The weather improved and , maybe for just one day, the rain stayed away. Well it did so apart from a couple of violent hail storms and a strong wind.

I used the Ravenglass & Eskdale heritage railway to get me to Boot village.

A couple of low hills were ticked off.  England's highest mountains are nearby and were snow capped.  Sadly the highest points remained in low cloud but despite this the views from Boat Howe and Great Howe, were stunning.

It has rained a lot and the ground was sodden.  This caused the paths to be like streams, the streams (becks) to be like rivers, while the rivers were actual torrents.   Wet feet were inevitable!

 I hurried along( well hurried by my standards) and managed to catch the 15.40 return train thereby saving a 5 mile walk. The forecast is poor so it feels a real success to have had at least one good day on this trip.