We thought that today we would do the Pen-y-ghent section of the route. I went into the cafe and had a massive dilema with all of the books and maps that they had about the walk. So we set off up Pen-y-ghent (the book confirmed that the way we had been previously was correct.) We whizzed passed everybody going up the hill as I think that our training in the Lake District had made our fitness improve a great deal. We were at the top within an hour and then set off back down again.
We were hoping that the book would take us a different way through the bog but unfortunately it didn't!!! But we found a less boggy part and made our way across the numerous fields and bogs towards the final farm and the road.
When we reached the road, we were both feeling so good that we decided to do the next section of Whernside. (again the book confirmed that the way that we had been previously was the correct way). So we stopped at the burger van on the road side to buy a couple of cans of Coke as we didn't have enough liquid and sugar to keep us going for a walk this long. We set off up Whernside and again we just felt on top form and very fit. We managed to keep going without stopping for any rests at all.
When we reached the summit of Whernside it was quite cold and windy so we didn't hang about we just wanted to get down and on our way. Unfortunately Niki's knee condition means that decents really hurt her and Whernside is particularly bad for her because it is very steep and it is in step format.
We made it down and headed back towards the road. We realised that on the road we had about another 8 miles to go. We started worrying about the amount of daylight we had left so we kept going at a quick pace.
The last 3 or 4 miles were absolute agony, we were really tired and I thought Niki wasn't going to make it as her knees were really bothering her. But we got back eventually for about 8.30 (Just before darkness). When we got home we just ate and went straight to bed.
21 miles!!!!!
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