The bees knees

And todays walk certainly was spectacular.  We survived another night of strong winds and hard rain,  but woke to the sun breaking through the clouds beaming down into the valley as the clouds gracefully glided across creating the rays to dance off the side of the towering mountains. The walk was a lot tougher on the feet today as the majority of it twisted and turned with uneven paths,  lots of rocks and stones and plenty of enchanting waterfalls and streams meandering through the valleys that made you really appreciate the shear size of the mountains and how the glaciers had carved it's way through thousands of years ago.  Reaching stake pass you came to the head of the valley which would have been the head of the glacier and as Richard described the acoustics changed and it was like walking into a huge empty room as the sounds echoed like a dolby surround sound system. 

At the start of the climb (1000ft) the wind sound changed and it really sent shivers down your spine. It was quite intimidating as the winds almost spoke out to you.

Now I almost forgot,  but just before stake pass my left knee started to give me aggro,  it was ok on the flat but ups and downs were a challenge.  I took my time though because for me it had been a while since I've felt pain in my knee like that (past football injury). I was very grateful for Tim's knee support at the top of the summit so once I was good to go we headed onwards and downwards into the next valley which was out of this world, it was just an unbelievable spectacle which I am finding hard to describe, it definitely left me speechless.

The walk continued to the foot of the valley along side the river which split it in two.  The path continued to be a a combination of rocks, water and severe cambers which was quite tough to negotiate.  We met up with Simon and Stu for the last bit of the walk after a short stop at a bridge which looked into our next destination.  It was fabulous and had something very magical about it. 

We are now pegged up at a campsite just outside a small village called Stonethwaite and the sun had been shining all afternoon which made it a nice relief to set up, have a brew and admire the view outside our bedroom...... openings :-)

Photos are below and apologies in advance for the lateness of the blog, but we have no wifi or signal and the bar we are in won't give out the password (it's a hotel)

Andrew

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