The thing about writing a walking blog is that I’m always doing it when I’m sweaty and knackered at the end of the day. The good bits get flattened and the bad bits magnified. Having said that, though. Today was excellent.

This morning was STUNNING! Cool, calm weather, soft grass and lath underfoot and beautiful views. The air was clear and clean and (apart from the cars, coaches and lorries bombing down the Military Road) quiet.

There were also sheep and very, very, very cute lambs. Cute enough to convince Roo that eating them is a bad idea!They were pretty cute, though.

The path here is easy to follow, as it’s basically a green corridor next to the road. It avoids being dull by being nonsensically pretty and having awesome views (excuse the grinning loon! I was having a cracking time)

Such a tightly controlled route does pose a problem if you’re Roo sized: stiles. They are uniformly big and steep and there are a lot of them! A couple of times we had to walk along the road instead of on the path because the stiles were just too tall.

Sadly there was a lot of evidence of storm damage to the trees, but even this meant a lovely diversion through some lichen filled birch forest.

In other news, sensory issues mean that most of the food I packed is now unacceptable… stay tuned!