May 18

What a great day. We started the day with a full English breakfast which is wonderful for hiking. It comprised orange juice, coffee, toast, a bowl of fruit, egg, sausages, bacon, mushrooms and toast. This was real stick to the ribs food that held us to supper time with a small snack at noon. You might think that we started walking eastward immediately but the path actually took us westward toward the Irish Sea then north along the ocean for a couple of hours. With clear skies and sun the views were fantastic; there were lots of flowers and birds. From the ocean we headed inland through farmland and then through some open topped hills toward Ennerdale Bridge. We walked with various people today - a couple from Australia, two girls from Australia and a couple from Ohio. They were all very nice. Just as we walked into Ennerdale Bridge we got some good views of the open mountains that we will walk over tomorrow. Our distance covered today was almost 25 km, in 7h20m and 42377 steps.