Day 16: Hawkswick Cote to Redmire

Aysgarth Falls (Image courtesy of panoramio.com)

Aysgarth (Image courtesy of panoramio.com)

Waking up to a tent that is soaked through and nothing but drizzle to see for miles is not exactly what a camper dreams of. After packing the damp tent and washing our mess tins, bringing back memories of our Quorn sausage sandwiches from the night before, we headed off towards Kettlewell. To get there we crossed the large hill immediately next to us. The hill was quite draining but before too long we arrived in the small town to find ourselves swamped with tourists. They were in Kettlewell to visit the town's annual Scarecrow Festival that runs through every street and building. After stocking up on gas and having breakfast we continued on our quest to reduce the number of miles between us and the ever closer destination of Edinburgh.

Throughout the day Megan managed to add two blisters to her collection, making the walk just that much more of a challenge. Even my hardened feet are complaining today though I have only one blister to worry about so far.

The route today seemed to go on forever, with more uphill than downhill, and we were pretty drained by the time we rolledinto the pub in Redmire. The landlord was kind enough to give us a bowl of chips and a local said that if we had no luck with the campsite we could camp in his garden.Luckily we are all camped up now.

Tomorrow we are hoping that the weather will change and that we will get to see some sun.

Anyway, that's all for now. Cheerio.

-Josh-