. Had we set off a couple of hours later we would have been OK.
We've discussed lots of options and what we have decided is to try today's stage again tomorrow, the forecast is much better tomorrow, and do the stage we should have been doing tomorrow on Weds before heading home.... and back to work for a rest.
Fergus has dried out now and is fine, but I was really concerned about him in those conditions. Had we been on our own we would probably have carried on - but I have always vowed to put him first on this walk, no matter what I might want to do.
Sorry it's not a happy report today, but at least we are all safe and ready to fight another day.
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We are all so sorry to hear that the guys has such a bad day, but very releved they are safe and well and hopefully enjoying a really nice and well deserved dinner before trying again tomorrow.
