Tuesday, September 6, 2011

St Bees Beach - official start of the walk

Some blue skies welcomed us. We touched the Irish Sea and collected a pebble before setting off over the headland pictured. We walked around spectacular cliffs in a howling gale. Eventually we headed inland, passing through a number of tiny towns. We traversed farms with sheep, cattle and crops. We crossed kissing styles, forded streams and went through these strange gates. A lot of the time we walked along trails which were boggy and some of the times virtually a stream. We climbed a huge hill, 324m high affording us spectacular views back to the coast and to the Lakes District ahead. The weather windy was mostly fine.

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