June 14

Walk to Grasmere. This was the first day that the weather affect our activities. It was raining lightly when we exited our B&B so Dec to stay in the valley rather than hike up a fell. The walk to Grasmere was made more interesting by the rise in water levels in the local streams. Although it rained modestly overnight, the streams we carrying well over twice as much water. We thought that this was due to the shallow soil on the fells and their lack of trees. On the way to Grasmere we stopped to look at some caves; the second one was large and deep.