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Didn’t sleep too well last night – it was hot, our room (facing the main street in Hawes was loud) and the bed was tiny. We got up early again and had cereal and toast (marmite yes!) before hitting the trail.

Today the first few hours were slow with lots of map navigation needed to find the right trail. I’ve been using my Iphone as a GPS device and love the new MemoryMap software. For about 10 quid (pounds to my Anerican friends) I was able to load all the 1:50K maps for our route. I use the GPS when we want to doublecheck our location and use the excellent OS landranger maps (1:25K) for everything else.

The weather was cooler today in the low 60F’s making it a great day for our long trek to Kirby Stephen. Not too much to mention today – lots more sheep and birds. We also spotted our first Romany Gypsy caravan heading for the great Appleby Gypsy horse gathering next week.

We also passed Pendragon Castle home of Uther father of King Arthur. We saw another border collie working sheep called Mac. We stopped to talk to the farmer for a while too.

Tonight we’re staying at Manor House B&B. We had a lovely welcome from Jean the owner who made us tea and cakes as soon as we arrived. We have dinner plans in the village at a local restaurant. They aren’t licensed for booze so you bring your own! Should be fun.

Total distance today was 18.5 miles making a total of 64.5 miles. We hiked for 9 hours with 1 1/2 hrs for snacks and lunch. Tomorrow we head to Appleby 17 miles away.

We are enjoying the hike though Lynn has started with some blisters (7 and counting) 🙁