The rain stayed away today unlike yesterday's bike ride across the Birker Fell Road. Well, almost stayed away as the strong winds did whip in very heavy hail storms which thankfully were short lived.

The problem today was the gale.  The weather forecasters said the winds reached storm force. They did making walking a major struggle especially along the ridges. Despite this I managed 3 new hills including the ones on the left and right in the picture above, taken in a brief interlude when the sun was out.