Leaving the town of Shap, we stopped at the Co-Op to pick up a sandwich wrap for lunch.
It was a gradual uphill walk out of town, crossing the main rail line and the A6 motorway before heading out across the farmland.
We climbed through the rolling countryside stepping around countless sheep and cow droppings. There were some beautiful views of the surrounding farmland and of course encounters with numerous farm critters.
We walked through several areas of interesting limestone fields.
The heather was plentiful and beautiful.
We managed to dodge at least one rain shower, just getting a few spits of rain.
Leaving the pastures, we approached the little town of Orton which you can see in the distance.
On our walk there, we passed through a farm that had a couple of old tractors in the shed.
Orton was our pick up point for our pre-arranged B&B in the nearby town of Tebay. The town had some nice stone buildings.
We covered the 14km and 1200 ft of vertical climb in fairly decent time (must be getting in shape) so we had time to stop at the chocolate shop for some sweets.
From here we moved a couple of doors down the street to the George Hotel, our pick up point for the B&B.
While having our post hike pints, we had a chance to talk to Richie, a guide from Badger Adventures who we have encountered every day along our route. He had lots of great hiking advice.
At 3:30, we called our B&B for a pick up and had an early check-in which gave us time for a shower before sitting down to watch the Olympics while sipping some wine.
Supper was another pub about 0.5 km up the street. By now it was raining but not too heavily.
We were back to our room early and had time to relax for our final day's walk to Kirkby Stephen tomorrow.
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