Day 25 – nice and slow

Windermere to Kendall. 13.14 miles, 1,079 ft of elevation, 23,097 steps

Slow day today, from start to finish. Breakfast at the B&B was not until 8:30 so didn’t really know what to do with myself for the first couple of hours of the day. However it did help as I needed to hang around for the post office to send back my key from the New Dungeon Ghyll hotel. I was going to ‘lose’ it but they rang Marko so guessed they were keen for its return .

To be fair, it didn’t wake long once we left B&B central to get back out in to the fells. This time walking along the ‘Dales Way’.

I struggled to get going, and stopped for a long call with my sister (sorting out logistics for when she arrives), I went the wrong way from just not concentrating and generally just took it easy. The weather yet again was perfect.

It wasn’t too long before I got to Staveley and decided at 12:15 that it was time for a lunch stop (having left Windermere at 9:30 it had been a tough morning).

It was meant to be a quick stop but being a gentleman I shared my sunny table with a lovely local couple and ended up staying for over an hour.

Time was ticking on so I rejoined the ’Dales way’ and made my way to Burneside and it’s huge paper mill. ‘Redefining paper since 1845’ (although it’s been the same stuff for me since 1971!).

It wasn’t long before I hit the suburbs of Kendal. Back to pebble dash. I couldn’t get a photo so you will have to picture this. Walking along a very proud, very clean housing estate I saw an out of place rough old trailer. Past another few cars and another rusty trailer with the skeleton of a car stuffed full of parts, foam, and general scrap. I hear the noise of hammering and disc cutters. There they were on their drive way with two bangers. The ‘Kendal Banger Boys’. Dad with his builders bum and two teenage sons hammering away at what once was a car. A lovely family sport but I can only guess what the neighbours think…..

So I have checked in to Kendal backpackers. A load of washing being done and have now headed out for a one man pub crawl.

First stop is the White Hart, beer of the week is £1.99. I have £20 on me. I might just stay and relive the old days……